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Our culture. and you may have noticed that i'm using the term minor attracted person, sometimes abbreviated to map instead of a more commonly used term map advocacy group like before you act have advocated for a use of the term. they've advocated for it primarily because it's less stigmatizing than other terms like. a lot of people when they hear the term, they automatically assume that means a offender and that isn't true and it leads to a lot of misconceptions about attraction toward minors. yeah, being too tough on the kid such as the patissier foundation. put that up if you have some of th...

Some say Pope Francis's meeting with transgender people may not translate into doctrinal change, but it could lead to cultural acceptance.

Some say Pope Francis's meeting with transgender people may not translate into doctrinal change, but it could lead to cultural acceptance.

Of people apart within the denomination and the work to repair things continues. >> shannon, the sexual abuse of women and children is horrific in any situation, but especially the church. the church ought to be the safest place in the world for women and children, and so i think the doj certainly has the right to investigate these cases and any instance of cover-up, but i think we also all know that what started out as legitimate investigations can quickly become a backdoor for illegitimate investigations by government, that's why i'm encouraging southern baptist officials to fully cooperate ...

Have to be voluntary on the part of churches. but i do think, shannon, most churches are like my church, first baptist in dallas. they have policies in place, background checks, automatic reporting requirements that strive to make the church a safe place for women and for children. >> shannon: this compilation of all of these cases from the past, the releasing of that information, saying our reform is not over, there moving forward, you know, what's your advice not to churches, to this denomination, about how you move forward to really help people that have survived this abuse, and to make sur...