Update 2012: It appears that the "Jesus Christians" led by Dave McKay have changed the group name. The group now seems to be known as the "Truth Belivers" and has a new Web site.
See [www.wix.com]For the purpose of having a separate discussion on the topic of whether Dave McKay is (and has been for some years) providing a sanctuary for sex offenders in the cult known as the "Jesus Christians," I have created this separate thread. Here, we can focus on and discuss this one particular issue.
Is there a pattern of such behavior on the part of DM and the JCs?
What exactly has happened in the past, with respect to alleged incidents of child sexual abuse perpetrated by former (and possibly present) members of the JCs?
What would the responsible thing for DM, as the leader of the group, to do in the event that he had knowledge of such pedophilic activity being carried out by a member of his group?
Should he allow such persons to work, unsupervised and unhindered, with the JCs?
Or should he immediately report such incidents, as well as the offender(s) who committed them, to the relevant legal authorities?
Should he not as well go about seeking counseling and therapy for the offender(s), to help ensure that such incidents are prevented from happening in the future?
Dave McKay has never once categorically renounced or repudiated any of the teachings of the pedophile Moses David Berg.
He has never (to my knowledge) once stated that he believes that Mo was a
bad man.
He has never (to my knowledge) once admitted any guilt about, or taken any responsibility for,
anything.Instead, he writes things like:
But a better example is paedophilia. Kids are not FORCED to have sex, and yet society says it is wrong. I know, I know, they are not adults. But you see, we each have our restrictions that we think makes it wrong or doesn't make it wrong. And so what we decided to experiment with is just trying to follow the rules as we honestly and humbly think God wrote them.or
"But it is an attempt to put the crimes into some other perspective than the rather sensational one that usually surrounds the topic of sex in the media. Is there any room for society to take genuine repentance into consideration when dealing with the subject of paedophilia? Or is mercy only limited to other sins?"
My idea is to put anything and everything pertaining to the matter of alleged incidents of child sexual abuse being covered up (whether within the group, or carried out by some member of the group, or some combination thereof) in this, a completely separate thread.
OK?
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2012 05:30AM by rrmoderator.