Given that David Crosby likes to materialize here on FFXU from time to time with with his hypocritical church-speak and Jesus-babble, here’s a quote for him from Canon Robin Hammeal-Urban’s excellent book on clergy misconduct, “Wholeness After Betrayal”:
By failing to disclose truths, we are in essence lying by omission....for our relationships to be trustworthy and authentic, we need to know the truth about ourselves and others. This is particularly true for all members of congregations who have been betrayed by a trusted leader, lay or ordained. Misconduct erodes trust, not only between the offender and the primary victim, but also among other members of a congregation. To begin to rebuild or establish trust, it is essential that misconduct, which typically involves secrets and secretive behavior, be brought to light.
My question to David is this: If you really are a Christian, why are you afraid to look into the question of Bob Malm’s perjury? Why are you afraid to tell the truth? Do you really think anyone believes Bob’s claim, made in writing, that Eric left on his own? If he did, why did Bob fell the need to tell church staff to exclude him? And why did he include Mike Smith in his vendetta?
It will soon be Lent, David. Time to tell the truth. The whole “there are two sides to every story” routine doesn’t cut it.
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