Thank God at least one organization is public at least considering that child abuse should not be covered up. Those who cover up I feel are as guilty as the abuser. As far as the victim is concerned they have made a thought out decision that an organization is more important than the life of a child. As a MK from Mamou show in the film "All God's Children, and the school Wes Stafford went to I know how cover up does permanent damage. My loss of respect for Christian who are in authority why should I trust them. Confusion about God, as a child I believes He was mean and out to get me.
I hope BBCS not only takes a stand on this but also teaches their students how to deal with the sin of abuse in the church. Keeping it quiet is not the answer and will always spread the damage much farther.

While citing "fresh concerns," the college administration knew about the abuses and investigation for at least a full year. Only when alumni and abuse victims voiced their disapproval did the plans suddenly change. Three cheers for seeing the wisdom of suspending the plans but it would have been so much better if it came proactively from the school leadership.

Last year when our church, which supports missionaries under ABWE, was notified of the investigation, our pastor chose to cover up also. When my husband found out about it and openly questioned why the church was beginning three new projects totalling over 50% of our our missions budget under ABWE during this particular time, our leadership accused him of blindsiding them in public rather than bringing the problem to them in private. They went ahead with the project, but to mollify anyone who had questions, they had someone from ABWE come to the church on a Sunday morning at 8:00 (before any services) to answer questions of anyone who wanted to know more. Most of the people in the church still do not know what went on because the church has officially told them nothing.