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Footballguy
I'm not clear on why the couple feel they might have to leave the church.Last week, this hit closer to home, and it has had devastating consequences. My wife is friends with a couple who co-pastor a protestant church in Arkansas. It is a small church (several hundred members),
and the couple do the majority of work at the church. They just found out the part-time or volunteer Youth leader, a woman, was sexually abusing their own teenage son. I am not privy to all the details, but apparently this had gone on for awhile before the boy finally came to his parents and told them what was going on. The couple has had to take a leave of absence from the Church. When the story was told to the congregation one of the men in attendance commented "what's the big deal? The boy got laid". The couple doesn't know if they will be able to continue working at the Church, which in turn may cause the Church to shut down.
I'm guessing (and I know I could be wrong) that they think the prevailing attitude in the church is the "what's the big deal? The boy got laid" attitude? And that that attitude is too prevalent in the church and too far away from their view that something very wrong happened?
If that's the case they're probably better off leaving the church. They won't be comfortable there again.