Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Episcopal settlement is reminder institutions must do more to protect children from abuse CHICAGO (IL) Chicago Sun-Times June 9, 2022 By CST Editorial Board Transparency about abuse is also essential. Learning from past mistakes will help keep more children from becoming abuse victims. Too many institutions that have children
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Recently we had an issue in which a source believed we breached confidentiality. With that in mind, a review of what’s possible in this space, and what isn’t, may be timely and helpful. First, we must recognize that abuse happens along a continuum, ranging from micro-aggressions, to verbal activities, to
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In 2011, the Episcopal School of Texas, a private boarding school in Texas with a military tradition, was accused of ignoring multiple incidents of bullying and terroristic threats against a student from California. The threats included allegedly waving a lighted blowtorch in the student’s face and repeatedly threatening to rape
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Lucas Dillon Brandenburg, a youth pastor with Building 418, a ministry of St. Gabriel Episcopal Church in Titusville, Fl., was arrested in 2014 on charges of possession of child porn. The arrest came after law enforcement officials detected his computer sharing similar images. Brandenberg later admitted to police that he had
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