May

25

Baptist Church Demonstrates Proper Handling of Clergy Sexual Misconduct

May 25, 2008 | Comments Off

Editor’s note: The article below shows the real scandal in such situations: “The truly damaging scandals arise when church leaders mishandle these crises by failing to treat them with the gravity they deserve. Many in church authority have failed their calling and their congregations under similar conditions, through defensiveness, dissimulation and deferring hard decisions.” (Source) […]

May

15

Survey: How many priests back open discussion of clergy sexual misconduct?

May 15, 2008 | Comments Off

A recent poll of Orthodox Clergy by the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute conducted a first of its kind survey of a variety of issues.
Responses show the percentage of clergy who said that the following subjects are very important and should be the topic of open discussion within the church. Note the following responses which in […]

Sep

24

Let’s Get Real About Priestly “Indiscretions”

September 24, 2007 | Comments Off

Author: Fr. Aris Metrakos
Date Published: 9/21/2007
Publication: OrthodoxyToday.org
Aren’t we disgusted with the shocking number of high-profile cases of priests engaged in pedophilia, homosexual activity, and adultery? Some excuse this behavior with the platitudes “a sin is a sin” and “we are all sinners.” Uh, excuse me?
Persons who say “a sin is a sin” don’t live in […]

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