Report Sexual Abuse

[Gregory Matthews]

With thanks to Adventist today:

Because of Project Safe Church, there is a website where anyone in the Lake Union (LU) can report sexual abuse by an LU employee or volunteer. That report will go to a trained care provider, who will help the victim develop a statement. That statement will be turned over to a trained sexual ethics committee that will gather more evidence and eventually adjudicate the case, passing their recommendations on to the conference administrators. In other words, because of this system, a sexual abuse allegation in the Lake Union has far less chance of being swept under the rug, forgotten, or mishandled. Perpetrators, be warned; saints, rejoice! “This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes” (Psalm 118:23).

I would like to ask that you 1) pray for Project Safe Church; 2) spread the word to your conference or union leaders that such a system exists; 3) share this email on your social media or forward it to your contacts; 4) donate to the cause as God leads through jenniferjill.org, earmarking it “Project Safe Church.”

Source: Jennifer Jill Schwirzer

Do you know someone who has been sexually abused by an employee, elected leader or volunteer of the Adventist Church in the Lake Union?
Are you ready to make a report and seek resolution?
Report sexual abuse confidentially here: http://projectsafechurch.org/report/

[B/W Photodude]

Unfortunately, nowhere on the website does it say this is an official office of the church in the Lake Union. Even if I were aware of the situations they purport to address, I would not deal with them. Looking thru their website, I noted one name who I have read her agenda via her website and Facebook page and I am not impressed. She seems to have a very anti-male agenda and is unable to deal with the truth of abuse.

[BlessedMan]

3 hours ago, B/W Photodude said:

Unfortunately, nowhere on the website does it say this is an official office of the church in the Lake Union. Even if I were aware of the situations they purport to address, I would not deal with them. Looking thru their website, I noted one name who I have read her agenda via her website and Facebook page and I am not impressed. She seems to have a very anti-male agenda and is unable to deal with the truth of abuse.

I see that "SHOP" button comes up pretty quick on her web site.

[Gregory Matthews]

Photodude:  You missed the statement on the website that I listed that stated that is an official program of teh Lake Union Conference in connection with a private agency.  I have quoted, below, that statement, which I have copied from their website.

 

Project Safe Church is a jointly-run program of the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and counseling experts of Abide Counseling, a private network of Seventh-day Adventist counselors.

[Gregory Matthews]

For further information related to the professional counselors associated with the Lake Union program see:

Sarah McDugal:    https://sarahmcdugal.com/

Nicole Parker:  http://www.heartthirst.com/about

Jenifer Jill Schwirzer:   https://www.abidecounselingservices.com  and 

http://www.abidecounseling.us/counseling/jennifer-jill-schwirzer-lpc-ncc/

 

NOTE:  I suspect that Photodude's comment about one of the counselors was directed at Sarah McDugal.   IF so, you can see her Facebook page at:   https://www.facebook.com/sarahmcdugalauthor/