Rev. David Maynard And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up Legal Bullying - What's The Connection?
How about the fact that Rev. David Maynard threatened to sue Rev. Gail Seavey and possibly also the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association for apparently quite truthful evidence-based statements that Rev. Seavey made about Rev. Maynard's alleged, or indeed actual. . . clergy sexual misconduct, which included alleged or actual sexual harassment of
Anna Belle Leiserson, and alleged or actual multiple "affairs" with FU*UN "church ladies", while Rev. David More Maynard was minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, Tennessee; thus legal bullying Rev. Gail Seavey and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association into redacting aka "memory holing" portions of Rev. Gail Seavey's ironically titled 'If Our Secrets Define Us' 2016 Berry Street Essay.
I recently (re)found Rev. Gail Seavey's ironically titled 'If Our Secrets Define Us' 2016 Berry Street Essay on the website of Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance, with the "redacted" portions intact.
Here is a "telling" paragraph from the redacted aka "memory holed" portions of Rev. Gail Seavey's 'If Our Secrets Define Us' Berry Street Essay:
I realized that to successfully manage it I had to find a congregation that did not constantly press my buttons. I was called to serve First UU Church of Nashville, TN, where I still serve, now for eleven years. I was attracted to them because they were open about their history as a congregation that had suffered and healed from clergy misconduct. In 1993, a member complained to the board about sexualized behavior by the minister, David Maynard. Conny LaFerriere, a District Executive from California that the Southeast District asked to hold a hearing, recommended that they lodge a formal complaint to the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee. To make a complaint an individual had to identify oneself and only one person dared to do so, Anna Belle Leiserson, who reported that she had been sexually harassed. Those who had affairs with the minister choose to keep their involvement private. Rev. Maynard was found guilty of conduct unbecoming and resigned. The congregation split into two as some sought to protect Rev. Maynard’s ministry and others wanted him to leave. No one suffered more than Anna Belle who was harassed, bullied and shunned by the minister’s supporters. That first year, her hair turned pure white. She says that the attempts to exile her from the congregation were even more painful than the original betrayal by the minister. Healing began in the following year when First UU held a ‘Listening Process’ that allowed congregants to talk about their varied experiences and feelings, which was then published in a report in which everyone’s personal privacy was protected.
When I tried to compare the seemingly intact version of Rev. Gail Seavey's 2016 Berry Street Essay that is currently posted on Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance's website with the "redacted" version of 'If Our Secrets Define Us' on the website of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association aka UUMA, I discovered that Rev. Gail Seavey has "withdrawn her permission" for the UUMA to post the redacted version "If Our Secrets Define Us."
How ironic. . .
It is no longer possible to readily determine exactly what portions of
Rev. Gail Seavey's ironically titled 'If Our Secrets Define Us' Berry Street Essay were "redacted" aka "memory holed" as a result of Rev. David Maynard's clergy sexual misconduct cover-up legal bullying, because the "redacted" version of Rev. Seavey's 2016 Berry Street Essay has been completely "memory holed" from the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association's website thanks to Rev. Gail Seavey herself. . .
And so it goes U*Us. . .
I recently (re)found Rev. Gail Seavey's ironically titled 'If Our Secrets Define Us' 2016 Berry Street Essay on the website of Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance, with the "redacted" portions intact.
Here is a "telling" paragraph from the redacted aka "memory holed" portions of Rev. Gail Seavey's 'If Our Secrets Define Us' Berry Street Essay:
I realized that to successfully manage it I had to find a congregation that did not constantly press my buttons. I was called to serve First UU Church of Nashville, TN, where I still serve, now for eleven years. I was attracted to them because they were open about their history as a congregation that had suffered and healed from clergy misconduct. In 1993, a member complained to the board about sexualized behavior by the minister, David Maynard. Conny LaFerriere, a District Executive from California that the Southeast District asked to hold a hearing, recommended that they lodge a formal complaint to the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee. To make a complaint an individual had to identify oneself and only one person dared to do so, Anna Belle Leiserson, who reported that she had been sexually harassed. Those who had affairs with the minister choose to keep their involvement private. Rev. Maynard was found guilty of conduct unbecoming and resigned. The congregation split into two as some sought to protect Rev. Maynard’s ministry and others wanted him to leave. No one suffered more than Anna Belle who was harassed, bullied and shunned by the minister’s supporters. That first year, her hair turned pure white. She says that the attempts to exile her from the congregation were even more painful than the original betrayal by the minister. Healing began in the following year when First UU held a ‘Listening Process’ that allowed congregants to talk about their varied experiences and feelings, which was then published in a report in which everyone’s personal privacy was protected.
Click on this "thumbnail" image to see a readable full size image.
When I tried to compare the seemingly intact version of Rev. Gail Seavey's 2016 Berry Street Essay that is currently posted on Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance's website with the "redacted" version of 'If Our Secrets Define Us' on the website of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association aka UUMA, I discovered that Rev. Gail Seavey has "withdrawn her permission" for the UUMA to post the redacted version "If Our Secrets Define Us."
How ironic. . .
It is no longer possible to readily determine exactly what portions of
Rev. Gail Seavey's ironically titled 'If Our Secrets Define Us' Berry Street Essay were "redacted" aka "memory holed" as a result of Rev. David Maynard's clergy sexual misconduct cover-up legal bullying, because the "redacted" version of Rev. Seavey's 2016 Berry Street Essay has been completely "memory holed" from the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association's website thanks to Rev. Gail Seavey herself. . .
And so it goes U*Us. . .
Comments