The Guardian: US Christian group accused of covering up sexual abuse of minors

[teach1st]

As the MAGA idiots baselessly amp up fear and anger toward LGBTQ, I wandered into the the Reddit sub, r/PastorArrested to gather some info about church members who were actually grooming and abusing children. That subreddit is an eye-opener.

US Christian group accused of covering up sexual abuse of minors
The Guardian, 3/19/2003

Lawsuits claim International Churches of Christ leaders failed to report as well as plotted to conceal abuse of women and children

Michele “Chele” Roland was looking for salvation when she joined the International Churches of Christ. She never imagined that, three decades later, she would lead a legal battle accusing the controversial Christian religious organization of enabling and covering up the sexual molestation of children in its congregation, among other alleged abuses, but that’s exactly what she’s doing.

“They have covered the spectrum of abuse,” Roland said. “This is abuse of power – spiritually, physically, psychologically, financially and sexually.”

Roland and her attorney, Bobby Samini, have filed a series of lawsuits against the International Churches of Christ – abbreviated as ICOC – which allege that its leaders failed to report as well as plotted to conceal the sexual and emotional abuse of women and children who worshipped alongside them.

One of the lawsuits is from Roland herself. She accuses the church and its leaders of fostering an exploitative environment that resulted in her sexual assault by an ICOC recruit. Collectively, her complaint and the others accuse the ICOC of being a dangerous cult – the Los Angeles-based organization with about 118,000 congregants vehemently denies that characterization while saying it is on a fact-finding mission about the abuse allegations.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/19/international-churches-of-christ-lawsuits-alleged-sexual-abuse

https://www.reddit.com/r/PastorArrested/

[Me.]

1. Yeah, They Concern Themselves With Sexual Aspects Of Everyone Else By Their Owm

And get a teenager pregnant and no abortion?

[Zambero]

2. What a relief!

For a second I thought this whole thing might have been one of those godawful "trans-groomer" deals!