This was brought up with CAM well before 3 days ago. It just went public 3 days ago.queserasera_2 wrote:Do you actually think that the board of CAM is only meeting with lawyers?It's been 3 days. Audits are NEVER done quickly if they are thorough.
que, I’m sorry for my grief I express here, but these are feelings I often grapple with. Since becoming a Christian 5 years ago, my life consisted of running into abuser after abuser with attendant cover-ups. The only person who ever got discipline or attention was me, not the abusers.This is flagrantly dishonest and you know it. Even Trudy doesn't say that.josh wrote:What’s the point of being part of a religious group whose main purpose seems to be to accomodate and cover up for child molesters?
I thank God every day my life changed for the better in this area when I came to the Holdemans.
So are you saying you want me to go public? I have spoken to nobody outside of CAM about this and was requested not to. I did not speak publicly here on MN until this was otherwise public.As for approaching CAM 3 years ago, it is well known that some at CAM knew about this before 3 years ago. Without knowing with whom you met, what you told them, what evidence you had, what they said back to you, and how much further out the information went, I really can't formulate an opinion on how I feel about their response.
I did know this:
1. I don’t have a plain last name. Thus, it’s much easier to discount me as not credible.
2. When I learned about this I wasn’t a church member yet. My involvement with things like this made my membership take years.
3. Since I’m divorced, I’m automatically less credible - less credible than a self-confessed abuser.
Given the above, the plain Mennonite world really does start to look like a closed ethnic society dedicated to protecting its own and keeping outsiders out - especially any who dare to speak up against horrific sin and abuse.
What, exactly, is the point of CAM? What’s the point of Jeriah Mast’s church? A disciplined church, accountability, or a pure church where gross sin is exposed and sinners can be led to repentance is NOT the point.
