Thanks to a deep-set #CultureOfSecrecy, it's not clear how many #UnitarianUniversalist ministers, Religious Educators, & camp counselors etc. are guilty of #ChildSexAbuse.
Any community that tries to conceal #CSA, even after #abusers have been convicted, can't be trusted to report it to the police.
If you didn't know that #ClergySexAbuse that includes #ChildSexualAbuse was a thing with #UnitarianUniversalism it's because there's a deep #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexualMisconduct.
The #UUA even denied #ChildSexAbuse in an "apology".
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#UU #UUism
Queer female clergy can and do abuse in the #UnitarianUniversalist "church".
#UnitarianUniversalists "elected" a queer female minister to be the president of the #UUA last year, but she has done little or nothing to deal with the UUA's deep-seated #CultureOfSecrecy.
In fact it seems worse now. . .
I see parallels between the #TrumpEpstein saga & the #UnitarianUniversalist #ChildSexAbuse coverup & denial saga:
The UUA's broken promises of #RestorativeJusticeForALL.
The backlash against those who expose #TheTruth.
The chasm between empty #UUrhetoric & #UUreality, & the #CultureOfSecrecy.
What's preventing you from #TellingTheTruth about your sisters & siblings who've been sexually exploited, & even raped, by #UUAclergy, to say nothing of #UUA lay leaders Chip?
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Could it be #UnitarianUniversalist "niceness"?
#UUism #CSA #CultureOfSecrecy
Thanks for reposting this Deborah.
The #UUA has been mishandling, minimizing, covering-up, & even officially denying #ClergyMisconduct for decades. There's a disturbing #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexualMisconduct, especially #ChildSexAbuse.
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#UUAGA
Unitarian Universalism's #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexAbuse that includes child rape shapes the way U*Us perceive reality, who U*Us believe they are, and what U*Us think is impossible. . .
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#UUAGA #UUA #ChildSexAbuse #RiskManagement #UUliars #UUism
I would certainly hope so, but some UUA congregations tried to hide their connection to #ClergySexAbuse even after their minister was convicted of #SexCrimes against children, & the #UUABoard denied #ChildSexAbuse in its "official apology" for #ClergySexualMisconduct.
#UUism #CSA #CultureOfSecrecy
The reason you don't know anything about #ChildSexAbuse committed by #UUAclergy, or #UUA minimization, cover-up, & denial thereof, is because the UUA, UU churches, & many individual UUs, keep both the #CSA itself, & the cover-up, concealed.
This shameful #UU #CultureOfSecrecy is very disturbing.
There's not only indifference, but #willfulignorance & #PsychologicalDenial, around #ClergySexualMisconduct committed by #UUAclergy. In fact there's a deep #CultureOfSecrecy.
When will #UnitarianUniversalists provide real justice to victims of #ClergySexAbuse instead of hiding it?
#UUism #SAAM2025
A quote from 'A Brief History of Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct' by Rev. Sky Williams - In addition to these Berry Street lectures and Safety Net, there is a blog called the Emerson Avenger, which is run by Robin Edgar. This blog started in August of 2005 and is still active today. The tone of the blog is often belligerent and combative. The site mixes known cases of misconduct with rumor and unsubstantiated accusations. At the same time, it is probably one of the most comprehensive public resources on UU clergy sexual misconduct, particularly around the naming of individual ministers who have misconducted.
A quote from 'A Brief History of Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct' by Rev. Sky Williams - Together, the redaction of Rev. Gail Seavey’s essay and the dynamics of the Emerson Avenger blog point towards the still ongoing problem of secrecy around clergy sexual misconduct.
Thank you for providing a link to 'A Brief History of #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergySexualMisconduct' by Rev. Sky Williams.
#TheEmersonAvenger blog is mentioned on pages 22 & 23.
There's a deep #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexAbuse in #UnitarianUniversalism.
#UUism #UUA #CSA #SAAM #SAAM2025
Listen to those who've never had the luxury of trusting the broken institution known as the #UnitarianUniversalist Association aka #UUA.
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Their #TruthTelling holds the blueprint for ending UUism's #CultureOfSecrecy.
#UUproblems #ChildSexAbuse #CAPM #SAAM
When will Rev. Sarah Greene & other #UnitarianUniversalist ministers "circle around" for the end of #UU #ClergyAbuse, for the end of #UUA cover-up & #Denial, for the release of all victims who were silenced with #NDAs, for the end of #UUism's #CultureOfSecrecy?
#CSA #CAPM #CAPmonth #SAAM #SAAM2025
#ProtectOurKids by dismantling the #UnitarianUniversalist church's #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexualMisconduct that includes #ChildSexAbuse.
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#UU #UUA #ClergySexAbuse #CSA #CAPM #CAPmonth #SAAM #SAAM2025
It seems #UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt has no interest in inaugurating a National Conversation On #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergyMisconduct.
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#CAPM #SAAM #SAAM2025 #ClergySexualMisconduct #ChildSexAbuse #UUA #CultureOfSecrecy #UUAGA #UUproblems
💙 It is #ChildAbusePreventionMonth so I'm posting about #UUA cover-up & denial of #ChildSexualAbuse committed by #UUAclergy throughout April.
One line of defense to #ProtectChildren from #UU #ChildSexAbuse is by exposing UUism's #CultureOfSecrecy.
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#CAPM
Unitarian Universalists habitually "look the other way", indeed turn willfully #BlindEyes and #DeafEars, when the subject of #ClergySexualMisconduct committed by #UUAclergy is raised. There's a deep #CultureOfSecrecy surrounding #ClergySexAbuse in #UUism.
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Additionally, there are multiple other past and apparently even ongoing attempts by the #UUA, and-or individual #UU congregations, to cover-up UU #ClergySexualMisconduct, or minimize it and sanitize it when it cannot be kept hidden.
There's a pervasive #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexAbuse.
I'm calling on #UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt to inaugurate the National Conversation On #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergyMisconduct she agreed with over a decade ago in 2013 here -
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#UUism #UUAclergy #ClergySexualMisconduct #CultureOfSecrecy #UUproblems #UUsky
In related news: Your #UnitarianUniversalist congregation's next minister could have a 4 decade old history of #ClergySexualMisconduct, but the #UUA isn't telling your #UU church that.
#UUism #UUAclergy #ClergyMisconduct #ClergySexAbuse #CultureOfSecrecy
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Look into Unitarian Universalism's #ClergyMisconduct problem that includes child molestation and child rape committed by #UUA clergy.
That might be difficult to do because there's a #CultureOfSecrecy around #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergySexualMisconduct.
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As a progressive religious community it is time for Unitarian Universalists to hold a humbling re-evaluation of the freely chosen #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexualMisconduct that has held #UUs, if not all of #UUism, together for decades.
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#UUA #UUAGA
Unitarian Universalism's cultural legacy of obstruction of justice for victims of #UUA #ClergyMisconduct, and #UUism's shameful #CultureOfSecrecy around #ClergySexualMisconduct, shapes who #UnitarianUniversalists are and how #UUs live in the #UUworld. . .
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Did you read the blog post before asking that question?
I expect not.
For the record, there's minimal if any discussion of the Rev. Stephen Furrer case, and multiple other cases of #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergySexualMisconduct on the UUA website.
#UUsky #UUA #ClergySexAbuse #CultureOfSecrecy
Rev. Stephen Furrer And Unitarian Universalist Clergy Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up - What's The Connection?
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#UnitarianUniversalist #ClergySexualMisconduct #UUism #Unitarian #ClergyMisconduct #ClergySexAbuse #ClergyAbuse #UUA #CultureOfSecrecy #UUproblems
Thanks to the #UUA's past and ongoing #CultureOfSecrecy around #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergyMisconduct, #SexualMisconduct or otherwise. . . many cases of #ClergySexualMisconduct are difficult to corroborate.
I only post about the most credible rumours.
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Thanks for pointing out that I and #TheEmersonAvenger blog are mentioned in Sky Williams' 'A Brief History of #UnitarianUniversalist #ClergySexualMisconduct' Mike.
I was aware of her paper, but somehow FAILed to notice I was mentioned in it. 🤣😇
Sadly, #UUism's #CultureOfSecrecy persists.
#UUA