A crisis of the unerring congregation. Up to 100 abusers in Conservative Laestadian congregations in Finland, several abusers never reported to police – caused and/or supported by mistaught Laestadian doctrine of forgiveness and silence. The beliefs are serious risks for children.
The responsible leaders’ excuse for keeping a very tight lid on hundreds of child victims and a myriad of perpetrators, who have not come to light, is “lack of information”. Anyone of the 24 members of the SRK board (they all are men) did not know anything.
Someone else could suggest “lack of freedom of speech”, too.
However: ”We are guilty of all the issues that we have been accused”, said SRK vice chairman Matti Taskila in the press conference in Oulu last week. Read more…
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A crisis of the unerring congregation. Up to 100 abusers in Conservative Laestadian congregations in Finland, several abusers never reported to police – caused and/or supported by mistaught Laestadian doctrine of forgiveness and silence. The beliefs are serious risks for children.
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