One of our favorite sister publications is Floodlit.org, which covers abuse in the Latter-day Saint (LDS) denomination. Floodlit does a wonderful job in covering issues church that uses its wealth and power to cover-up abuse, even as it talks a good game. Candidly, although no one here is LDS, we
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Light and darkness — and censorship
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu If an elephant has its foot
Continue readingJulie Roys doubles down on dumb, defends her past abuse of lesbian church member, even as she displays questionable journalistic ethics
TLD: Anti-abuse blogger Julie Roys is defending her past abuse of a lesbian church member, denying the abuse, and engaging in ethically questionable journalistic practices. We object. Julie Roys is, to many, the 800-pound gorilla of abuse journalism. Her approach, she says, is one of investigative journalism, and her publication, The
Continue readingIt’s payday: Tenth Pres reaps the wages of sin as it lurches towards collapse
In the wake of Tenth Presbyterian’s (PCA) ongoing abuse, cover-up, corruption, spiritual abuse, and illegal conduct, including perjury, the church is lurching toward collapse. Per public financial statements, the Philadelphia-based church has projected annual revenue of a little over $3.8 million. As of March 20, just 12 weeks into the
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