Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor, executive director of Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE) and Billy Graham's grandson claimed that evangelicals are even worse that Catholics when it comes to responding to sexual abuse claims:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/billy-grahams-grandson-evangelicals-worse-than-catholics-on-sex-abuse/2013/09/30/f7c8c9f2-2a14-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html?utm_term=.3e9c1ae00a2f
Highlights from the article:
- The Christian mission field is a “magnet” for sexual abusers (a new source for possible leads?)
- Protestants can be very arrogant when pointing to Catholics (I totally don't believe this at all.........)
- Mission agencies, “where abuse is most prevalent,” often don’t report abuse because they fear being barred from working in foreign countries
- Evangelicals often frown upon transparency and accountability as many Protestants rely on Scripture more than religious leaders, compared to Catholics.
- Too many Protestant institutions have sacrificed souls in order to protect their institutions
Another article that pretty much regurgitates the same information:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/billy-grahams-grandson-makes-shocking-sex-abuse-claims/
However, it is some of the comments that were most interesting:
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Brad • 4 years ago
There was a Baptist youth pastor who came from a church in the southern states who abused 5 or 6 boys in 2007 in the city that live and the local newspaper not once printed anything about it. At the same time this newspaper was running stories of alleged abuse by priests decades ago. So this doesn't surprise me that abuse does happen in protestant churches, it isn't being reported like the catholic abuse has been.>
Not shocked by this whatsoever.
And this comment:
matt1618 wearyconservative1946 • 4 years ago
The Catholic Church is a big target with deep pockets. There is no doubt that many of the accusations are legitimate and those that are guilty should be kicked out of the priesthood and tried as the criminals that they are, but there are false charges also. Some may be from those who hate the Church and some for want of money, and some because of both.
Insurance companies, child advocacy groups and religion scholars say there is no evidence that Catholic clergy are more likely to be involved in sexual misconduct than other clergy or professionals. Yet ongoing civil litigation of decades-old cases against a church with deep pockets keeps the Catholic Church in the headlines.
“There is no plausible evidence that Catholic priests are gangs of sexual predators, as they are being portrayed,” said Pennsylvania State University Prof. Philip Jenkins, eminent religion and history scholar, and a non-Catholic who’s studied the church’s abuse problems for 20 years.
Jenkins said there has been no formal study comparing denominations for rates of child abuse. However, insurers have been assessing the risks since they began offering riders on liability policies in the 1980s. Two of the largest insurers report no higher risks in covering Catholic churches than Protestant denominations.>
Articles that provide more information on GRACE:
http://prospect.org/article/next-christian-sex-abuse-scandal
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/07/boz_tchividjian_is_on_a_mission_billy_graham_s_grandson_wants_to_root_out.html
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jesus_is_lord ago
doubt it
garouwarrior ago
Your hardhitting and thoroughly resourced rebuttal has certainly convinced me to change my mind!!
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jesus_is_lord ago
i know what Christianity is about, and i know what catholics are about, so i know your article is more like a hit peace than anything else, maybe misdirection?
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
garouwarrior ago
Considering that Boz Tchividjian says that while comparing evangelicals to Catholics on abuse response, ”I think we are worse,” he said at the Religion Newswriters Association conference.
Not sure how that is a hit piece, especially since the guy is an EVANGELICAL himself...
jesus_is_lord ago
there are tares among the wheat, so nothing new there, im sure it happens, i doubt it happens as much as with catholics, cause catholics are christians in name only