For Victims
You may need help if you are in a relationship with a pastor. Is he/she counseling you? Is he/she married? Are they in a position of authority over you? Is there something that just doesn’t seem right? Is he claiming to be your spiritual husband? Is this relationship hurting you?
Our team of volunteers includes counselors, lawyers, and former victims from every walk of life. We will listen and help you expose the perpetrator! Please e-mail us at hope@acryinthechurch.com
Reach out directly:Getting help from within a church: Contact your local church administration office and ask for the policy on how the church addresses sexual misconduct with pastors and church workers. Often churches will want you to come in and tell your story. They will also typically have an attorney present and will not advise you to bring one. They will drag out the process without removing the pastor or worker while they “conduct a thorough investigation”. Often this drags out so that the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit is exceeded.
Getting help through the legal system: There may be criminal statutes or “tort” law that applies to your situation. Have you been raped? Is the pastor or church worker acting as your counselor? If so, depending on the state, criminal laws may apply. Contact a local attorney that specializes in clergy sexual abuse or e-mail us at hope@acryinthechurch.com and we can help direct you to experienced professionals that will be able to give you guidance.
For Churches
Are you tired of spending God’s tithe and offering
money to pay for lawsuits? Is your denomination
haunted with accusations of sexual misconduct by
pastors and other church workers?
Now is the time for YOU to take a leadership
stand. It is time for you to pick up the whip and
overturn the tables and say “not in our church and
not on our watch!”
When there are accusations are
you following the denomination policy on sexual
misconduct? Does your church have one? Are you
shuffling pastors with questionable histories from
church to church? Do you even do a background
check on your potential pastors, elders, deacons,
and other church workers? Do you have a taskforce
to address sexual misconduct?
e-mail us at help@acryinthechurch.com
For Pastors and Church Workers
Are you a pastor or church worker that is abusing one of
your church members?
STOP!
STEP DOWN!
CONTACT YOUR EMPLOYER!
GET HELP!
You are destroying the heart
and jeopardizing the soul of God’s children. Your
victims are confused and depressed. Many victims
of clergy sex abuse are suicidal.
STOP! Get Help!
e-mail us at help@acryinthechurch.com
Help
for Pastors and Church Workers
What We Do:
This
is a website for victims of sexual abuse from pastors
and leaders in their churches BY victims of sexual
abuse from pastors and leaders of their churches. We
are a voice for those who often have no voice.
Churches stifle those that would tell the truth by
guilt and protectionism. We will not hide in the
shadows and we will do all we can to stop this abuse
on our watch.