I haven’t updated or posted this blog in over a year. I thought that this space would evolve over time and become whatever its supporters needed it to be. However, participation and maybe interest kind of dwindled and I ended up just leaving it here. Yesterday, though, I came across a post that was written for the Feminist Mormon Housewives blog and it brought me back here to reevaluate. The post discusses the church’s latest press release on the Effectiveness of Church Approach to Preventing Child Abuse and it’s an impassioned critical analysis of the church approach and their self-congratulatory and, in some aspects, delusional press release.
In the comments you will see personal stories shared from victims or family members of victims and those stories clearly illustrate why there is such an urgent need for the church to take firm preventative action. It also illustrates why there is a need for us to collect these stories in one place to allow people to see the pervasive impact abuse has on victims and those within their immediate social proximity. People need to understand that these are not rare, isolated cases in the church.