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Samantha Kilpatrick
How the Grooming Process Leads to Child Sexual Abuse
Culturally, we have been conditioned to believe that the greatest threat to our children...
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Responding to a disclosure of abuse
As church leadership learns about abuse and begins to formulate policies, there is more...
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Interactions and a code of conduct
Child predators are looking for opportunities to gain trust in order to embed themselves...
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Interviewing and screening
Churches and youth-serving organizations attract offenders. Churches, specifically, are easy targets because there tends...
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Objectives and definitions
According to Christianity Today’s Church Law & Tax, one of the top five reasons...
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In recent years, the #MeToo movement and other high-profile public scandals have increased public...
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