ornerythornery wrote:
No offense, instead of going to a repentance retreat (can we have churrasco?), we need to go downtown with you and your brother Leroy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TM5AvJP0), and sit down and explain everything to the police. Are we scared of the law?
“Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves” (Rom. 13:1-2).
I don't understand why this didn't happen already. What was stopping parents from taking their kids to the police station and filing a report against a Frank Parker, or a Reginaldo Goulart, or one of the other perps?
Is "following New Tribes 'protocol' " that important in instances regarding the safety of our children?
Just saying. Not trying to put blame on any parents, just trying to make sense of this.
And what will going to the police accomplish today? I mean, besides having a report filed so that the mission can never say that they didn't know?
(Sorry, Ornery- I'm not as well versed in law as you are.)
Just trying to understand what we can legally do, and what we SHOULD be doing.
Incidentally, I'm thinking a big part of the future "big picture" for New Tribes (in addition to complete honesty and transparency, repentance) ought to be education: of all their members, of the kids at boarding school, of all staff people at the schools (you know, defining what abuse is, how it happens, who to report it to, legal action, etc.) Certainly, we would EXPECT, going forward, that any perpetrators names be listed on their website with a current address, photo, etc. (Enough of this "we'll resolve it" stuff. We want to see concrete steps taken!)
I, for one, am thinking we should be making these kind of requests/demands of the Mission going forward!
Hurt-n-Hopeful