tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184731392024-03-17T23:01:51.656-04:00The Emerson AvengerThe Emerson Avenger is a "memory hole" free blog where censorship is scorned. This blog will "guard the right to know" about any injustices and abuses that corrupt Unitarian Universalism. Posters may speak and argue freely, according to conscience, about any injustices and abuses, or indeed hypocrisy, that they may know about so that the Avenger, in the form of justice and redress, may come surely and swiftly. . . "Slowly, slowly the Avenger comes, but comes surely." - Ralph Waldo EmersonRobin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-53491933550433046942023-12-24T10:51:00.004-05:002023-12-24T11:07:01.820-05:00Christmas Eve And Unitarian Universalist Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1738941949892002066" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a> that shone a light on Unitarian Universalist child sex abuse cover-up and denial minutes ago, and this quite unexpected <a href="https://twitter.com/lrippel/status/1738943741849657581" target="_blank">response to m<span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">y </span> Tweet</a> b</span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"><span style="font-size: large;">y</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> a member of the <span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh?<br /><br /></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">I brought all kinds of light in 2023, including shining a </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spotlight?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#spotlight</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> on former </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">President </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/BillSinkford" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">@BillSinkford</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">'s shameful minimization of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UnitarianUniversalist</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexualAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#ClergySexualAbuse</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> that includes </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildRape?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#ChildRape</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> on </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/FirstUPDX" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">@FirstUPDX</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">'s website:</span><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/wsjAHlZ43J" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /><br />http://</span>emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/first-<span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" style="text-overflow: unset;">unitarian-portland-uua-child-sex.html</span></a><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">
</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUism?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;"><br /><br />#UUism</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#CSA</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUliars?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UUliars</a> <br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuininMgVsuIhqIJ804LYg5gasp58ZtUG99O_w-9q_gjr5JEn_WT5jnnqBGeuNsiwmDI0dpIgZ9pFPmmyPlbVd02tZRC5fsN4NXDrEqBRIwa_3ovYZA5E49nqt8GiXeYDF3u6-pGIKBEqHwkQt6lPvnHMJWyT84x0MFSLusC80DGSsBUIWTOOx/s978/Christmas%20Eve%202023%20Tweet%20re.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20Minimization%20December%2024%202023%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="751" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuininMgVsuIhqIJ804LYg5gasp58ZtUG99O_w-9q_gjr5JEn_WT5jnnqBGeuNsiwmDI0dpIgZ9pFPmmyPlbVd02tZRC5fsN4NXDrEqBRIwa_3ovYZA5E49nqt8GiXeYDF3u6-pGIKBEqHwkQt6lPvnHMJWyT84x0MFSLusC80DGSsBUIWTOOx/w492-h640/Christmas%20Eve%202023%20Tweet%20re.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20Minimization%20December%2024%202023%20A.png" width="492" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-23669556600497212842023-12-23T14:49:00.002-05:002024-02-24T10:36:01.730-05:00Festivus Grievances And Unitarian Universalist Injustices Abuses And Hypocrisy - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1738622251203768628" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a> just for starters?<br /><br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">Please </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AirYourGrievances?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#AirYourGrievances</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> about the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UnitarianUniversalist</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> Ass. (</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">@UUA</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">), & U*U </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/injustices?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#injustices</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">, </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abuses?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#abuses</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">, & </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hypocrisy?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#hypocrisy</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> more generally on </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Festivus2023?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#Festivus2023</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">.<br /><br />I "reimagined" </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Festivus?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#Festivus</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> as </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FestivUUs?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#FestivUUs</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> aka FestivU*Us back in 2019.
<br /><br />See: </span><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/1CLs5hSA3O" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" style="text-overflow: unset;">http://</span>emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2019/12/festiv<span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" style="text-overflow: unset;">us-grievances-unitarian.html</span></a><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">
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</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Unitarian?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;"><br />#Unitarian</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUism?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UUism</a></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUTwitter?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0; text-overflow: unset;">#UUTwitter</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybPwU8vH1_Zt11d-BHnBRPHJPMw8USFbuvGXcnvxQp52vUXBJ4L6jAuaysGDHihBWQnFQZ6Lzn2sPl1kmDQs3w9MX3BtkUdD1uvF9DzqsUo8Z2vW6Q0xJhbip-7Ighl_CeN5p7nzW8USqJyAThDN00VKoropo14fKvdcIHpzZGm4U8Ukgz7T6/s979/Festivus%20Airing%20Of%20Grievances%20Unitarian%20Universalist%20Tweet%20December%2023%202023%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybPwU8vH1_Zt11d-BHnBRPHJPMw8USFbuvGXcnvxQp52vUXBJ4L6jAuaysGDHihBWQnFQZ6Lzn2sPl1kmDQs3w9MX3BtkUdD1uvF9DzqsUo8Z2vW6Q0xJhbip-7Ighl_CeN5p7nzW8USqJyAThDN00VKoropo14fKvdcIHpzZGm4U8Ukgz7T6/w494-h640/Festivus%20Airing%20Of%20Grievances%20Unitarian%20Universalist%20Tweet%20December%2023%202023%20A.png" width="494" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-81698526273715371952023-12-07T11:49:00.004-05:002024-02-26T18:48:11.223-05:00Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial And UUA General Resolutions - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about this <span class="font-size-xsmr d-block lang">1993 UUA General Resolution re. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.uua.org/action/statements/violence-against-women" target="_blank">Violence Against Women</a> that I have "annotated" with embedded links just for starters?<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNeJSO9w6p7jaxLhUTmcftMMuYQq1XhDETJJew8zdYKqLqPMdbFcrva5KP9JiNRHJCNucOoIcwJylLuliI5JKGTcCK57I12RlmNxIQ-GXNClvOSwKR9-hXqVVREh6CH08WVb5ltpEMOgtKNXt1mBvFHjbcYjhuThl723EKuIe5KyNGT7VWcXk/s1920/UUA%20Violence%20Against%20Women%20Resolution%201993%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1920" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNeJSO9w6p7jaxLhUTmcftMMuYQq1XhDETJJew8zdYKqLqPMdbFcrva5KP9JiNRHJCNucOoIcwJylLuliI5JKGTcCK57I12RlmNxIQ-GXNClvOSwKR9-hXqVVREh6CH08WVb5ltpEMOgtKNXt1mBvFHjbcYjhuThl723EKuIe5KyNGT7VWcXk/w640-h326/UUA%20Violence%20Against%20Women%20Resolution%201993%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="font-size-xsmr d-block lang"><br /></span></span><p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: large;">BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth
and dignity of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18q9Nj2kIR0" target="_blank">every person</a>, and living with dignity includes freedom
from <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/01/margo-ellis-unitarian-church-montreal.html" target="_blank">physical</a> and emotional violence and the fear of such violence in
the home, workplace, <a href="https://youtu.be/YBsZ98yBlGY" target="_blank">church</a>, and community; and</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS the number of reported cases of harassment and stalking of women is increasing;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS the rates of violent crime including <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=sexual+assault" target="_blank">sexual assault</a>, <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=rape" target="_blank">rape</a>,
battering, and <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=murder" target="_blank">murder</a> are rising and battering is the largest cause of
injury to women in the United States and Canada;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS violence against women occurs in families of all classes and races and is frequently perpetuated across generations;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=violence+against+women" target="_blank">violence against women</a> is frequently <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=Bill+Sinkford+minimized" target="_blank">trivialized</a>, <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2021/11/defellowshipped-unitarian-universalist.html" target="_blank">unreported</a>, <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=hidden+sexual+abuse" target="_blank">hidden within the family</a>, or blamed on the victim;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS our patriarchal system creates and sustains such violence by
viewing and treating women as if they are of little value; and</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist sexism audits, "Checking Our
Balance" and "<a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unitarian-universalists-pedophilia-rape.html" target="_blank">Cleansing Our Temple</a>," reveal our own continuing need to
recognize patriarchal thinking and practices within us as individuals,
among us in our congregations, and around us in society;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Unitarian Universalist Association
shall act and urge its associate members, affiliate organizations,
member congregations, and individual Unitarian Universalists to:</span></p>
<ol><li><span style="font-size: large;">break the silence by naming and speaking of the violence women
experience in their homes, schools, work places, churches, and
communities;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">examine the nature and consequences of harassment and the ways in
which our social, commercial, and religious institutions sanction
<a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=hidden+sexual+harassment" target="_blank">harassment of women</a>;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">develop and implement <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=Tibetan+education" target="_blank">educational programs for children</a> and adults
to empower individuals and groups to work at eliminating violence
against women;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">develop and implement programs to examine the roles that religious
myths and institutions play in <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/07/marc-andre-coulombe-stikeman-elliott.html" target="_blank">fostering violence</a> or in healing its
effects;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">promote legislation to stop violence against women;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">promote legislation to require that physicians report suspected cases of abuse;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">advocate for the introduction of school curricula that promotes
gender equality and respect, and teaches non-violent means of conflict
resolution;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">support the development and implementation of training programs for
law enforcers, health-care providers, business and legal professionals,
educators, child-care workers, and clergy, to increase awareness of the
causes and symptoms of violence against women and effective methods of
intervention;<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">promote the creation of safe houses, shelters, counseling centers, and <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=safety+net" target="_blank">support groups for victims</a> and their dependents; and<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">promote personal <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=accountability" target="_blank">accountability</a> through intervention and <br />treatment
programs, including individual and small group counseling for <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=abusers" target="_blank">abusers</a>.<br /><br /></span></li></ol><p><span style="font-size: large;">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Unitarian Universalist
Association shall act and urge its associate members, affiliate
organizations, member congregations, and individual Unitarian
Universalists to support the continental network, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Unitarian+Universalists+Acting+to+Stop+Violence+Against+Women%22&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=588786366&ei=vvRxZdW5MNfx0PEPh66SiAs&ved=0ahUKEwjVkJGm4f2CAxXXODQIHQeXBLEQ4dUDCBA&oq=%22Unitarian+Universalists+Acting+to+Stop+Violence+Against+Women%22&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiPyJVbml0YXJpYW4gVW5pdmVyc2FsaXN0cyBBY3RpbmcgdG8gU3RvcCBWaW9sZW5jZSBBZ2FpbnN0IFdvbWVuIkjaLlCYBFjXIHABeACQAQCYAe4BoAHBA6oBAzItMrgBDMgBAPgBAeIDBBgBIEGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank">Unitarian Universalists Acting to Stop Violence Against Women</a>, in its work, which
includes congregation-based programs of worship, ritual, religious
education, caring communities, and social action;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 1993 General Assembly requests the
President of the Unitarian Universalist Association to report annually
on progress in implementing this resolution; and</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that Unitarian Universalist congregations and
individual Unitarian Universalists be urged to recognize the pervasive
nature of violence against women and to confront the emotional and
physical violence in our own families, congregations, and communities.</span></p>
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</div>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-72932721005501875652023-11-19T10:47:00.006-05:002023-11-19T10:53:49.683-05:00Unitarian Universalist Community Mythology And UUA Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1726261820124791231" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a> just for starters?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Here's an example of the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommunityMythology?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#CommunityMythology</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> of the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#UnitarianUniversalist</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> "church", courtesy of former </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">President </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/BillSinkford" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">@BillSinkford</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">aka Rev. Dr. William "Gee I Forgot About </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildRapist?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#ChildRapist</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUAclergy?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#UUAclergy</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">" Sinkford:
<br /><br /></span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/3z8e0vQcsC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">https://</span>firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-wher<span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">e-we-are-right/</span></a><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> <br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="css-1dbjc4n"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4"><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__hg0iswttyc" lang="en" style="text-overflow: unset;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">
</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#ClergySexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUliars?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="text-overflow: unset;">#UUliars</a> </span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__hg0iswttyc" lang="en" style="text-overflow: unset;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><br /></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__hg0iswttyc" lang="en" style="text-overflow: unset;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div class="css-1dbjc4n"><div aria-labelledby="id__sgyai2fc5l id__m6xpjxqpbu" class="css-1dbjc4n r-1ssbvtb r-1s2bzr4" id="id__gvxru7wcfm"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-9aw3ui"><div class="css-1dbjc4n"><div class="css-1dbjc4n"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1ets6dv r-1867qdf r-1phboty r-rs99b7 r-1ny4l3l r-1udh08x r-o7ynqc r-6416eg"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference & to seek, receive & impart information & ideas through any media & regardless of frontiers."<br /><br />Unitarians. . .<br />
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</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link"><br /><br />#UUA</a></span></span></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-3528376927144763802023-09-25T20:38:00.004-04:002024-03-01T12:33:02.519-05:00Yom Kippur And Unitarian Universalist Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about the fact that, while Unitarian Universalism pays lip service to the Jewish "Day of Atonement" <a href="https://www.uua.org/search?as_q=yom%20kippur#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=yom%20kippur&gsc.page=1" target="_blank">Yom Kippur</a> with watered down <a href="https://www.uua.org/occasion/yom-kippur?page=1" target="_blank">Yom Kippur meditations</a>, and even <a href="https://www.uua.org/worship/words/ceremony/143238.shtml" target="_blank">Yom Kippur rituals</a>*, top-level UUA leadership, numerous </span><span style="font-size: large;">Unitarian Universalist ministers, and </span><span style="font-size: large;">Unitarian Universalists more generally are obstinately UNwilling to properly repent of their "sins", including the "sin" of either being directly involved in Unitarian Universalist child sex abuse cover-up and denial, or being passively complicit in UUA cover-up and denial of Unitarian Universalist clergy sex abuse that includes "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape"? <br /><br /><br />* Dare I say "meaningless rituals"? <br /><br /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd4Fp_WGRri5AlFHHa552dPkk6j1q8AxEe7l_j9GxjeFkQyePh3AXCa0vJ5BTGsY9MQjQAH8tweYZQxcMMthSnb04o66ba7_jLEpuAU4L59xa9TcW1ccXciUIn6UrWbxlSBaEIQ7HUTSgo3bruaMM28LhDpcQ5OlyAaf7koSJqgTkw4SgPZJW/s960/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd4Fp_WGRri5AlFHHa552dPkk6j1q8AxEe7l_j9GxjeFkQyePh3AXCa0vJ5BTGsY9MQjQAH8tweYZQxcMMthSnb04o66ba7_jLEpuAU4L59xa9TcW1ccXciUIn6UrWbxlSBaEIQ7HUTSgo3bruaMM28LhDpcQ5OlyAaf7koSJqgTkw4SgPZJW/w638-h640/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41XAI0kUuSKJ4cV-q8w4oSnnyoM3u6ms-JcdCWW6xLAx9E5HWQyBX0F9cs9UJ52W25Yh6Nfm33-TCd7gGP_tP17SDjWWIX2T6QPsHn4KDnR7CNmsSPaRLX8TspGwfK9uDFOD2J3sjxxhj_LdTNN0IdFGFqlZ-RHKABYx7_9_yV_nvTu7qjRF0/s1290/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1290" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41XAI0kUuSKJ4cV-q8w4oSnnyoM3u6ms-JcdCWW6xLAx9E5HWQyBX0F9cs9UJ52W25Yh6Nfm33-TCd7gGP_tP17SDjWWIX2T6QPsHn4KDnR7CNmsSPaRLX8TspGwfK9uDFOD2J3sjxxhj_LdTNN0IdFGFqlZ-RHKABYx7_9_yV_nvTu7qjRF0/w640-h512/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkQCpDOOqFQ50zLAVuVWEQmHprNaUn3QtKoZ6LTomW6_4Chm_qEgYOvGwuPIF4gEloHpgqnqm1BJNsIJq54ituXAUQr8Bcj_U2hWf_5UTS7TPm5c2k_2MSoCnF1er9S8_o8dLwDIbgdry60RkFdDhHpVCV16pYXpr0WcOef_b7kFSt1z7iMb7/s960/Jim%20Key%20NO%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20meme%202%20large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkQCpDOOqFQ50zLAVuVWEQmHprNaUn3QtKoZ6LTomW6_4Chm_qEgYOvGwuPIF4gEloHpgqnqm1BJNsIJq54ituXAUQr8Bcj_U2hWf_5UTS7TPm5c2k_2MSoCnF1er9S8_o8dLwDIbgdry60RkFdDhHpVCV16pYXpr0WcOef_b7kFSt1z7iMb7/w640-h640/Jim%20Key%20NO%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20meme%202%20large.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUixFC08DBU4EL1uVHa3BVWEmkFZz7SsHSizA1egMRMLYZ9xSHca4qElJRDDeGjCxga8KDwRtwLtDle5nLbHUJ37AocCfqA3SEGyLPNXufGIrWl9nCGt-mWm-AxMTICsnPQ0jUL_tuXpTi7-1VbQLpnapnhOLehePzNtzqTAXd7Z1e732whBr/s960/UUA%20President%20Peter%20Morales%20Blasphemy%20Law%20Misuse%20Meme%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="960" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUixFC08DBU4EL1uVHa3BVWEmkFZz7SsHSizA1egMRMLYZ9xSHca4qElJRDDeGjCxga8KDwRtwLtDle5nLbHUJ37AocCfqA3SEGyLPNXufGIrWl9nCGt-mWm-AxMTICsnPQ0jUL_tuXpTi7-1VbQLpnapnhOLehePzNtzqTAXd7Z1e732whBr/w640-h398/UUA%20President%20Peter%20Morales%20Blasphemy%20Law%20Misuse%20Meme%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-13231266493291290392023-09-16T11:27:00.006-04:002023-09-16T11:27:52.875-04:00John Hus, Michael Servetus And Unitarian Universalist Misuse Of Blasphemy Law In Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up Legal Bullying - What's The Connection? <p><span style="font-size: large;">How about the Facebook comment I just posted in response to a comment by a Texas Unitarian Universalist who brought up </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> John Hus and Michael Servetus in a conversation about ?<br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fufS9saZ1yiqX6z9ihw-PPnVi-D5d_qRTsmIQbYfIHJzQKnMjWg06rDa3zhETOkNczRGptKPM2nJb7C3DbOFgZgBF27yJkkUj-Jv79_RHhjzjpkt3Br_I9GvAI6g7lFXcQJjGUK9m65mNCBkFum-u9_dfqQDrhKBC42OFh_t4YDhf7PW69Nw/s952/Fifth%20Principle%20Facebook%20comment%20re.%20John%20Hus%20and%20Michael%20Servetus%20September%2016%202023%20B.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="952" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fufS9saZ1yiqX6z9ihw-PPnVi-D5d_qRTsmIQbYfIHJzQKnMjWg06rDa3zhETOkNczRGptKPM2nJb7C3DbOFgZgBF27yJkkUj-Jv79_RHhjzjpkt3Br_I9GvAI6g7lFXcQJjGUK9m65mNCBkFum-u9_dfqQDrhKBC42OFh_t4YDhf7PW69Nw/w640-h594/Fifth%20Principle%20Facebook%20comment%20re.%20John%20Hus%20and%20Michael%20Servetus%20September%2016%202023%20B.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">"Depends
on who's "covenant". John Hus and Michael Servetus come to mind. The
Czech reformer and the Spanish skeptic were both burned at the stake,
and no one throwing firewood on either fire was punished at all."</span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />"For the record, nobody at the UUA who was directly or indirectly
involved in the UUA authorizing its Canadian attorneys to t<a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/06/uua-unitarian-universalist-association.html" target="_blank">hreaten to have me prosecuted</a> for the archaic criminal act of <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/3512946/commentary-at-long-last-canadas-blasphemy-law-is-dead/" target="_blank">blasphemous libel</a> for
blogging about "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" most
certainly committed by "certain Unitarian Universalist ministers" ever
faced the slightest accountability for this <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unitarian-universalists-pedophilia-rape.html" target="_blank">ignominious termination</a> of a
centuries old Unitarian*Universalist tradition of opposing blasphemy
laws. <br /><br /></span></div></div></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
will be asking new UUA president Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt to
responsibly clean-up <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/12/shit-or-get-off-pot-uu-eh-leaders-and.html" target="_blank">this shameful U*U "mess"</a> in the coming days. That
clean-up will involve the UUA publicly apologizing for attempting to
<a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html" target="_blank">misuse Canada's blasphemy law</a> in child sex abuse cover-up legal
bullying."<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvv5SXZQ7xB0BNKsGJvadeMnlOtzfM0R3oDVjqYbZcGWa6CpXxBKF8RnhTffEh4S5QrDVctCIMiEa5FcICvmHiHmHC2XqPqaJ5awPfnTGXbMMzj9D9JI8EUZ8lJjUUuBRA4MHdJrB3vyKRd0jsBywPO3jQVT9EmeMkp_avVHw6TfyKxAckkk_/s960/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvv5SXZQ7xB0BNKsGJvadeMnlOtzfM0R3oDVjqYbZcGWa6CpXxBKF8RnhTffEh4S5QrDVctCIMiEa5FcICvmHiHmHC2XqPqaJ5awPfnTGXbMMzj9D9JI8EUZ8lJjUUuBRA4MHdJrB3vyKRd0jsBywPO3jQVT9EmeMkp_avVHw6TfyKxAckkk_/w638-h640/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_-vJ8zHg2N_nvxKorv8Aq-97OFZsx7rBxtZfRIyq2WtNeeuvADXL394-W20Zu7cTKOcBbayMLsTUp0xSYGYEjsYsBGLy13YgIK_sGyJKlkDJyxsyaF15yOCp8NsWs9SMwn1QAhrzwseVHaUwqBQwuLmHdSgiStbX5KGp4Jwsq2-Z9MRYOOTF/w640-h360/Canadian%20Heritage%20Minutes%20UUA%20Historic%20Misuse%20Of%20Blasphemy%20Law%20meme%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div></span><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-45725157710511399652023-09-01T13:09:00.003-04:002023-09-01T13:09:33.174-04:00Famous Unitarian John Adams And UUA Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up Legal Bullying - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1697616769827971420" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br />I wonder what John Adams would make of the false accusation of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlasphemousLibel?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#BlasphemousLibel</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> that top-level </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leadership?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#leadership</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> brought against me in </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoverUp?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CoverUp</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegalBullying?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#LegalBullying</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> in the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/21stCentury?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#21stCentury</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">?<br />
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</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link"><br />#UnitarianUniversalist</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SheerLunacy?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#SheerLunacy</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsr6mbXj6nWVIUfAaDEntWjTlVtzCzx1D0CiH7UrGKGVJwHULnwpJxqkWU45WNUj3-GiI2AU2HV0Ffg3zF94GYyguDc5IKs5b0SH6xGBXPQ9XyvQG2jxtWm6cA-obbBTociSBUzU5gZ2aRknliVR4g0_DaJafBeGpR0_XUHszMIWPzpv8EoOEY/s978/Famous%20Unitarian%20John%20Adams%20UUA%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20Cover%20Up%20Legal%20Bullying%20Tweet%20September%201%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="829" height="640" 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style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/Emerson_Avenger/status/1697599095521644689" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__cp8qny6jz6c" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">I'm glad to see that you believe in questioning everything, and understand that the media lies.<br /><br />Do you believe </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/CTVMontreal" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">@CTVMontreal</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> "journalist" </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/SGirouxCTV" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">@SGirouxCTV</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> when he claims that no </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SexCrimes?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">#SexCrimes</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> committed by </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">@UUMinAssoc</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> clergy & </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">@UUA</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Religious Educators have been </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProvenInCourt?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">#ProvenInCourt</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">?<br /></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;"><br />#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSA?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="color: #1d9bf0;">#CSA</a> </span></span></div><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" 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Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-63906637568288274312023-08-25T13:19:00.002-04:002023-08-25T13:20:08.683-04:00Rev. Dr. Gail Seavey And Unitarian Universalism's Culture Of Secrecy re. Child Sex Abuse Committed By UUA Clergy & UUA Religious Educators - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1695119919061352798" target="_blank">How about this little Tweet of mine?</a><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpzfW9YXXF9bTkSc-J_688-NvNW-8IoQwvwrhA7CU3_6y9Tng4g9eSTZLbnMca975ZEneE-I6jEBbO9P7GAHIiHvOAZ-4mYYlVVYYTkKY0X60ADUToz5rUcP_JBG3kXXubV6zaNrriXHu5HuStopcLhZ6D9UTUuvXHy5MqvuNVaYA_g-NmwBi/s983/Naomi%20King%20Tweet%20re.%20complicity%20in%20UUA%20clergy%20abuse%20cover%20up%20August%2025%202023%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="677" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpzfW9YXXF9bTkSc-J_688-NvNW-8IoQwvwrhA7CU3_6y9Tng4g9eSTZLbnMca975ZEneE-I6jEBbO9P7GAHIiHvOAZ-4mYYlVVYYTkKY0X60ADUToz5rUcP_JBG3kXXubV6zaNrriXHu5HuStopcLhZ6D9UTUuvXHy5MqvuNVaYA_g-NmwBi/w440-h640/Naomi%20King%20Tweet%20re.%20complicity%20in%20UUA%20clergy%20abuse%20cover%20up%20August%2025%202023%20A.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="css-1dbjc4n"><div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" data-testid="tweetText" dir="auto" id="id__fupt1rtogra" lang="en"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalism?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UnitarianUniversalism</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">'s </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CultureOfSecrecy?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CultureOfSecrecy</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> re. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link">@UUMinAssoc</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> does not maintain itself; your lack of intervention is an act of maintenance.
<br /><br />Every </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> attempt to </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoverUp?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CoverUp</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> or minimize </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UU?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UU</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> is upheld by the active & passive assistance of other U*Us. . .<br /><br /><br />Of course this Tweet has MUCH broader application than to just Rev. Gail Seavey. It applies to Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance and ALL other U*Us who are passively complicit in UUA child sex abuse cover-up and denial if not actively involved in it in one way or another. . . <br /></span></span></div></div>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-20254984874242595662023-08-11T16:42:00.002-04:002023-08-11T16:42:27.984-04:00Growing Unitarian Universalism And UUA Clergy Sexual Misconduct - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about this comment that I posted in response to a Unitarian Universalist asking about what "growth" means to Unitarian Universalists in a certain Unitarian Universalist Facbook group?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Whenever
I see Unitarian Universalist clergy and UUA leaders talk about "growth"
they are always speaking in terms of increasing membership in
individual UU congregations, and the UUA as a whole. I have never seen
them speak about growth in the sense of "the spiritual maturity of each
member", or a "congregation's ability to maintain its health and engage
the world", or "making real and living the values of the congregants in
the world". </span></div></div><p></p><div class="x1lliihq xjkvuk6 x1iorvi4"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps
if they did so, Unitarian Universalism would actually increase in
membership, but <a href="https://davidcycleback.substack.com/p/why-the-unitarian-universalist-association" target="_blank">UUism continues to decline</a> because UUA congregations not
only FAIL to maintain their health, and FAIL in making real and living
<a href="https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles" target="_blank">the values of Unitarian Universalism</a> in the world, but obstinately
refuse to do so. All too often I see Unitarian Universalists, including
UUA clergy and top-level UUA leadership such as UUA Presidents and UUA
Moderators, making a total mockery of the <a href="https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles" target="_blank">claimed principles</a> and ideals
of Unitarian Universalism.<br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever happened to that <a href="https://www.uuworld.org/articles/nashville-church-urges-conversation-abou" target="_blank">National Conversation On Clergy Misconduct</a> that was supposed to take place in the mid-2010s? <br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I see no sign of that ever actually happening. <br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is just one of the many ways the UUA continues to FAIL to live up to its own empty rhetoric. <br /><a href="https://www.change.org/p/uua-candidates-for-board-and-moderator-open-a-national-conversation-on-clergy-misconduct"><br />https://www.change.org/p/uua-candidates-for-board-and-moderator-open-a-national-conversation-on-clergy-misconduct</a> <br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4hEh23jUvMVznpQ1JdTTmYdrvLElGKnKQ-Js5eCz26TCJBVUEK8bd8vFZ38eRWQFP1a9zjTVYUCydLV0ae_Gg5omUDXjzMt9z2ykv1D5Q4O-0Uo7Fkvv273DAgFUeOJWFJe8XCR4ZL3hVWmEKriaMpIfXPdU2ggBHCWl1bAaeT2mJdPNXA1U/s960/Unitarian%20Universalist%20Growth%20comment%20August%2011%202023%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4hEh23jUvMVznpQ1JdTTmYdrvLElGKnKQ-Js5eCz26TCJBVUEK8bd8vFZ38eRWQFP1a9zjTVYUCydLV0ae_Gg5omUDXjzMt9z2ykv1D5Q4O-0Uo7Fkvv273DAgFUeOJWFJe8XCR4ZL3hVWmEKriaMpIfXPdU2ggBHCWl1bAaeT2mJdPNXA1U/w616-h640/Unitarian%20Universalist%20Growth%20comment%20August%2011%202023%20A.png" width="616" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8eGHiahxapJYd8La9TEr_62_yR0_DLaQ-BTndjzqrB1SYRodiSqbNvy4L2jrmcMcpzyewmucMJKJepbiblbDFBj6cishebaXAdBZHf5lQ6Gj4TQSxIAysdPpuNHOp4sDRcDJHFha8G5usxdIy99JjkfF-Mq-yhOoKTIrx5rZx-04VKcrFzEw/s984/UUA%20membership%20statistics%202007%20-%202020%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="955" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8eGHiahxapJYd8La9TEr_62_yR0_DLaQ-BTndjzqrB1SYRodiSqbNvy4L2jrmcMcpzyewmucMJKJepbiblbDFBj6cishebaXAdBZHf5lQ6Gj4TQSxIAysdPpuNHOp4sDRcDJHFha8G5usxdIy99JjkfF-Mq-yhOoKTIrx5rZx-04VKcrFzEw/w622-h640/UUA%20membership%20statistics%202007%20-%202020%20A.png" width="622" /></a></div><br /></div></span></div>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-80249715867722792212023-08-04T12:08:00.005-04:002023-08-04T13:15:46.887-04:00UUA Clergy Removed or Resigned from Fellowship with Completed or Pending Misconduct Investigations And UUA Clergy Sex Abuse Cover-Up Efforts - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">According to the UUA's web page listing '</span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">UUA Clergy Removed or Resigned from Fellowship</a> with Completed or Pending Misconduct Investigations', not one single Unitarian Universalist minister </span><span style="font-size: large;">has been removed from fellowship for conduct UNbecoming of a sexual nature since 2017.<br /><br />Not one. . .<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCKuPwSh8QNutIhskHTqqBGTCseqT1BYzWO0bKkCniNUZGxmwVgQ6zUfkiwrpTlaGUeDQ6QbQcGx-69lRG7Ysdye9YNQEdg_Dbyc7eCQXiVadNqq24aPRjW4bONdZlG3vvVKeV5mND6haSAi4KHOe551QTKWTbcvRBmsUNBpIy7Mc9OEIWME_/s1480/UUA%20Clergy%20Removed%20or%20Resigned%20from%20Fellowship%202017%20-2022%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1480" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCKuPwSh8QNutIhskHTqqBGTCseqT1BYzWO0bKkCniNUZGxmwVgQ6zUfkiwrpTlaGUeDQ6QbQcGx-69lRG7Ysdye9YNQEdg_Dbyc7eCQXiVadNqq24aPRjW4bONdZlG3vvVKeV5mND6haSAi4KHOe551QTKWTbcvRBmsUNBpIy7Mc9OEIWME_/w640-h424/UUA%20Clergy%20Removed%20or%20Resigned%20from%20Fellowship%202017%20-2022%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />ALL of the UUA ministers who have been </span><span style="font-size: large;">removed from fellowship since 2017 were removed for non-sexual forms of clergy misconduct, and some of those removals from fellowship are open to question.<br /><br />They are:</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">2020 <a href="https://uuspokane.org/our-church/our-minister-and-staff/" target="_blank">Todd Eklof</a>: <a href="https://fifthprincipleproject.org/2020/06/15/good-officer-response-to-mfc-regarding-eklof/" target="_blank">Removed for Noncooperation</a> (bullying and abusive behavior)<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2021 <a href="https://twitter.com/scottmcneill?lang=en" target="_blank">Scott McNeill</a>: Removed for Conduct Unbecoming (bullying and
abusive behavior in the workplace); appealed to Board of Review; appeal
denied <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2022 <a href="https://ucwc.org/speaker/rev-kate-rohde/" target="_blank">Kate Rohde</a>: Removed for defaming and interfering in the ministry of colleagues <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2022 Terry Cummings: Removed for concerning behaviors towards staff
and an inability to maintain successful professional relationships <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2022 David Morris: Removed for Noncooperation (refusal to complete probation) <br /><br />More to the point. . . the above ministers were removed for alleged misconduct towards their fellow UUA ministers, or church staff. <br /><br />Two ministers resigned from fellowship while under investigation for clergy sexual misconduct since 2017, namely:<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2019 <a href="https://twitter.com/tweetinannie/status/543860878291247104" target="_blank">Aaron McEmrys</a>: <a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Update-from-UUCA-Board-of-Trustees.html?soid=1112633572148&aid=3u0odDmTh_s" target="_blank">Conduct Unbecoming (sexual misconduct)</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">2019 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rbmohr/" target="_blank">Roger Mohr</a>: Conduct Unbecoming (sexual misconduct)<br /><br />Both of these resignations took place approximately four years ago in 2019.<br /><br />So the question arises as to whether or not the UUA is properly handling clergy sexual misconduct complaints when so few UUA ministers have been removed from fellowship since 2017.<br /><br />Another question that arises is whether or not the Ministerial Fellowship Committee has been "weaponized" against Unitarian Universalist ministers who dare to publicly criticize the UUA, as appears to be the case with the removal from fellowship of Rev. Todd Eklof who was Removed for Noncooperation with the MFC for alleged "bullying and abusive behavior", and Rev. Kate Rohde, who was removed for allegedly "defaming and interfering in the ministry of colleagues".<br /><br />I suppose I should be gratified to see that *some* UUA ministers are being removed from fellowship for "<a href="https://www.danielharper.org/yauu/2021/05/another-kind-of-misconduct/" target="_blank">bullying and abusive behavior in the workplace</a>" something that is long overdue. . . but I can't help but suspect that the UUA is continuing to mishandle clergy sexual misconduct complaints, to say nothing of complaints about non-sexual misconduct against congregants etc., and is continuing to keep clergy sexual misconduct concealed from U*Us and the general public as much as it thinks it can get away with. <br /><br />In fact, I notice the absence of former Nashville U*U Church minister <a href="https://www.uua.org/people/jason-shelton" target="_blank">Rev. Jason Shelton</a> from this official list of '</span><span style="font-size: large;">UUA Clergy Removed or Resigned from Fellowship with Completed or Pending Misconduct Investigations'. Perhaps this "interesting" absence is</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">due to the fact that </span><span style="font-size: large;"> Rev. Jason Shelton confessed to his "indiscretion", and "resigned from the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2019", *before* an MFC investigation into his clergy sexual misconduct could even begin. If this is the case, I can only wonder how many other UUA ministers who were guilty of clergy sexual misconduct of one kind or another avoided MFC investigations into their clergy sexual misconduct by resigning from fellowship before the UUA's aptly named Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee initiated investigations into their sexual misconduct. . . <br /></span></li></ul>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-34368502865686459032023-07-19T14:59:00.011-04:002023-07-19T15:18:21.264-04:00Selective Ignorance And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct aka Clergy Sex Abuse - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about this post about the selective ignorance of U*Us that I posted somewhere on the internet earlier today? <br /> </span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The "selective ignorance" of Unitarian Universalists, including prominent UUA clergy and top-level UUA leaders, about sexual abuse committed by <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">Unitarian Universalist clergy</a> and <a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471369/posts" target="_blank">UUA Religious Educators</a> etc. is truly astounding. I can provide example after example of not only <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18q9Nj2kIR0" target="_blank">willful ignorance</a>, but knowing and willful spreading of highly misleading half-truths and even <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/12/uua-moderator-jim-key-liar-liar-pants.html" target="_blank">brazen outright lies</a>. <br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">the most recent example of Unitarian Universalist "selective ignorance"</a> about <span></span>clergy sexual misconduct that includes cases of child sex abuse which <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/uua-president-bill-sinkford-unitarian.html" target="_blank">came to my attention earlier this year</a>. These are the "less than honest" words of the former senior minister of First Unitarian Portland, and former UUA President, Rev. Bill Sinkford that <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/">he posted to the website of First Unitarian Portland</a> in February 2019:<br /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Few UU ministers have been <a href="https://www.uuworld.org/articles/reforms-aim-clergy-misconduct" target="_blank">accused of sexual misconduct</a>, but enough have to make righteousness impossible to claim. One UU minister was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/turley-minister-sentenced-57-months-imprisonment-using-computer-view-child-pornography" target="_blank">convicted of child sexual abuse</a> just a few years ago. Only one, but still…"<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifY1BqA5IqDCDGMF9VFcdAGYOISjiTpBeDhbdxHeX2AhQ-Gk8eZnWmkxQiPrt3TPZzYg95hmwbRyDlh4_uCegC7UlGvJG-TcXHIb5nFdKQVU7FSBNy1AB14dz5vYl-ybdHmS7sYiLPARpwMv1cz9r9RRU4nNNxYZ7UE3kIB-qilBLWgE-A_EMN/s1290/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1290" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifY1BqA5IqDCDGMF9VFcdAGYOISjiTpBeDhbdxHeX2AhQ-Gk8eZnWmkxQiPrt3TPZzYg95hmwbRyDlh4_uCegC7UlGvJG-TcXHIb5nFdKQVU7FSBNy1AB14dz5vYl-ybdHmS7sYiLPARpwMv1cz9r9RRU4nNNxYZ7UE3kIB-qilBLWgE-A_EMN/w640-h512/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I have been reliably informed that hundreds of UU ministers have been accused of sexual misconduct of one kind or another, <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2009/01/uua-president-bill-sinkford-alleged.html" target="_blank">including Rev. Bill Sinkford himself</a>. . . and he is well positioned to know that more than "only one" UU minister has been <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/05/14/Minister-convicted-of-rape/9164705816000/" target="_blank">convicted of child sexual abuse</a>. In fact, his own UUA administration publicly admitted to two cases of UU ministers who were convicted of egregious child sex abuse in the early 2000s. Did Rev. Bill Sinkford "forget" about those cases that were <a href="https://archive.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories/031302_abuse.htm" target="_blank">officially acknowledge by a UUA spokesperson</a> in the Boston Globe?<br /><br />end quote<br /><br />Well, well, well. . . as a result of looking for the Boston Globe Spotlight article in which I believed UUA spokesperson John Hurley had acknowledged two cases of child sex abuse committed by UUA clergy I find that he only acknowledged one case.<br /><br />Only one. . .<br /><br />The Boston Globe report says:<br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,georgia,serif;">"The
Boston-based Unitarian Universalist Association has had just one
minister accused of child sexual abuse over the last 50 years in
Massachusetts, and he too was defrocked by the denomination and
eventually convicted, according to John Hurley, the denomination's
spokesman.</span>"<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKVAK8WVuVFYM6FrZze2cBnozaipGzT8O8i_hhlTk5G3kL3nZnyO8hO5xvRuezvsvx2P-V28LiKUlfPH0RRG1lmlAix_Y6x5yLUAC3VHfPIIIlSqkesJteQ-xlaLRNNzfX-2CnL_KfEYvZCH3seR0V2KpSwrDQCs3VZeEXs3_BG2TfzlsB0OA/s1474/Boston%20Globe%20Spotlight%20report%20quoting%20UUA%20spokesperson%20John%20Hurley%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1474" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKVAK8WVuVFYM6FrZze2cBnozaipGzT8O8i_hhlTk5G3kL3nZnyO8hO5xvRuezvsvx2P-V28LiKUlfPH0RRG1lmlAix_Y6x5yLUAC3VHfPIIIlSqkesJteQ-xlaLRNNzfX-2CnL_KfEYvZCH3seR0V2KpSwrDQCs3VZeEXs3_BG2TfzlsB0OA/w640-h422/Boston%20Globe%20Spotlight%20report%20quoting%20UUA%20spokesperson%20John%20Hurley%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Please
note that the Boston Globe Spotlight report specifically says "in Massachusetts". In
other words, it limits the geographic area covered by the report to the
state of Massachusetts alone. There was another Unitarian Universalist
convicted of child sex abuse in the mid-1980s, namely <a href="https://www.anylaw.com/case/02-26-85-william-alexander-mceachern-v-state/indiana-court-of-appeals/02-26-1985/M7CZS2YBTlTomsSBRBRD" target="_blank">Rev. William Alexander (Sandy) McEachern</a>,</span><span style="font-size: large;">but he was the minister of an Indianapolis area UUA "church". Another misleading aspect of this Spotlight report is that it claims that the U*U minister in question, apparently Rev. Mack Wallace Mitchell, was "eventually convicted" after being "defrocked" by the UUA, when the truth is that Rev. Mack Mitchell was not removed from fellowship until about nine months after his conviction for child rape if my memory serves me well.<br /><br />This is yet another example of how calculated "selective ignorance" aka DIM Thinking is knowingly and willfully (mis)used by top-level UUA leadership to deny, ignore, and minimize clergy sexual misconduct in general, and child sex abuse committed by UUA clergy in particular.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs7BHqq_YmoN0YqTpI6NNwCkEHtaRqV_xcWmchuA--beXwl3UB38NeLNRRw1NHUj87jq7Bb-gIYzFTys_RmAk4K-fJNyMJlCCZVsdu2hmm_jUo4Avbmw-J6Xl0vsbJCDpQiYbhZBataHL7EoF5w3vr008s4jNwr5v7YWU0WeJdvI0-X03mMqa/s1608/Bill%20Sinkford%20two%20lies%20about%20UU%20clergy%20sex%20abuse%20hilighted%20February%2028%202019.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1608" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs7BHqq_YmoN0YqTpI6NNwCkEHtaRqV_xcWmchuA--beXwl3UB38NeLNRRw1NHUj87jq7Bb-gIYzFTys_RmAk4K-fJNyMJlCCZVsdu2hmm_jUo4Avbmw-J6Xl0vsbJCDpQiYbhZBataHL7EoF5w3vr008s4jNwr5v7YWU0WeJdvI0-X03mMqa/w640-h390/Bill%20Sinkford%20two%20lies%20about%20UU%20clergy%20sex%20abuse%20hilighted%20February%2028%202019.png" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-11174766665873587422023-07-15T13:28:00.008-04:002023-07-15T13:34:00.605-04:00Rev. James "Chip" Roush And Unitarian Universalist Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up Legal Bullying - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/Emerson_Avenger/status/1680261519156600832" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcoO18jrA7qRa2uNKaqG7Sp-SKQEMJr1SKOSVICtmAXw5xORd1akTiriPH9Lqs6-oWD737lRuX4AN79Zz9l2V_nsl2HFQxssbMQv4jJwoHPv5TZCkRVFolZwRP9Br1BjJrcPcrhC61e2k8tK1_vi1AH_qjx5qzicjqP18nMwqZ5h_xGY7EEia/s986/Chip%20Rouch%20Tweet%20July%2015%202023%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="833" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcoO18jrA7qRa2uNKaqG7Sp-SKQEMJr1SKOSVICtmAXw5xORd1akTiriPH9Lqs6-oWD737lRuX4AN79Zz9l2V_nsl2HFQxssbMQv4jJwoHPv5TZCkRVFolZwRP9Br1BjJrcPcrhC61e2k8tK1_vi1AH_qjx5qzicjqP18nMwqZ5h_xGY7EEia/w540-h640/Chip%20Rouch%20Tweet%20July%2015%202023%20A.png" width="540" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep in mind that your "tiny, declining, #FringeReligion" falsely accused me of #BlasphemousLibel in immoral, UNethical, bordlerline criminal, and yes. . . #BatShitCrazy @UUA #ChildSexAbuse #CoverUp #LegalBullying in 2012 & has yet to apologize.<br /><br /><a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html">https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html </a><br /><br />#UU #UUA <br /><br />On reposting this Tweet, I take note of the fact that I accidentally wrote "bordlerline criminal" instead of "borderline criminal". Unlike the UUA, and numerous "less than perfect" Unitarian Universalists, I correct my mistakes; often even before being called on them. . .</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="r-18u37iz" face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; background-color: white; color: #0f1419; flex-direction: row; font-size: 17px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-76298869660061187052023-07-15T09:18:00.005-04:002023-07-15T09:18:47.389-04:00Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Trust In Organized Religion - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1680195963246223361" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br />There can be NO trust in the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrganizedReligion?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#OrganizedReligion</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> known as </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalism?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UnitarianUniversalism</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> when </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">leaders minimize </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link">@UUMinAssoc</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexualMisconduct?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexualMisconduct</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> & brazenly lie about </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> committed by </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUAclergy?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUAclergy</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">:
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</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUliars?src=hashtag_click" role="link"><br />#UUliars</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexAbuse</a> <br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dkSw-mNqu4pyuTAx9uc02RabkoP8htcLynfuGlpR_xawr5EM5j5hmgQaaW3VLR78L-JZYsP3DAKG4HgT6p6-B54sok8jx_bzqQNmoBpIGhjFvgTDidlRj_7yIEP2AcPkbLZTsFMD6JzzVrJYYi7Zz8-ulbHqsYzTW6IDpvH_sOt-on26K3px/s978/Unitarian%20Universalist%20Clergy%20Sexual%20Misconduct%20Tweet%20re.%20Trust%20In%20Organized%20Religion%20July%2015%202023%20A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dkSw-mNqu4pyuTAx9uc02RabkoP8htcLynfuGlpR_xawr5EM5j5hmgQaaW3VLR78L-JZYsP3DAKG4HgT6p6-B54sok8jx_bzqQNmoBpIGhjFvgTDidlRj_7yIEP2AcPkbLZTsFMD6JzzVrJYYi7Zz8-ulbHqsYzTW6IDpvH_sOt-on26K3px/w528-h640/Unitarian%20Universalist%20Clergy%20Sexual%20Misconduct%20Tweet%20re.%20Trust%20In%20Organized%20Religion%20July%2015%202023%20A.png" width="528" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-40155042642745627412023-06-29T08:52:00.003-04:002023-06-29T09:00:42.300-04:00New UUA President Sofía Betancourt And Unitarian Universalist Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up Legal Bullying - What's The Connection?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1673407503529308162" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a> just for starters?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCwXs79ZBptRtAHk0kqxKBeab8BxnnAvhA-KUDe3oE28HcqwlYCRv0a5Lj-DTBnRJj3GRGwGVjXOR9nPqCrQFLREld2-7Y7IKWjLyR3U1JRBQKchw308F3AvP9XUO0GqdjL_8DkEtf61vtaItBfn6HDY5jie96SqBHcfPEtzCBqB9plMcXZVN/s1089/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20A%20crop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1089" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCwXs79ZBptRtAHk0kqxKBeab8BxnnAvhA-KUDe3oE28HcqwlYCRv0a5Lj-DTBnRJj3GRGwGVjXOR9nPqCrQFLREld2-7Y7IKWjLyR3U1JRBQKchw308F3AvP9XUO0GqdjL_8DkEtf61vtaItBfn6HDY5jie96SqBHcfPEtzCBqB9plMcXZVN/w640-h574/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20A%20crop.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">I expect "womanist theologian", </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ethicist?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ethicist</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> & </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link">@UUMinAssoc</a> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">minister Rev. Sofía Betancourt to clean up this </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoverUp?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CoverUp</a> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegalBullying?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#LegalBullying</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> mess she inherited from </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/uuprez" role="link">@UUprez</a> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">& </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/sfrederickgray" role="link">@SFrederickGray</a> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">during her first year as the 10th president of the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">:<br /><br /><a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html">https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html<br /></a></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1673414737642549265" target="_blank">this one</a>:</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Does new </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">president Sofía Betancourt understand that it really matters to follow the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/leadership?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#leadership</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> & center the voices of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergyMisconduct?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergyMisconduct</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> critics & </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whistleblowers?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#whistleblowers</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, those most impacted by the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergyAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergyAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> issues the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> is trying to </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoverUp?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CoverUp</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> & deny?<br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2qtfD1S0vlh_hnc7fW2W7s3s26fOcKrulK4Ew4XPIGVyiT4abeqqB3np3mK3D20rSWOBvXg8HjS0WGkvV2141YnDW3V-fdqF3xG6S69vsAIl3OBBUUlZme3YSVamaI6p8PspPH9WTzF8sFww3zqq2M2PEIc4CPPnohsOWegwpfY2WYMWh2tb/s981/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20B%20crop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2qtfD1S0vlh_hnc7fW2W7s3s26fOcKrulK4Ew4XPIGVyiT4abeqqB3np3mK3D20rSWOBvXg8HjS0WGkvV2141YnDW3V-fdqF3xG6S69vsAIl3OBBUUlZme3YSVamaI6p8PspPH9WTzF8sFww3zqq2M2PEIc4CPPnohsOWegwpfY2WYMWh2tb/w606-h640/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20B%20crop.png" width="606" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1674081635862454272" target="_blank">this one</a>:<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">It will be interesting to see what, if anything. . . new </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">president Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt does to end the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUA</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">'s shameful </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CultureOfSecrecy?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CultureOfSecrecy</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> re. </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexualMisconduct?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexualMisconduct</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> that includes denying </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> committed by </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link">@UUMinAssoc</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">clergy.<br />
</span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/RzuSkotrcV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br />https://</span>emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/12/uua-mo<span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">derator-jim-key-liar-liar-pants.html</span></a><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br />
</span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUAGA?src=hashtag_click" role="link"><br />#UUAGA</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qAapk0Ty12COFnfrcP7UIdmyp7BkQ-4sAa6kStxwsn2SYiH8Ug2sbHSISQPW1tZcWDTs-wY0uF6_vhwnjCAByXp9RfDA87jm-8pr8ZBaVCNvNeylC6Tfpcj-VwP5Y2gFypTIMBMijwTQ5--ovJ-fo7BhpzDoJVS0V6lKoDni_uToyJsVhtPZ/s978/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20C%20crop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="860" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qAapk0Ty12COFnfrcP7UIdmyp7BkQ-4sAa6kStxwsn2SYiH8Ug2sbHSISQPW1tZcWDTs-wY0uF6_vhwnjCAByXp9RfDA87jm-8pr8ZBaVCNvNeylC6Tfpcj-VwP5Y2gFypTIMBMijwTQ5--ovJ-fo7BhpzDoJVS0V6lKoDni_uToyJsVhtPZ/w562-h640/Sofia%20Betancourt%20RNS%20article%20Tweet%20C%20crop.png" width="562" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-61764633701238799262023-05-21T15:59:00.002-04:002023-05-21T15:59:20.516-04:00First Unitarian Portland And UUA Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message">How about these comments I posted to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PaWXAKPbbg" target="_blank">the U*UTube video</a> of today's Sunday service at First Unitarian Portland just for starters?<br /><br />Speaking
of children and youth, when are <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=alison+miller" target="_blank">Rev. Alison Miller</a> and Portland
Unitarians going to hold Rev. Bill Sinkford accountable for brazenly
lying about child sexual abuse committed by UUA clergy?<br /><br /></span><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message">"Few
U*U ministers have been accused of sexual misconduct. . . One U*U
minister was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/turley-minister-sentenced-57-months-imprisonment-using-computer-view-child-pornography" target="_blank">convicted of child sexual abuse</a> just a few years ago. Only
one, but still."</span><br /><br /></span><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message"><span style="font-size: large;">The
above words of <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/speaker/rev-bill-sinkford/" target="_blank">your former minister</a>, and <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/past/sinkford" target="_blank">former UUA President</a> William
"Gee I forgot about <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">Mack Mitchell and other child abusing U*U clergy</a>"
Sinkford are found here:<br /><br /></span></span><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message"></span><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/">https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/</a> </span></span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-live-chat-text-message-renderer" dir="auto" id="message"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />What about U*U clergy and UUA Religious Educators like <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/03/Minister-sentenced-for-raping-Tibetan-teen/7299707544000/" target="_blank">Rev. Mack Wallace Mitchell</a>, <a href="https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-turley-minister-sentenced-to-57-month-prison-term-in-child-porn-case/article_89d6b98b-39fb-575b-9816-92bd9701801f.html" target="_blank">Rev. Ronald Eugene Robinson</a>, and <a href="https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471369/posts" target="_blank">Steven Craig Bulleit</a> et al
who don't let children make choices about their bodies?<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91knqX-SJ1wnHpVWgkAFoQzQBLvFIj6UClOsYrs01PwCQzgFkxCA3-sw7LpkpdL9odNquxMvk48vv0PrRZ2oQM-yEZQU9DFVTqL0q2fH1JcxkKNiVpEuL_9gF7j0Qaz5p5A6ZP0MchkENX1Uyp0ec_3U6hjtR57gQvbAioEKR-1_8IT9XnQ/s1290/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1290" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91knqX-SJ1wnHpVWgkAFoQzQBLvFIj6UClOsYrs01PwCQzgFkxCA3-sw7LpkpdL9odNquxMvk48vv0PrRZ2oQM-yEZQU9DFVTqL0q2fH1JcxkKNiVpEuL_9gF7j0Qaz5p5A6ZP0MchkENX1Uyp0ec_3U6hjtR57gQvbAioEKR-1_8IT9XnQ/w640-h512/UUA%20President%20Rev.%20Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20child%20sex%20abuse%20lies%20meme%20with%20megaphone%20A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3h5oJDZeN-vC7ktI_dZRBNLd5FvRia8hKdMPHRwwEG9Q3esqGjbYpWBvRWN10i0UxIvnflYDM8uta4oh38ubaIlywbU4KNQ4iKHhr_XU7sfD3br5S6V8_2iORY08lQJRqfaKRDGVv7IOCFlR9QWj6N_ukw9tYevCsG4LUYT3NCbQ-dZMKg/s1920/First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20YouTube%20video%20of%20May%2021%202023%20service%20with%20my%20comments%20C.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1920" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3h5oJDZeN-vC7ktI_dZRBNLd5FvRia8hKdMPHRwwEG9Q3esqGjbYpWBvRWN10i0UxIvnflYDM8uta4oh38ubaIlywbU4KNQ4iKHhr_XU7sfD3br5S6V8_2iORY08lQJRqfaKRDGVv7IOCFlR9QWj6N_ukw9tYevCsG4LUYT3NCbQ-dZMKg/w640-h344/First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20YouTube%20video%20of%20May%2021%202023%20service%20with%20my%20comments%20C.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-18086821290720785862023-05-05T11:34:00.005-04:002023-05-05T13:14:28.568-04:00Rev. William "Gee I Forgot About U*U Child Rapists" Sinkford And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up Efforts - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">I only recently became aware of Rev. Bill Sinkford's highly questionable minimization of Unitarian Universalist clergy sexual misconduct that includes child rape in his ironically titled '<a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">The Place Where We Are Right</a>' blog post of February 2019, but I have known about Rev. Sinkford's involvement in efforts to undermine the work of advocates for clergy sexual misconduct victims since the late 1990s when Rev. Deborah Pope-Lance told me how Rev. Bill Sinkford insinuated himself into 'UUs For Right Relations' which disbanded soon afterwards. I've also known that the Rev. Bill Sinkford administration, if not Rev. William "Gee I Forgot About U*U Child Rapists" Sinkford himself, minimized U*U clergy sexual misconduct in Boston Globe Spotlight news reports about Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse in the early 2000s.<br /><br />But what about the case of Amanda Tweed that Rev. Gail Seavey spoke about in her 2016 Berry Street lecture entitled '<a href="https://deborahpopelance.com/PDF/2016_IfSecretsDefineUs.pdf" target="_blank"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 6.36%; transform: scaleX(0.99493);">If Our Secrets Define Us</span></a>'?<br /><br />Here is what Rev. Gail Seavey wrote and spoke during the 2016 UUA GA verbatim:<br /><br /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 5.56%; transform: scaleX(0.999926);">In 2005, Mary Katherine Morn asked Anna Belle Leiserson to help support a new reporter of clergy sexual</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 7.37%; transform: scaleX(0.999934);"> misconduct, Amanda <span class="highlight selected appended">Tweed</span>.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 29.92%; top: 7.37%; transform: scaleX(0.999998);">Both Anna Belle and Mary Katherine had served on the UUA's Safe</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 9.19%; transform: scaleX(0.99983);"> Congregational Panel that resulted in what many of us think of as the ‘Muir report’, named for the Panel’s</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 11.01%; transform: scaleX(1.0033);"> chair, Fred Muir. The report, presented at GA in 2000 – at the same time as the UUA Vice President Kay</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 12.83%; transform: scaleX(0.999837);"> Montgomery’s, public apology for the association’s mishandling of reported misconduct and her pledge to do </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 14.65%; transform: scaleX(0.999863);">better in the future - had recommended that reporters of misconduct be assigned Advocates as they went</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 16.46%; transform: scaleX(0.999913);"> through the investigation process. The Women’s Federation Task Force I served on was disbanded because</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 18.28%; transform: scaleX(0.999894);"> we thought the problem was solved.<br /></span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 21.72%; transform: scaleX(0.998658);">But five years later, when Mary Katherine Morn was assigned to work with Amanda, the named role for her</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 23.54%; transform: scaleX(1.00427);"> was that of liaison, NOT advocate. As they would quickly find out, Amanda needed more than just an</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 25.35%; transform: scaleX(0.999963);"> intermediary between her and the UUA; she needed an advocate.<br /></span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 28.79%; transform: scaleX(0.996166);">A lifelong UU, Amanda had reported to the UUA that in her first year out of college, she had approached the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 30.61%; transform: scaleX(0.999844);"> minister of the UU Congregation she was considering joining with concerns related to her sexual orientation.</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 32.42%; transform: scaleX(0.999831);"> Amanda reports that, three days later, the woman minister invited her to her home where the minister</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 34.24%; transform: scaleX(1.00551);"> sexually assaulted Amanda. Concerns about the implications for the minister’s professional standing initially</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 36.06%; transform: scaleX(0.999886);"> kept Amanda from reporting the event to anyone, but a few year later, when she learned the same minister</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 37.88%; transform: scaleX(0.999859);"> had begun a sexual relationship with another young woman she had been serving in a ministerial role,</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 39.7%; transform: scaleX(0.998619);"> Amanda decided to file a formal complaint of clergy sexual misconduct so the experience she had would not</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 41.52%; transform: scaleX(1.00656);"> occur for other women. She made her report to the UUA in January 2005.<br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHBh6LMX-E_tZ6x8kwjwm-a-Mbif0XkMeoeQqKElijucE3nDBz6m0DuNSma-1t8V_xwAs26dCcd903LRXD-8L85TWJieM3Ux7a1v8iglL-iExK-YdDHO09TLn5FX23x1MH8lOcgEJRXKCqxW01i298YIJViXKDoiocWL8ZMO85TMzvYE9DQ/s1372/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1372" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHBh6LMX-E_tZ6x8kwjwm-a-Mbif0XkMeoeQqKElijucE3nDBz6m0DuNSma-1t8V_xwAs26dCcd903LRXD-8L85TWJieM3Ux7a1v8iglL-iExK-YdDHO09TLn5FX23x1MH8lOcgEJRXKCqxW01i298YIJViXKDoiocWL8ZMO85TMzvYE9DQ/w640-h458/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20A.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 44.95%; transform: scaleX(0.999823);">As time wore on after Amanda’s initial report, it became increasingly clear the recommendations from the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 46.77%; transform: scaleX(1.00565);"> Muir Report had not, in fact, been adopted by the UUA. In addition to lessening the role of advocate - which</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 48.59%; transform: scaleX(0.998576);"> Mary Katherine assumed despite the named role of liaison- the UUA kept Amanda in the dark about the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 50.4%; transform: scaleX(0.999899);"> status of her case – including when and whether it would be resolved.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 53.84%; transform: scaleX(0.999893);"><br />Anna Belle Leiserson was shocked to discover that Amanda was being repeatedly dismissed by staff and told</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 55.66%; transform: scaleX(0.999827);"> to keep all details of her story and the complaint secret because the minister could respond by suing her.</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 57.47%; transform: scaleX(0.998632);"> Amanda felt silenced, shut out, disrespected and manipulated by the UUA staff; keeping secrets seemed to be</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 59.29%; transform: scaleX(0.999817);"> at the heart of their response.</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 28.26%; top: 59.29%;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 29.83%; top: 59.29%; transform: scaleX(0.998469);">To this day Amanda has never been officially told the results of the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 61.11%; transform: scaleX(0.999686);"> investigation.<br /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOoGE6W7E8oWwU475B3D65e4_ssRzs7-C83PDprY5vGfMslVFFzpuPaw9XhTd7HJGox1txEjuaOyb2vDbdUJO_ZvdNavdpJmt-xnJ3aQCu0-7i5E2z5hSwFLQderLF72s_N7U64XK5GX1niNu1d7rJ2gdyk1QLVkPiJ61abnrJEUoISl4jA/s1372/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1372" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOoGE6W7E8oWwU475B3D65e4_ssRzs7-C83PDprY5vGfMslVFFzpuPaw9XhTd7HJGox1txEjuaOyb2vDbdUJO_ZvdNavdpJmt-xnJ3aQCu0-7i5E2z5hSwFLQderLF72s_N7U64XK5GX1niNu1d7rJ2gdyk1QLVkPiJ61abnrJEUoISl4jA/w640-h458/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20B.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 64.55%; transform: scaleX(0.999947);">The UUA’s response to Amanda’s report galvanized Anna Belle to carry through an idea she’d had several</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 66.36%; transform: scaleX(0.999884);"> years before-- to create “Safety Net” – which is both a website and a Congregational Social Justice</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 68.18%; transform: scaleX(1.00581);"> Committee Action Team. On the web site she warned people that policies from the Muir Report were not</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 70%; transform: scaleX(0.99858);"> being followed and that one might feel abused a second time by the UUA if they reported clergy sexual</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 71.82%; transform: scaleX(1.0058);"> misconduct. I joined the Safety Net Action Team, which had the mission to explore best practices for the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 73.64%; transform: scaleX(0.999853);"> prevention of and a just compassionate response to clergy sexual misconduct at both the congregational and</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 75.45%; transform: scaleX(1.00446);"> the UUA level. Anna Belle led that team for over seven years, inspiring us all with her skillful analysis of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 77.27%; transform: scaleX(0.999792);">institutional power and persistent advocacy for justice.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-uVZjBrDq2FTbkgVnW99uIT27Aewvrqd6SqePT5JVo0bGdFli4tVx5GZZdA0kBB7KQgwFfyt0tq7h0tH7tNht1PUS2WDMKhIrVujwccxpi_25L9IJ2DqWVuH7lJUziTRlzxve2twyZCGKpvl44r3HcH8tOzmQmo1BMHkd5yAu_U_4vvtyw/s1372/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20C.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1372" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-uVZjBrDq2FTbkgVnW99uIT27Aewvrqd6SqePT5JVo0bGdFli4tVx5GZZdA0kBB7KQgwFfyt0tq7h0tH7tNht1PUS2WDMKhIrVujwccxpi_25L9IJ2DqWVuH7lJUziTRlzxve2twyZCGKpvl44r3HcH8tOzmQmo1BMHkd5yAu_U_4vvtyw/w640-h458/Rev.%20Gail%20Seavey%202016%20Berry%20Street%20Essay%20Lecture%20C.png" width="640" /></a></div><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 80.71%; transform: scaleX(0.999036);">During those years, Amanda became a deeply respected affiliate of Safety Net, even though she lived in a</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 82.53%; transform: scaleX(1.00577);"> distant state. Amanda asked me to publicly use her name because the minister who sexually abused her is</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 84.34%; transform: scaleX(0.999838);"> still working as a Fellowshipped UU minister and she feels that to use a pseudonym continues to perpetrate</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 86.16%; transform: scaleX(1.00594);"> the same secrecy surrounding what occurred. As recently as two years ago, Amanda was warned against</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 87.98%; transform: scaleX(1.00555);"> going public for fear of a lawsuit. UU lay people considered informing the institution for which that minister</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 89.8%; transform: scaleX(0.999829);"> works about this history for the sake of public safety, but decided not to, also anxious about possible </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 5.56%; transform: scaleX(0.999731);">lawsuits.</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 11.37%; top: 5.56%;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 13.46%; top: 5.56%; transform: scaleX(0.998451);">When the present staff at the Department of Ministries looked for the file on Amanda’s case, they </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 7.37%; transform: scaleX(0.998491);">discovered that there were skeletal and missing files reporting ministerial misconduct, creating gaps in the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 9.19%; transform: scaleX(1.00593);">record from the previous decade. Previous employees told them that some records were removed at the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 11.01%; transform: scaleX(0.999873);">advice of a lawyer because a minister had threatened to sue them.<br /><br />end quote<br /><br />So who was UUA President when Amanda Tweed first reported the clergy sexual misconduct of a mysterious unnamed "woman minister" in 2005?<br /><br />Whose UUA administration FAILed to implement "</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 44.95%; transform: scaleX(0.999823);">the recommendations from the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 46.77%; transform: scaleX(1.00565);"> Muir Report"?</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 11.01%; transform: scaleX(0.999873);"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 11.01%; transform: scaleX(0.999873);"></span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 11.01%; transform: scaleX(0.999873);">Who was UUA President when "</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 48.59%; transform: scaleX(0.998576);">the UUA kept Amanda in the dark about the</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 50.4%; transform: scaleX(0.999899);"> status of her case – including when and whether it would be resolved"?<br /><br />Who was UUA President when Amanda Tweed was "</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 50.4%; transform: scaleX(0.999899);"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 53.84%; transform: scaleX(0.999893);">repeatedly dismissed by staff and told</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 55.66%; transform: scaleX(0.999827);"> to keep all details of her story and the complaint secret because the minister could respond by suing her"?</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 57.47%; transform: scaleX(0.998632);"> <br /><br />Who was UUA President when Amanda Tweed "felt silenced, shut out, disrespected and manipulated by the UUA staff"?<br /><br />I might add that it would be worthwhile asking who "the UUA staff" who </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 50.4%; transform: scaleX(0.999899);">"</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 50.4%; transform: scaleX(0.999899);"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 53.84%; transform: scaleX(0.999893);">repeatedly dismissed" Amanda Tweed, and "told</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 55.66%; transform: scaleX(0.999827);"> to keep all details of her story and the complaint secret because the minister could respond by suing her"?<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 57.47%; transform: scaleX(0.998632);"><br />Could it be Rev. Beth Miller and-or <a href="https://www.uua.org/files/documents/congservices/safecongs/0704_ethics_summary_02-07.pdf" target="_blank">Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris</a>?<br /><br />It would also be worthwhile asking who was the <a href="https://www.uuworld.org/articles/montgomery-retirement-end-era" target="_blank">Executive *Vice* President of the UUA</a> throughout this clergy sexual misconduct fiasco to say nothing of earlier ones and subsequent ones. . .<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bNXci6toPsR3Kuboiy9Mw4KkRTv2a1V5Eu6ccQNB7ixyuglFexHAHLa3OeL-KcbTPopKmejhbP5Qt0Q3ZqaLG5iYw1-vzEGP9zDikk83ViKgT4H8qovSf2tRt_aIb7kLl18IzF3--VleSEq5T8FWvLHcuJlXjdpHvm5W5OAE6oIOyc0RjA/s960/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bNXci6toPsR3Kuboiy9Mw4KkRTv2a1V5Eu6ccQNB7ixyuglFexHAHLa3OeL-KcbTPopKmejhbP5Qt0Q3ZqaLG5iYw1-vzEGP9zDikk83ViKgT4H8qovSf2tRt_aIb7kLl18IzF3--VleSEq5T8FWvLHcuJlXjdpHvm5W5OAE6oIOyc0RjA/w638-h640/Kathleen%20Kay%20Montgomery%20UUA%20Vice%20President%20Blasphemy%20Law%20misuse%20meme%20A.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 57.47%; transform: scaleX(0.998632);">Why was the mysterious woman minister, who is alleged to have sexually assaulted Amanda Tweed </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 84.34%; transform: scaleX(0.999838);">by none other than Rev. Gail Seavey herself in her 2016 Berry Street lecture, "still working as a Fellowshipped UU minister" in 2016?<br /><br />Who was UUA President when </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 86.16%; transform: scaleX(1.00594);">as recently as 2014, "Amanda was warned against</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 87.98%; transform: scaleX(1.00555);"> going public for fear of a lawsuit"?<br /><br />Oh wait, that would have been UUA President Rev. Dr. Peter "Beyond Belief" Morales who, in the spring of 2012, ignominiously terminated a centuries old Unitarian*Universalist tradition of opposing and denouncing blasphemy laws by having the UUA's Canadian attorney, Stikeman Elliott Barristurds & Bullshitters defamation lawyer Maître Marc-André Coulombe, <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html" target="_blank">threaten me with prosecution for the archaic criminal act of blasphemous libel</a> if I did not "take down" aka "memory hole" The Emerson Avenger blog posts that told the readily verifiable Truth about "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" most certainly committed by "<a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">certain Unitarian*Universalist ministers</a>", not to mention Rev. Victoria Weinstein's pedophile*rapist parishioner <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/search?q=Richard+Buell" target="_blank">Richard Buell</a>.<br /><br />So U*Us can add Rev. Dr. Peter "Beyond Belief" Morales to the list of questionable* UUA Presidents whose "less than ethical" UUA administrations actively sought to conceal clergy sexual misconduct from the public, to say nothing of the "Beloved Community" of Unitarian*Universalism aka 'The U*U Movement" aka U*Uism.<br /><br />And who was the UUA President who was-is ultimately responsible for the fact that </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 13.46%; top: 5.56%; transform: scaleX(0.998451);">"When the present staff at the Department of Ministries looked for the file on Amanda’s case, they </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 7.37%; transform: scaleX(0.998491);">discovered that there were skeletal and missing files reporting ministerial misconduct, creating gaps in the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 9.19%; transform: scaleX(1.00593);">record from the previous decade"?<br /><br />Was it Rev. William "Gee I Forgot About Child Rapist UUA Clergy" Sinkford, Rev. Dr. Peter "Beyond Belief" Morales, or both?<br /><br />Allow me to add that, according to what I was told by sources I consider to be reliable, it was not just </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 13.46%; top: 5.56%; transform: scaleX(0.998451);">the file on Amanda’s case that was </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 7.37%; transform: scaleX(0.998491);">found to be "skeletal" and "missing files reporting ministerial misconduct, creating gaps in the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 9.19%; transform: scaleX(1.00593);">record from the previous decade" it was multiple other clergy misconduct cases. Which UUA President(s) was-were responsible for "memory holing" a decade or more worth of clergy misconduct files?<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3co2O3tuDLcM5t1R5iP5dSRgU-rkibgrkdh2ZWtRGgIMz4OH2vC_3HxjmhVMh0DPAqZ_W9rJt7H_WmXigdvlo_IMoaCwfbqX3KpnwpAYU8Sidf9lpjuWH1p6N3WLTuZC4kXApqDnsfchvU3T7S5W7QA6hl9t7CTV456LMZS1yaWsO_p83Q/s1920/Bill%20Sinkford%20Dr.%20King%20condemn%20the%20war%20the%20Truth%20about%20UUA%20clergy%20swex%20abuse%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3co2O3tuDLcM5t1R5iP5dSRgU-rkibgrkdh2ZWtRGgIMz4OH2vC_3HxjmhVMh0DPAqZ_W9rJt7H_WmXigdvlo_IMoaCwfbqX3KpnwpAYU8Sidf9lpjuWH1p6N3WLTuZC4kXApqDnsfchvU3T7S5W7QA6hl9t7CTV456LMZS1yaWsO_p83Q/w640-h360/Bill%20Sinkford%20Dr.%20King%20condemn%20the%20war%20the%20Truth%20about%20UUA%20clergy%20swex%20abuse%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWt5nNZiRf6eeUcKLoyOLiH_9YtLMRPqNrUf1bEDru-7a8uwMqlkaCL_rj75w0RGJoqQ_bsCN6GcKhfUgxYIhzQBVxUFOn6t57R9mI8oQSB7-6Hb0ocIt6DpcqsxL9Hm601ng9x3IS0q_K1W0Wh_y8yUElB8WIfsw2EPQ_5VURUzOz740kg/s1920/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWt5nNZiRf6eeUcKLoyOLiH_9YtLMRPqNrUf1bEDru-7a8uwMqlkaCL_rj75w0RGJoqQ_bsCN6GcKhfUgxYIhzQBVxUFOn6t57R9mI8oQSB7-6Hb0ocIt6DpcqsxL9Hm601ng9x3IS0q_K1W0Wh_y8yUElB8WIfsw2EPQ_5VURUzOz740kg/w640-h360/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN-K1nKPcktgb2Q-mXYRnPXr0cRVPmxKQ1BW_nw9LV8wZl4J8S5Yf1gCHlYLn5CuwkGQL-7Q8MNC6SVhyu83gAiggvaPGc4pCw7gZEOn8FIG0bTXHfncLyyD4yEOHJ8WOzgEfZ2iNI4lqHjMkXuuBDjgKM4yuuJKyX8HMZ5-nvRlOTDPw7A/s960/UUA%20President%20Peter%20Morales%20Irresponsible%20Folly%20meme%20A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVN-K1nKPcktgb2Q-mXYRnPXr0cRVPmxKQ1BW_nw9LV8wZl4J8S5Yf1gCHlYLn5CuwkGQL-7Q8MNC6SVhyu83gAiggvaPGc4pCw7gZEOn8FIG0bTXHfncLyyD4yEOHJ8WOzgEfZ2iNI4lqHjMkXuuBDjgKM4yuuJKyX8HMZ5-nvRlOTDPw7A/w640-h360/UUA%20President%20Peter%20Morales%20Irresponsible%20Folly%20meme%20A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 87.98%; transform: scaleX(1.00555);">So I hereby invite ALL Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us to practice U*Uism's <a href="https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles/4th" target="_blank">4th Principle</a> by engaging in a free and responsible search for the Truth and meaning of what I have written in this blog post, most of which is verbatim quotes from <a href="https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uuga2016berrystreet" target="_blank">Rev. Gail Seavey's 2016 Berry Street *Lecture*</a>, then responsibly follow-up by practicing U*Uism's <a href="https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles/2nd" target="_blank">2nd Principle</a> that calls for "justice, equity, and compassion in human relations" by holding Rev. William G. Sinkford and other "less than honest" U*Us accountable for their roles in not only Unitarian*Universalist clergy sexual misconduct cover-up and denial, but their roles in past and ongoing obstruction of justice for clergy misconduct victims.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 87.98%; transform: scaleX(1.00555);"><br />U*Us who FAIL or refuse to do so are complicit in the U*U injustices and abuses that I and others have been exposing and denouncing for decades. . . <br /><br />* It occurs to me *now* that the Big Fat U*U Acronym for </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 87.98%; transform: scaleX(1.00555);">Questionable UUA Presidents is QUUAP aka QU*UAP pronounced cwap. . .</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-family: serif; left: 3.99%; top: 57.47%; transform: scaleX(0.998632);"><br /> </span></span></p><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-40620856938367526202023-05-04T12:10:00.013-04:002023-05-04T12:38:50.473-04:00Octavia E. Butler And Rev. Bill Sinkford's Minimization Of Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct That Includes Child Sexual Abuse - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about this plagU*Urized quote from award-winning science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler's essay entitled “A Few Rules for Predicting the Future”, which came to my attention this morning in this U*U World article '<a href="https://www.uuworld.org/articles/predicting-future" target="_blank">On Predicting the Future</a>' courtesy of Unitarian Universalist child sex abuse minimizer <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/william-bill-sinkford-uua-child-sex.html" target="_blank">Rev. William "Gee I forgot about Rev. Mack Mitchell and other U*U child rapists" Sinkford</a> aka <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/past/sinkford" target="_blank">former UUA President Bill Sinkford</a>?<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Most of all, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dXuhsDqEc&list=PLRceb9IY_H6btw5lUm0H2bACUKG56EUtB&index=1" target="_blank">our tomorrow</a> is the child of <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">our today</a>.”</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8yGQqQRuQxzFymlWZU6IRCIYKrcR5yC3X3WRqGxbL8rmf9zq6fArOHsjGWRNdDfJ3WEyH1wcDTvR5pNMrnEPhWio3RksIcMz_9BO-GN9MDbOsARoK0Bzlp2lQEoAinT659XcDZO_Qj4h186q2q53UnL2fC8p5fdKQb8m_lK4g7vHO9BWSQ/s1920/Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20clergy%20child%20sexual%20abuse%20lie%20YouTube%20video%20meme%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8yGQqQRuQxzFymlWZU6IRCIYKrcR5yC3X3WRqGxbL8rmf9zq6fArOHsjGWRNdDfJ3WEyH1wcDTvR5pNMrnEPhWio3RksIcMz_9BO-GN9MDbOsARoK0Bzlp2lQEoAinT659XcDZO_Qj4h186q2q53UnL2fC8p5fdKQb8m_lK4g7vHO9BWSQ/w640-h360/Bill%20Sinkford%20UU%20clergy%20child%20sexual%20abuse%20lie%20YouTube%20video%20meme%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: large;">A "plagU*Urized" Rev. Bill Sinkford goes on to write:<br /><br />"Among these rules is the importance of <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/03/Minister-sentenced-for-raping-Tibetan-teen/7299707544000/" target="_blank">learning from the past</a>,
respecting the law of <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/unitarian-universalist-family-values.html" target="_blank">consequences</a>, and being aware of <a href="https://twitter.com/Emerson_Avenger" target="_blank">The Emerson Avenger's perspective</a>. . . </span><span style="font-size: large;">Our hope to minimize Unitarian*Universalist clergy sexual misconduct that includes child sexual abuse committed by only one pedophile U*U minister is to be found in <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/07/marc-andre-coulombe-stikeman-elliott.html" target="_blank">the effort itself</a>, in the process, in the
many attempts, each of which shifts the paradigm — some a little, some a LOT. Our hope is to be found in answering the call of lying, by lying as
if our deepest yearnings to conceal the truth about U*U clergy sex abuse could be fulfilled. Because that is the only
way they will.</span>
<p class="last-graph"><span style="font-size: large;">I gave up my integrity years ago. But the need
for minimizing my own and <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">other U*U ministers' clergy sexual misconduct</a>, for U*U child sex abuse cover-up and denial, the need to <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unitarian-universalists-pedophilia-rape.html" target="_blank">sanctify "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape"</a> has not changed. Some of the ways we U*Us live out <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/12/uua-moderator-jim-key-liar-liar-pants.html" target="_blank">our clergy sex abuse cover-up mission</a> may be new, but the call of lying abides.</span><span style="font-size: large;">"<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JLbbqjZJuSOMoF0fVwcOxdKTf597jW9Ebzx1NVaLb22l8roR48GP1Dkej4JxMwh6k8TsmLY8vxAsp-H3IsMTR5uIEEhh5vVfCNp6KG1dW04nPFuq0pUgumG-PFGZwkDkORiWiq0SNhG8JMkdYTbG3LSK82dx7eN5SbLQUWdD8b1K03Jkvw/s886/Bill%20Sinkford%20UUA%20Clergy%20Sexual%20Misconduct%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20Minimization%20Tweet%20April%2028%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="751" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JLbbqjZJuSOMoF0fVwcOxdKTf597jW9Ebzx1NVaLb22l8roR48GP1Dkej4JxMwh6k8TsmLY8vxAsp-H3IsMTR5uIEEhh5vVfCNp6KG1dW04nPFuq0pUgumG-PFGZwkDkORiWiq0SNhG8JMkdYTbG3LSK82dx7eN5SbLQUWdD8b1K03Jkvw/w542-h640/Bill%20Sinkford%20UUA%20Clergy%20Sexual%20Misconduct%20Child%20Sex%20Abuse%20Minimization%20Tweet%20April%2028%202023.png" width="542" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzx_B3fQcVbuO8eH-gXmm-KmUR98niFOmRlUE-kZWoDmkI-__4rV6E9P4a7mZUoGChCNZfvDpZlFtQFNDFGkQhdsZ5oyJzrRwXDfAppjlX_DmA-DxHerfQsi0uxAGtkH-QC2ZgvA7BWqaI7_pxb5oXCBruetu0az3n7qRaEi1sY21E2YC0A/s1163/Bill%20Sinkford%20First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20Place%20Where%20Bill%20Sinkford%20Is%20WRONG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1163" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzx_B3fQcVbuO8eH-gXmm-KmUR98niFOmRlUE-kZWoDmkI-__4rV6E9P4a7mZUoGChCNZfvDpZlFtQFNDFGkQhdsZ5oyJzrRwXDfAppjlX_DmA-DxHerfQsi0uxAGtkH-QC2ZgvA7BWqaI7_pxb5oXCBruetu0az3n7qRaEi1sY21E2YC0A/w640-h540/Bill%20Sinkford%20First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20Place%20Where%20Bill%20Sinkford%20Is%20WRONG.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo0L77l8InchwTSeTBdl0TbHdIVJXPnj1qVMi0i__e8wK8osOAk9ZIT8ybXGBB7Xa0dWjaE8SqyRsrnicgeoja29N0aiAkWZCB4cVSf0nXTDJniJWJ5r5X7KSRt7ujLHBzl9DB8ni1hU4ug9kHvPxoczxuTGwJySzoPxpOGxZCBlj-XUX3Q/s1920/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo0L77l8InchwTSeTBdl0TbHdIVJXPnj1qVMi0i__e8wK8osOAk9ZIT8ybXGBB7Xa0dWjaE8SqyRsrnicgeoja29N0aiAkWZCB4cVSf0nXTDJniJWJ5r5X7KSRt7ujLHBzl9DB8ni1hU4ug9kHvPxoczxuTGwJySzoPxpOGxZCBlj-XUX3Q/w640-h360/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-19031455706567241752023-04-30T17:53:00.007-04:002024-03-01T11:28:03.577-05:00Rev. William "Gee I Forgot About U*U Child Rape" Sinkford aka Former UUA President Bill Sinkford And Unitarian*Universalist Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Minimization - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1652785142933381128" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>, and the playlist of U*UTube videos documenting today's final <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRceb9IY_H6btw5lUm0H2bACUKG56EUtB" target="_blank">Child Abuse Prevention Month protest</a>?<br /></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-15zivkp"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-1hwvwag r-18kxxzh r-1b7u577"><div class="css-1dbjc4n" data-testid="Tweet-User-Avatar"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-18kxxzh r-1wbh5a2 r-13qz1uu"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-h3s6tt r-bztko3" data-testid="UserAvatar-Container-RobinEdgar" style="width: 48px;"><div class="r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1pi2tsx r-1wyvozj r-bztko3 r-u8s1d r-1v2oles r-desppf r-13qz1uu"><div class="r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-ggadg3 r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-8jfcpp" style="height: calc(100% + 4px); 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Victoria Weinstein aka </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/peacebang" role="link">@Peacebang</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, participate in </span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link"><span class="r-18u37iz"></span></a><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnitarianUniversalist?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UnitarianUniversalist</a><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoverUp?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CoverUp</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">during today's </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUSunday?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUSunday</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> protest.</span></span><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br /></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUism?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUism</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UUA?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#UUA</a> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexualAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexualAbuse</a> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAPM?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CAPM</a> </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAPM2023?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#CAPM2023</a></span></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span></div></div><br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="444" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mb22Sjmzyrw?list=PLRceb9IY_H6btw5lUm0H2bACUKG56EUtB" title="Child Abuse Prevention Month Protest At Unitarian Church Of Montreal Sunday April 30 2023 EMR 0628" width="888"></iframe></div></div>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-43371484097311620782023-04-28T14:34:00.006-04:002023-04-28T14:40:21.991-04:00Unitarian Universalist Family Values And UUA Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection? <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How about <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1649153966226243588" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Here former </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">President Rev. Bill Sinkford is lying about how "few" </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUMinAssoc" role="link">@UUMinAssoc</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">ministers have been accused of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClergySexualMisconduct?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ClergySexualMisconduct</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, & "only one" U*U minister has been convicted of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">:
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Jason Shelton And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about these words of <a href="https://www.uua.org/offices/people/jason-shelton" target="_blank">"resigned" Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Jason Shelton</a>, formerly of the <a href="https://www.firstuunash.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019_2020-Annual-Leadership-Reports.pdf" target="_blank">First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville</a>, that were published in the <a href="https://www.change.org/p/uua-candidates-for-board-and-moderator-open-a-national-conversation-on-clergy-misconduct/c" target="_blank">comments section</a> of the Change.org petition created by <a href="http://www.uusafety.net/" target="_blank">U*U Safety Net</a> and the Nashville Unitarian Universalist church a decade ago just for starters?</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a class="link-block" href="https://www.change.org/u/51189392"></a></span></p><div class="media-profile media-profile-base-height type-s"><div class="media-profile-body txt-m"><div class="type-ellipsis"><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="link-block" href="https://www.change.org/u/51189392"><b class="link-unlined" data-qa="identified-user-details">Jason Shelton</b><div class="type-weak type-ellipsis">il y a 10 ans</div></a></span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="type-break-word mvxs"><div class="hide-overflow" data-_block="I have seen first hand the devastating, lingering effects of clergy misconduct in my congregation. It poisons the systems and the stories we tell about ourselves. Unless we tackle this issue at the congregational level, growth will continue to be a pipe dream." data-height="80" data-read_more="<span class="link type-weak js-read-more-text">Plus d&#x27;informations</span>" data-render="true" data-view="components/ellipsis" style="max-height: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="dotdotdot"><br />I
have <a href="https://twitter.com/Emerson_Avenger/status/1452441378668130305" target="_blank">seen first hand</a> the devastating, <a href="https://deborahpopelance.com/PDF/Lore_Stevens_History_of_Nashville.pdf" target="_blank">lingering effects of clergy misconduct</a> in <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Nashville+Unitarian+clergy+misconduct&client=firefox-b-d&ei=I9BLZOTCLtyhptQP2PihsAk&ved=0ahUKEwik4NaF3cz-AhXckIkEHVh8CJYQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Nashville+Unitarian+clergy+misconduct&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQA0oECEEYAVD5EFjxL2D4QWgBcAB4AIABrAKIAekIkgEHMC4zLjIuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank">my congregation</a>. It poisons the systems and <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">the stories we tell about ourselves</a>. Unless we tackle this issue at <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/first-unitarian-portland-uua-child-sex.html" target="_blank">the congregational level</a>, <a href="https://www.uua.org/data/demographics/uua-statistics" target="_blank">growth will continue to be a pipe dream</a>.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApBURJEm1lAjukBxnCzafWbtvwfh0hmTdGfAIOSzB6VWc9nZvi21a8rx1Ube6D-s2KMKbzG00XJUg1HLnNiCX5hZLUSifmzXzhAxTJHC45jRxa_iKnhGnaTmneZoKTPZBR8mycIwdX5x5l4W-LLmVzpQR0MzvteKYoGH-iwC5aO6pmCCJig/s1499/Change%20petition%20comment%20Jason%20Shelton%20and%20Kimberley%20Debus.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1499" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApBURJEm1lAjukBxnCzafWbtvwfh0hmTdGfAIOSzB6VWc9nZvi21a8rx1Ube6D-s2KMKbzG00XJUg1HLnNiCX5hZLUSifmzXzhAxTJHC45jRxa_iKnhGnaTmneZoKTPZBR8mycIwdX5x5l4W-LLmVzpQR0MzvteKYoGH-iwC5aO6pmCCJig/w640-h416/Change%20petition%20comment%20Jason%20Shelton%20and%20Kimberley%20Debus.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwZpws7Jlf3oU38Up7bnGv_FJtxHePGYgLhgtPC2zUSXpqmyb4qhtFxla0xLNhcJIlKbhtSlnJJ65PXkp1B4TphmZn0ClU_KNW8NHOMTzbgHAZswoqJUS_llocQ8OalxjGiN2E5fzI2dF6l37xA7r-JyQYc0sWkvkIeGVpSLWCF5netB8wQ/s1275/Jason%20Shelton%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20extra-marital%20affair%20in%20Lore%20Stevens%20history%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1275" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwZpws7Jlf3oU38Up7bnGv_FJtxHePGYgLhgtPC2zUSXpqmyb4qhtFxla0xLNhcJIlKbhtSlnJJ65PXkp1B4TphmZn0ClU_KNW8NHOMTzbgHAZswoqJUS_llocQ8OalxjGiN2E5fzI2dF6l37xA7r-JyQYc0sWkvkIeGVpSLWCF5netB8wQ/w640-h492/Jason%20Shelton%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20extra-marital%20affair%20in%20Lore%20Stevens%20history%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XybFUr7X1w6FQkc1lsMAfJlW_S7w1w2pZZhugRvD6aM0GZD7js0MVfV4DB-YpigWhL8hm9-sedUciIzoMfeA0tGMgwIjYW5W3rNl7m56vw8f5FYj-Ta5dOGOGZX3cctIO6r4Crt8RUJ93OKkFfHFYdmh-DqTrmkv-qwTZKX6xDBkeeiXjQ/s1587/Jason%20Shelton%20Unitarian%20Universalist%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20in%20Nashville%20UU%20Annual%20Report%202019%202020%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1587" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XybFUr7X1w6FQkc1lsMAfJlW_S7w1w2pZZhugRvD6aM0GZD7js0MVfV4DB-YpigWhL8hm9-sedUciIzoMfeA0tGMgwIjYW5W3rNl7m56vw8f5FYj-Ta5dOGOGZX3cctIO6r4Crt8RUJ93OKkFfHFYdmh-DqTrmkv-qwTZKX6xDBkeeiXjQ/w640-h374/Jason%20Shelton%20Unitarian%20Universalist%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20in%20Nashville%20UU%20Annual%20Report%202019%202020%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-13772722405022807022023-04-26T16:30:00.005-04:002023-04-26T16:36:47.341-04:00First Unitarian Portland And UUA Clergy Sex Abuse Cover-Up Efforts - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRceb9IY_H6Z9a_DTmCh3sCJYFYZnG_Ar" target="_blank">these three U*UTube videos</a> documenting not only how the former Senior Minister of First Unitarian Portland, former UUA President Bill Sinkford aka Rev. William G. Sinkford, mendaciously minimized Unitarian*Universalist clergy sexual misconduct that includes child sexual abuse most certainly committed by "certain Unitarian*Universalist ministers" in a blog post published on </span><span style="font-size: large;">First Unitarian Portland's web site ironically titled '<a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">The Place Where We Are Right</a>', but the fact that *someone* managing </span><span style="font-size: large;">First Unitarian Portland's U*UTube channel thought it would be a good idea to delete aka "memory hole" my original comment exposing and denouncing <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2023/04/uua-president-bill-sinkford-unitarian.html" target="_blank">Rev. Bill Sinkford's mendacious minimization of Unitarian*Universalist clergy sex abuse</a> so that no person of inherent worth and dignity can practice Unitarian*Universalism's <a href="https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles/4th" target="_blank">4th Principle</a> that calls upon Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us to engage in "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning"?<br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="520" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3cVOiCDr3w?list=PLRceb9IY_H6Z9a_DTmCh3sCJYFYZnG_Ar" title="A Letter To Rev. Alison Miller & First Unitarian Portland re. Rev. Bill Sinkford's CSA Lies EMR 0589" width="780"></iframe><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="520" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YqGkNgm3EAY?list=PLRceb9IY_H6Z9a_DTmCh3sCJYFYZnG_Ar" title="My Letter To Rev. Alison Miller & First Unitarian Portland Posted To FUP's Facebook Account EMR 0590" width="780"></iframe><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="520" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HQ3YDaMk9cg?list=PLRceb9IY_H6Z9a_DTmCh3sCJYFYZnG_Ar" title="2nd Letter To Rev. Alison Miller & First Unitarian Portland About UUA Clergy Abuse Cover-Up EMR 0591" width="780"></iframe></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpSI07pd3G6UOfxNxHoubKNz9OZYUkO_zYYx-VNsMLaBMRXhkE-nu8iR7UIwN5weybyz7vfbqA6JaI_tO-swIL0R-r7ni9N9o87A5R25euirRkHHW-iur9amsFgUz0ZS-bXxH4RAT-bVvDdOta3PlOhWkvr9xoKvd4HW9lx7R4lSsWxddQA/s1920/First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20YouTube%20video%20Installation%20of%20Rev.%20Alsion%20Miller%20with%20reposted%20comment%20April%2026%202023%20A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1920" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpSI07pd3G6UOfxNxHoubKNz9OZYUkO_zYYx-VNsMLaBMRXhkE-nu8iR7UIwN5weybyz7vfbqA6JaI_tO-swIL0R-r7ni9N9o87A5R25euirRkHHW-iur9amsFgUz0ZS-bXxH4RAT-bVvDdOta3PlOhWkvr9xoKvd4HW9lx7R4lSsWxddQA/w640-h348/First%20Unitarian%20Portland%20YouTube%20video%20Installation%20of%20Rev.%20Alsion%20Miller%20with%20reposted%20comment%20April%2026%202023%20A.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-61877637635891792102023-04-24T00:29:00.004-04:002023-04-24T00:30:23.921-04:00Former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection? <p><span style="font-size: large;">How about this plagU*Urized parody version of this Rev. Bill Sinkford blog post?<br /><br />A school child has been sexually exploited by a pedophile Unitarian Universalist minister.<br /><br />Again.<br /><br />What are U*Us called to DO in response to <a href="https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/23/harrisburg-unitarian-minister-accused-of-trying-to-solicit-sex-from-minor-david-kohlmeier/69513844007/" target="_blank">The Pennsylvania Pedophile</a>?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I want to name, first, <a href="https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/the-place-where-we-are-right/" target="_blank">my own misinformation and lies</a> because I believe
they are shared by many in our "Beloved Community". We U*Us seem willing to minimize, cover-up, and even <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/12/uua-moderator-jim-key-liar-liar-pants.html" target="_blank">officially deny</a> the "irregular" and despicable sexual exploitation of innocent school children and "religion
shoppers" and U*U church goers aka U*U "worship" attenders, not to mention <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/03/Minister-sentenced-for-raping-Tibetan-teen/7299707544000/" target="_blank">teenage Tibetan refugees</a>. . .<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">We U*Us now accept such clergy sex abuse cover-up and denial as normal in this “tiny, declining, fringe religion.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The pronouns are important here. I trust that “we” U*Us, those reading
this message, are still willing to accept clergy sexual misconduct, including <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2009/01/uua-president-bill-sinkford-alleged.html" target="_blank">my own</a>. . . as UNavoidable. Yes “we,” the larger </span><span style="font-size: large;">“</span><span style="font-size: large;">we</span><span style="font-size: large;">”</span><span style="font-size: large;"> of this Unitarian*Universalist rape culture, have demonstrated again and again our ability to accept clergy sexual misconduct cover-up and denial as a consequence of our willful ignorance and psychological denial.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I also want to name the sense of powerlessness to prevent such U*U clergy sex abuse cover-up and denial from being exposed by The Emerson Avenger. The Emerson Avenger's disempowering of "people of ill will and lying hearts" such as the UUA's Stikeman Elliott Barristurds & Bullshitters Canadian attorney <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/07/marc-andre-coulombe-stikeman-elliott.html" target="_blank">Maître Marc-André Coulombe</a> is a
tragedy in and of itself. And the FAILure to act not only compounds the
trauma of the victim families, but compromises the hope that CHANGE is
possible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">That FAILure also calls into question the virtue(s) and the value(s) of our “Beloved Community.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">We do offer our thoughts and prayers and hold the victims and their
families and that <a href="https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/david-kohlmeier-arrest-unlawful-contact-with-minor/521-3e179df0-a9cf-42b7-a089-90d26570431d" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Pedophile</a> in our hearts. But we also recognize
that Unitarian*Universalist "thoughts and prayers" have not moved our "elected" UUA leaders to make more than token change to Unitarian*Universalism's clergy misconduct policies and procedures.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">There will be protests outside the Unitarian "Church" of Montreal and The Emerson Avenger blog posts as there should not be. There will be
protests and U*UTube videos when Montreal Unitarians ask Québec Superior Court to hand down a decision to repress The Emerson Avenger's peaceful public protests, and order him to "memory hole" everything he has posted to the internet about Rev. Diane Olenick Rollert, Marlo Turner Ritchie, and Stanislaus Mackiewicz. There will be NO Unitarian*Universalist marches and vigils when the next Unitarian*Universalist sexual abuse of a Black or Brown or White body breaks into the news.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The Emerson Avenger's protests and whistleblowing call for CHANGE. They name #TheTruth that our "Beloved Community" does NOT want to acknowledge #TheTruth about not only U*U clergy sexual misconduct itself, but our "Beloved Community's" past and ongoing efforts to not only minimize clergy sexual misconduct in general, but even attempt to cover-up and officially deny, "such despicable crimes as pedophilia and rape" committed by <a href="https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigations" target="_blank">"less than perfect" Unitarian*Universalist ministers</a>, to say nothing of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Steven+Craig+Bulleit%22" target="_blank">UUA Religious Educators</a> and <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2006/10/uu-lay-person-is-convicted-of-raping.html" target="_blank">other U*U lay leaders</a>.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I have spent most of my life trying to abuse our system to serve and protect <a href="https://www.revscottwells.com/2005/10/12/uu-clergy-sexual-misconduct-roll-call/" target="_blank">misconducting Unitarian Univeralist ministers</a>, not cut that <a href="https://www.danielharper.org/yauu/tag/clergy-misconduct/" target="_blank">clergy misconduct</a> off. Most of you U*Us have as well.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">But today I believe it is our system that needs changing. Our clergy sex abuse cover-up system. Our system consistently FAILs to enforce decisions
that violate the expressed principles and purposes of Unitarian Universalism. Our
system has FAILed us by being UNable to completely silence The Emerson Avenger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">And that conclusion poses a real problem for progressive religious
communities. Because we have lived by the separation of "church" and integrity
for so long. Held that as such a U*U value.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I do not have a solution to that dilemma. But I cannot deny what my most inauthentic response is to this tragedy and to the devolution and degeneration of our "tiny, declining, fringe religion" that it reveals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">And I need to name another real fear that is with me this morning. We
may have allowed these flaws in our clergy abuse cover-up system to go on too long. There may
be too many <a href="https://twitter.com/Emerson_Avenger" target="_blank">Tweets</a>, blog posts, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Unitarian+Church+of+Montreal%22+protest" target="_blank">U*UTube videos</a> now in legal circulation for us U*Us to pull out from our <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2014/02/blasphemy-law-blasphemous-libel-misuse.html" target="_blank">fucking around</a> and <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/10/unitarian-universalists-pedophilia-rape.html" target="_blank">finding out</a>. We may have allowed the self-delusion and denial with which we U*Us live, and The Emerson Avenger's protests and whistleblowing to go on too long. We may have despoiled this <a href="https://www.uuworld.org/search?as_q=misconduct#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=misconduct&gsc.page=1" target="_blank">U*U World</a> beyond
repair.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I fear that <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2012/07/marc-andre-coulombe-stikeman-elliott.html" target="_blank">this vaunted experiment in justice</a>, which never approached real justice, may be <a href="https://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2015/07/uua-canadian-attorney-stikeman-elliott.html" target="_blank">beyond redemption</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I am not yet ready to accept that as an inevitable conclusion.<br /><br />But I need to name my fear of The Emerson Avenger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">We are living with the results of a clergy sex abuse cover-up system designed from the
beginning, by the “Founding Fathers” of Unitarian*Univeralism to protect U*U clergy privilege and minority
rule.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I believe we can't afford to give real justice a chance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">You know that I am a hypocritical preacher. You’ve heard me often preach
about how hard it is to maintain faith that integrity just might be better
than hypocrisy and lies, if we make it so.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">What are we called to do as "religious" people?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Offer our thoughts and prayers to victims of U*U clergy sex abuse?<br /><br />Yes, we will do that. Again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Work to model how we want to tell lies in this congregation and in our lives?<br /><br />Yes, we will do that. Again and always.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Show up for The Emerson Avenger's protests and vigils? <br /><br />Yes, we will do that. Again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">But our church politics need to change. Our church politics are working against Truth. Our church politics are the biggest obstacle to Unitarian Universalism thriving. That
means, for people committed to the power of lies, that we need to find
ways to change our church politics while we still have the chance.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Bill<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_MDg_pfIBcoZfCU9Q8_lrLA4qrDCzzS4Nd09z-mB_OrUXQ9CLNZxL4VF_SxALBhtCMilxuzBmP8vTl7o4xux93XnBAFqSPjO_HR3FSzhecirRTWKvXXN9SKC8yfdFGkthBOsHhBYIUkBh8-mj_PI1UFGf-NsPWXTD6-bz2dKpcvkomJ1Vpg/s1920/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_MDg_pfIBcoZfCU9Q8_lrLA4qrDCzzS4Nd09z-mB_OrUXQ9CLNZxL4VF_SxALBhtCMilxuzBmP8vTl7o4xux93XnBAFqSPjO_HR3FSzhecirRTWKvXXN9SKC8yfdFGkthBOsHhBYIUkBh8-mj_PI1UFGf-NsPWXTD6-bz2dKpcvkomJ1Vpg/w640-h360/Bill%20Sinkford%20wonder%20what%20Dr.%20King%20would%20preach%20about%20my%20minimization%20of%20clergy%20sexual%20misconduct%20YouTube%20text%20meme.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Robin Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18473139.post-40095960247027118352023-04-22T11:49:00.004-04:002023-04-22T11:57:29.462-04:00Unitarian Universalist Memes And UUA Clergy Sex Abuse Cover-Up And Denial - What's The Connection?<p><span style="font-size: large;">How about the four brand spanking new Unitarian*Universalist memes aka U*U memes that I created this morning, and Tweeted to what's left of the U*U Twittersphere in <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinEdgar/status/1649799374417936385" target="_blank">this little Tweet of mine</a>?<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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One U*U minister was convicted of </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChildSexualAbuse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#ChildSexualAbuse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> just a few years ago.
Only one, but still. . ."
<br /><br />Former </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/UUA" role="link">@UUA</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> President Rev. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/BillSinkford" role="link">@BillSinkford<br /></a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">
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