Ontario Mennonite Brethren Sexual Abuse Policy
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Sexual Abuse Policy
According to the authors, Helma Schmidt and John Rempel, this sexual abuse policy was "designed to address the issue of sexual misconduct in the Ontario Mennonite Brethren Conference."
The authors acknowledge the obvious fact that:
contrary to the directives "throughout the scriptures, (where) God calls on people to expose, confront, and abolish evil,"
"if anything, the (Mennonite Brethren) church has (instead) contributed to a conspiracy of silence."
The Mennonite Brethren community has "preferred to avoid the topic and act as though, ‘It isn't happening here'."
But, "for any Christian, to betray trust by the grave ethical transgression of sexually abusing ...
