Reply #38: Didn't they have a responsibility to speak out, too?

[JerseygirlCT]

I know what you're saying: I grew up with a wonderful pastor, who's since been forced into retirement, though he didn't want it. His bishop thinks he's too much of a maverick, I'd guess.

Anyway, I do hate to think of him in a bad state b/c of the bad behavior of others.

But where were all the whistleblowers and noisemakers when kids were being horribly harmed and bishops were looking the other way?

If the open-minded folks in the church hierarchy would speak up far more often -- on a host of subjects -- the church would find itself improving I think.