Sex Offenders, Recidivism, and the Church
Sex Offenders, Recidivism, and the Church offenders are not in the church. Known Offenders
Known Offenders - Five Things to Know
Known Offenders - Five Things to Know But offenders are not always hiding in secret. in our church, there are warnings that communities can heed when navigating issues around known offenders Known Offenders
Sex Offenders in the Pews
Sex Offenders in the Pews Not only do decades of studies still leave us at a loss as to why offenders offend, but generations of Known Offenders
Three Common Strategies: How Sexual Offenders Discredit Child Witnesses
Three Common Strategies: How Sexual Offenders Discredit Child Witnesses In my years as a child sexual abuse prosecutor, I discovered that offenders and their supporters use Offenders and their supporters use three common strategies to try and convince others to embrace their Known Offenders
A Careful Grace: Accountability for Sex Offenders in the Church
A Careful Grace: Accountability for Sex Offenders in the Church understanding of offenders and how they act. As followers of Jesus, we are called to minister to everyone in church including sex offenders, but we Known Offenders
Ministering to Adult Sex Offenders
Ministering to Adult Sex Offenders chapter by GRACE Board Member Victor Vieth, ten important lessons on how to minister to adult sex offenders Board Member Victor Vieth shares ten lessons from Henry Gerecke on how to minister to adult sex offenders Known Offenders
When Sex Offenders Confess to Clergy: Three Mistaken Beliefs
When Sex Offenders Confess to Clergy: Three Mistaken Beliefs The dark reality is that most offenders who confess abuse to a pastor won’t report themselves to the Known Offenders
4 Lessons We Can Learn From a Church that Hired a Sex Offender
Sure, most churches are not knowingly hiring convicted sex offenders to be pastors. That is good! Many churches and faith communities are increasingly faced with decisions related to sex offenders and Known Offenders
When the Church Prefers Predators
covering up sexual abuse, demanding victims forgive and forget instantly for the sake of the poor offenders Known Offenders
A Grand Deception: The Successful Response of Sex Offenders
A Grand Deception: The Successful Response of Sex Offenders Oftentimes, offenders don’t even have to carry out this dirty work themselves. Sexual offenders have perfected a grand deception that sadly seems to work all too well inside faith
Eliminating the Edge: Five Common Characteristics of Child Sexual Offenders
Eliminating the Edge: Five Common Characteristics of Child Sexual Offenders The fact that most offenders have multiple victims means that most offenders in our midst have never
Caught on Tape: 5 Self-Serving Responses by Sex Offenders in the Church
Caught on Tape: 5 Self-Serving Responses by Sex Offenders in the Church this video, its unintended result is that it provides at least five self-serving responses by sex offenders unintended result of an ill-advised church video reveals five common self-serving responses by sex offenders
Distorting the Grace of God and the Five Stops
We must hold offenders accountable before the law and God. While offenders should receive the love and forgiveness of Jesus, we must realize that forgiveness and
Four Common Exploitations: Sex Offenders in Faith Communities
Four Common Exploitations: Sex Offenders in Faith Communities Let’s examine how offenders exploit a faith term such as “sin”. Many offenders within faith communities use similar methods to perpetrate and silence abuse.
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Five Characteristics of Child Sexual Offenders in Faith Communities
Five Characteristics of Child Sexual Offenders in Faith Communities Offenders are not strangers: Another unfortunate stereotype is that most offenders are strangers to Learning how offenders think and act is the first step in prevention, which can keep our communities
Catching American Sex Offenders Overseas
Catching American Sex Offenders Overseas Simply put, domestic mandated reporting laws continue to help expose child abuse, prosecute offenders
A House of Cards: The Wicked Scheme of Child Offending Church Leaders
Offenders will exploit these very aspects of the relationship to access and abuse the child.
God Made All of Me: Interview with Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
Also, offenders are usually not strangers.
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