Are UU Clergy Misconduct Complainants aka Whistleblowers The Lepers Of The UU World?

Rev. Naomi King has referenced a story of Jesus' healing a leper, as reported in Mark 1:40-45, in a 'City of Refuge' blog post about ostracism and reincorporation titled 'Reclaiming Possibility'. The Emerson Avenger could not help but notice how Rev. Naomi's words in this particular blog post were all too applicable to how those persons of inherent worth and dignity who dare to complain about UU clergy misconduct of various kinds are often ostracized by their "less than welcoming" and indeed "less than safe" UU congregations and/or the UUA, so he submitted the following comment, which is but a slight reworking of Rev. Naomi King's words, in response to her blog post with some hyperlinks added to it -

Reporting UU clergy misconduct is a "death sentence" in modern times. UU clergy misconduct whistleblowers are set aside, isolated and apart from UU society. They can no longer live with the people they went to church with. They might even lose the work that fed them. They lose their place in the UU World. They are feared. . .

This social sickness of the UUs (to say nothing of other denominations) is often worse and more difficult to overcome than the abusive clergy misconduct that the whistle-blower dared to complain about in the first place. *This* particular ostracized man chose the fate of being being turned away by UUs, indeed "excommunicated" by the Unitarian Church of Montreal, by choosing to reach out to the proverbial Court Of Public Opinion via his "alternative spiritual practice" of publicly protesting against UU anti-religious intolerance and bigotry, UU clergy misconduct of all kinds, and a variety of other UU injustices and abuses.

Is that civil enough for UUs?

Sincerely,

Robin Edgar aka The Emerson Avenger