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AA's General Service Board turns a blind eye to child predators in meetings
Be sure to download the report linked to above. Skim the document, but mainly, skip ahead to the last page and read how AA's General Service Board has chosen to respond to revelations of child sexual abuse in AA.
They've chosen to respond by not responding at all.
Although the Bible does not directly address the topic of child sexual abuse, Jesus does have this to say about children:
I'd say that if you're failing to protect children from sexual predators, you most certainly are "despising" them.
Has anyone seen this?
It seems that in 2010, Paul E. Clearly, Trustee of the General Service Board of AA, Inc. submitted a report about child sexual abuse in AA to the GSB’s Subcommittee on Vulnerable Members in AA (I know!). He detailed several shocking instances of predation and implored the GSB to take responsibility for the safety of AA’s most vulnerable members. He concludes:
For a host of moral, ethical, and legal reasons, it’s time for the General Service Board to provide leadership in addressing the issue of child sexual abuse in AA.
Read Paul Cleary’s very revealing 7-page report, “Predators in AA,” and don’t miss the GSB’s predictably despicable abdication of responsibility on the last page. There is some reference to GSB’s response around the web, for instance here, here and here, but I could find only one reference to Cleary’s original report (which I was unable to download as a pdf, but could view in google docs).
It seems that in 2010, Paul E. Clearly, Trustee of the General Service Board of AA, Inc. submitted a report about child sexual abuse in AA to the GSB’s Subcommittee on Vulnerable Members in AA (I know!). He detailed several shocking instances of predation and implored the GSB to take responsibility for the safety of AA’s most vulnerable members. He concludes:
For a host of moral, ethical, and legal reasons, it’s time for the General Service Board to provide leadership in addressing the issue of child sexual abuse in AA.
Read Paul Cleary’s very revealing 7-page report, “Predators in AA,” and don’t miss the GSB’s predictably despicable abdication of responsibility on the last page. There is some reference to GSB’s response around the web, for instance here, here and here, but I could find only one reference to Cleary’s original report (which I was unable to download as a pdf, but could view in google docs).
Be sure to download the report linked to above. Skim the document, but mainly, skip ahead to the last page and read how AA's General Service Board has chosen to respond to revelations of child sexual abuse in AA.
They've chosen to respond by not responding at all.
Although the Bible does not directly address the topic of child sexual abuse, Jesus does have this to say about children:
Matthew 18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
I'd say that if you're failing to protect children from sexual predators, you most certainly are "despising" them.
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