by Christa Brown | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
When I first learned that the Islamic center in lower Manhattan would be called Cordoba House, I saw only the beauty in it. The symbolism of the name seemed obvious. Cordoba was a city in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived peaceably side by side in the ninth,...
by Christa Brown | Jun 13, 2010 | Opinion
Clergy abuse survivors have been asking Southern Baptists for several years to implement denominational safeguards against clergy child molesters. Southern Baptists have refused. The requests are nothing radical. We asked for the sorts of safeguards that already exist...
by Christa Brown | May 25, 2009 | Opinion
The Oregon legislature passed a law on May 7 prohibiting school administrators from making deals that hide the sexual misconduct of teachers who resign. These sorts of deals are so common that they have a nickname – passing the trash. What happens is that an...
by Christa Brown | Jan 22, 2008 | Opinion
Thinking that clergy sex abuse is about sex is like thinking the Bataan Death March was about marching.Yet, over and over again, Southern Baptist leaders talk about clergy sex abuse as though it were just another form of “sexual sin.” Repeatedly,...
by Christa Brown | Nov 30, 2007 | Opinion
Many Southern Baptist Convention leaders, including President Frank Page, have indicated they don’t think a predator database would help prevent clergy child molestation.Though Page’s own expressed logic belies that conclusion, let’s just assume for...
