#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began – Kelowna Capital News
Survivors of sexual abuse in churches continue to call for justice, change
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Survivors of sexual abuse in churches continue to call for justice, change
Survivors have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of abuse.
Recent weeks have seen an especially intense set of revelations about sexual assault and misconduct in U.S. churches.
U.S. survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of abuse in their midst and to implement reforms. In 2017 that movement acquired the hashtag #ChurchToo, derived from the wider #MeToo movement, which called out sexual predators in many sectors of society.
Recent weeks have seen an especially intense set of revelations about sexual assault and misconduct in U.S. churches.