In this image, shows a copy of the headline for a piece by journalist Steve Zemek for THE AUSTRALIAN, dated 9 Dec 2022, the headline, etc states,
"Church leaders defend not reporting pedophile preacher Frank Houston to police: court"
"Church leaders didn't report pedophile preacher Frank Houston to the police when they learned of his abuse of a boy in the late 1990s for one explosive reason, a court has heard."
- they believed at the time the *r* of the seven year old victim came to light, they believed the now young adult victim was old enough to do it themselves (added context provided by: Viona Crowley
WRATH has chosen to highlight this part of Jack Stradwick's social media comment here alongside the 9 Dec 2022, Australian headline, NOT AS AN ACCUSATION OF OR EVIDENCE OF KNOWLEDGE (of Frank Houston's predatory sexual behaviour and sexual assaults on children he accessed through his various churches, groups and associations), but to highlight how church hierarchy (worldwide, of all denominations) have long struggled, and still do, with managing accusations of impropriety, especially the sexual assault of vulnerable children,
"I did not see his sexual behaviour, and like most of these guys, to even suspect or suggest would have been spiritual suicide- or at least ministry suicide. So you didn't go there!"
These images show how church hierarchy (worldwide of all denominations) have long struggled & still do w managing accusations of impropriety especially the sexual assault of children by powerful or not, church members. Please see 'alt-text
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