• Sacred Trust is an excellent resource by Carol Penner that expands on this topic through stories, reflections, and theological discussion.
  • Understanding sexual abuse by a church leader is an MCC publication that further explores topics such as power, the patterns of a perpetrator, and what is necessary for change, justice-making, and how to support those impacted.
  • Safe Connections: What Parishioners Can Do to Understand and Prevent Clergy Sexual Abuse (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
  • Healing in congregations after clergy sexual abuse (Evangelical Lutheran Church in American)
  • Broken and BeautifulChalmers and Peters
  • SNAP Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests: is an agency that holds a registry of clergy who have sexually offended.  One chapter of their agency includes:
  • MAP: Mennonite Abuse Prevention Registry.  They also offer advocacy for individuals wishing to seek justice by publicly identifying a perpetrator.
  • TheHopeOfSurvivors.com
  • Into Account: support for survivors seeking justice, accountability, and recovery in christian contexts.
  • Sexual Abuse by Church Leaders and Healing for VictimsCarolyn Holderread Heggen

Plenary presentations from #ChurchToo Conference 2019 @ Canadian Mennonite University

David Martin: Confronting Ministerial Sexual Misconduct in the Church

Carolyn Klassen: A therapist’s humble, human, and quite possibly flawed perspective on #churchtoo

Carol Penner – Abuse in the Church: Sin, Accountability, and Forgiveness

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