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>>Tom, I really appreciate your truth telling; it is >>very powerful because it gives this site integrity. >>There will be many claims here which will be true and >>if this site has a reputation for refuting what we >>know to be untrue, the truth of real claims will shine >>through. >> >>As you say, there will inevitably be very regrettable >>incidents, but if they happened they will not >>necessarily have been commonplace or policy within the >>church. I think acknowledging this is important. >> >>When people speak of their trauma from having been >>members of this church it is important that their >>experiences are not drowned out by speculation and >>muck raking and by claims which nobody who was there >>thinks are likely. > >I also don't think you should belittle the claims that >are made. Once you have left the church I don't think >you have much to gain by making things up that aren't >true and I think that, if anything, disturbing >experiences are more likely to be kept quiet out of >embarressment and to avoid the trauma of bringing such >experiences out into a public space. If when people >attempt to do so in a forum such as this are then >responded to with cynicism I think that is very sad. >All sorts of things were going on when I was in >community that I was completely oblivious of for >years, so it is really wrong to suppose that because >people who have been in community haven't seen certain >things happen, means that these things don't go on.
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