Boz Tchividjian examines one of our treasured legal principles and how, improperly applied, can be used to great harm by predators and abuse enablers.

No matter how much we think we might know about child molestation, people will continue to be easily fooled. Pastor Jimmy Hinton explains some of the barriers to understanding how abuse functions.

What makes an “independent investigation” truly independent? Are survivors best served when an institution investigates itself? Boz Tchividjian draws on his experiences and explains why finding the truth is essential.

Instead of focusing time and energy in doing the right thing when a spotlight is turned on, many leaders will try to deflect attention away from abuse and their failures to respond to it correctly.

Boz Tchividjian explains how God often displays His kindness and love by showing “flashes of light” in the darkness. Here, Boz gives a few glimpses he’s seen of Jesus at work.

Why do so many victims remain silent? In over twenty years of confronting abuse, Boz Tchividjian shares what he has learned about the silence that imprisons many survivors. 

As followers of Jesus, we are called to minister to everyone in church including sex offenders, but we should never do so in isolation from child protection professionals or in ignorance of the harm done to their victims. Simon Bass explains why.

Something is wrong when churches protect perpetrators and marginalize victims. Mary DeMuth shares what happens when churches prefer predators, cover up sexual abuse, and demand victims forgive and forget.

The mishandling of sibling sexual abuse disclosures in the Duggar family has brought to the surface a painful topic that most of us would prefer to pretend doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, that is not an option. 

Sexual offenders have perfected a grand deception that sadly seems to work all too well inside faith communities.

A Proposal for a Federal International Mandated Reporting Law

A disturbingly common legal maneuver is utilized by attorneys across the United States which ends up discouraging victims from coming forward, David Clohessy explains.

Why do so many churches fail to do the right thing when they learn that one of their own has been accused of sexual abuse? All too often it’s because the victimized are repeatedly overshadowed by the need to protect a “righteous” reputation.

In the past 20 years, I have come across many situations where folks  have found themselves conflicted about whether to say something after observing unsettling behavior between an adult and a child.  Unfortunately, too many have decided it’s best to remain silent. 

Examining the crisis of culpability at Hillsong Church when pastor Brian Houston failed to report his predator father, Frank Houston, to authorities.

Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis explains how the Black church can directly confront child abuse, beginning within its own community.

Reflecting on an editorial by WORLD Magazine columnist Warren Cole Smith and how it exemplifies responding well in a world rife with evil and darkness.

Offenders and their supporters use three common strategies to try and convince others to embrace their distorted definition of innocence. This article explains each tactic so you can better understand an abuse disclosure.