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My padlet project will focus on an article on how the catholic church mishandled a sex allegation from the members in which most of them were women.

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The catholic church leaders goes hard on a sexual abuse issue and comes out with their image being tarnished because of how they handled it. As a Christian, what I think they should have done was to just help resolve it instead of bullying the victims and calling them names like ‘whore’. According to the article, the members of the church always complained about their leaders saying they were fond of that especially the females.

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The same church has been known as well to be very quiet when it comes to issues like the women’s role in any church activity, sexual abuse and racism.  A meeting being held by the leaders divulged this issue with Russell Moore making an analogy, in which he compared the news to that of Potiphar’s wife. He makes a statement by saying “In the ancient biblical story, Potiphar’s wife tries to seduce Joseph and falsely accuses him of having assaulted her”. In his point of view, he made this statement to draw a veil over how they mishandled the cases whenever it got to them.

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In a meeting he had with the church leaders, He unveils the leaders that went through the same issues behind closed doors. “ Moore’s letter took direct aim at several members of the SBC’s Executive Committee, the group based in Nashville that runs the business of the convention and handles its finances. ”In this, he starts to draw the community’s attention to the sexual abuse that has been going on in the church behind close doors. The question here is, why is he now pulling the plug on the issue?

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In our course of study about Christianity in module 8, It says “By the 19th and 20th centuries, some Christian denominations allowed for the ordination of female ministers, and were even formed and led by women (like the Seventh-day Adventist Church). Other branches, such as Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, retain an all male priesthood through the present day. Women seeking a spiritual life in these traditions are able to join celibate spiritual communities of like-minded women as nuns.” This made my article and this model similar in such a way that, my article focused on the sexual abuse and sexism in the catholic church and the module also focused on the gender part in the catholic church. As part of that, the issue was fumbled upon because it was mainly women who complained about it. Since they had little role in the church, the issue was always being roughed up.

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In the textbook, it had similar views with that of the module in relation to what is being said in the article. The Catholic church before the 19th and 20th century didn’t allow females to partake in some church activities. In the article that I read, the priests and the other leaders mishandled the case because several of the complaints were from the females. Which means there is still a lot of sexism as well as roles depending on gender in Christianity ( The catholic religion to be precise ).

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“women’s traditional roles in the movement were ultimately ones that were restricted by cultural norms, making it difficult for them to find positions as leaders within the Christian community.” It can clearly be seen in the article that when the case came out, they mishandled it even though most of the women made several allegations. Which shows how their rights in leadership as girls are still being looked down even in this current century.

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To conclude, The Christianity roles based on gender still exist and sexism in the religion is still a thing and the article proves this point.

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The only source I used as a reference was from the Washington post. The rest were my own elucidations and slide 4 and 6 were from the text book and the mini power point lecture notes. Thanks.

Bailey, Sarah Pulliam. “Newly Leaked Letter Details Allegations That Southern Baptist Leaders Mishandled Sex Abuse Claims.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 5 June 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/06/05/russell-moore-southern-baptist-sex-abuse-allegations/.

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The picture below is the view of the church.

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Below is a picture of Dr Russhell Moore.

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