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conspiracy of silence
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01.16.09part 3. how the conspiracy of silence works[audio:http://mennonitecoverup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gwexcerptsthefinalthirdpart.mp3] As a former secondary school teacher, as a former principal of Eden Christian College, as pastor of Cornerstone Community Mennonite Brethren Church, as assistant moderator of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, and as the father of a human rights/criminal lawyer, George Wichert knew, in 1991, that he, and his fellow Mennonite Brethren pastors, had a moral, spiritual, legal and ethical responsibility to confront my father with his sins and to report his crimes against me, as a child, to the police.
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01.15.09part 2. how the conspiracy of silence works[audio:http://mennonitecoverup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gwexcerptsthefinalsecondpart.mp3] My father’s pastor, George Wichert, the former principal of Eden Christian College (Eden High), explains to me - as a victim of multiple sexual assaults and rapes throughout my childhood - how the Mennonite Brethren conspiracy of silence works.
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01.03.09part 1. pastor acknowledges silence on sexual abuse[audio:http://mennonitecoverup.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gwexcerptsthefinalfirstpart.mp3] Pastor George Wichert, former assistant moderator of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches acknowledges his silence - subsequent to his discussion in 1991 with pastor Henry Wiebe, former moderator of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches - of the sexual crimes committed against me.
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