I was deeply disturbed at a meeting last night when a man told us about his deep dissatisfaction at the processes we have invented to try and care for people who have been abused by boys' group leaders in our church.
There are many mediating factors that could be, and have been, re and reiterated why this has been horrendous for all concerned. What stood out was one man's total helplessness to influence the processes and his absolute desperation...was this the last ditched attempt...to get anyone to listen effectively.
However we may feel about that man, (and some up the ladder will feel he is a troublemaker), we also have to question and question again whether the rhetoric that we spout about putting victims of abuse first is anything more than rhetoric.
In the Anglican Church we are supremely good at rationalising...absolutely anything....we must keep saying over and over again...it is the needs of those who have been abused that we must put first.
No matter how difficult they are, (their "difficulty" probably has some disturbing roots) every single one of them deserves our attention.
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