Author: wingsfortruth2

Aug 17, 2023

Dear friends,

How do we begin to say sorry to people we’ve loved and hurt? We hope this letter can be the first step.

We would like to make an apology for our part in allowing SA and CSA to continue in our fellowship. Whether out of ignorance or denial, we did not act on what we were being told.

Many years ago our oldest child was a victim of CSA by a member of our fellowship. At the time, they were four years old and didn’t have the words to express what happened. We continued our relationship with that family and unfortunately another violation occurred. It was many years later before that violation was brought to our attention. We still remained in denial. Immediately after the Dean Breur news broke, this child contacted a close friend to discuss a need for a website for victim-survivors to go to for support. They developed https://voicesforthetruth.org . We are so thankful for the many selfless hours of work given by our oldest child in support of victim-survivors all while also being a victim-survivor. We are terribly sorry that they had to suffer alone in silence for so many years.

In 2013, our next oldest child became aware of the extent of CSA in our fellowship. Since that time, she has been actively trying to make us more aware of the CSA issues. Due to her persistence, we finally began to see the gravity of Ira Hobbs’ involvement in CSA and the mishandlings of the Ministry’s leadership in dealing with predators. In September 2019, just five months after Ira Hobbs raped our dear sister worker (which we were unaware of at the time), and prior to Clever Convention, we asked to speak to our overseer (who was aware of the violation). Although this daughter was no longer in the fellowship, she remained intent on being a child advocate. With tears in her eyes she sat down with us and the overseer. We pleaded that the overseer would not allow Ira Hobbs to gather with young children and asked that he please ban Ira from coming to Clever Convention. We were told we alone could say who could and couldn’t come on our property. She helped us to write a letter to Ira Hobbs stating that fact. We want to thank her for the persistence in being a child advocate and continuing to be involved in making us aware and educating us on the dangers of CSA and coverup. We also want to apologize to her that for so long her voice fell on deaf ears. The following is our letter to Ira Hobbs along with his response.

09/01/2019

Mr. Ira Hobbs

I am contacting you concerning the conventions at Clever. As you know, hundreds of our fellow Christians both young and old gather together here once a year to celebrate the life of Christ. We will have a phone number set up to listen in for those that cannot attend convention in person. I strongly urge you to utilize the option to call in to each of the 3 meetings that will be held daily.

This year as in future years, attending in person or staying on the grounds during the week of convention is not an option that will be available to you. It is not our place to judge or convict only to walk with God and open our home as a safe place of worship. We have not addressed any safety concerns in the past as we felt moved to allow the workers to handle the situation. We have been advised that only we have the authority to make a decision about who can and cannot attend the convention at our home. We also feel that this would be best for your own protection against any future accusations that you not be present.

We have made the call-in option available because through Christ is our salvation and we want anyone who can to participate and enjoy the spirit of convention. This has troubled our hearts for some time now. Therefore workers were contacted and they have consented to, and are in agreement with this request. We ask that you respect our decision and respond to let us know that you have received this communication.

Sincerely,

The T Family

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09/07/2019

Dear Lecil,

God is witness of the grief caused by your strange and questionable judgment.
Even though we had hoped to get to Clever convention this year, considering our current major health issues, it is not even feasible to physically attend any convention next week.
We love the fellowship and quickening meetings, and hope to share at least some of the meetings by conference call, if that is provided.

Sincerely, Joan and Ira

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In 2013, our youngest daughter, who had 3 small children, also became acutely aware of the horrific acts of CSA committed by Ira Hobbs. She vowed at that time to take action. She contacted as many people as possible via email to sign a petition pleading for our Overseers to take action to rid the fellowship of CSA. Sadly, only 86 people signed that petition, fifteen signed ‘Anonymous’. Due to our refusal to open our eyes and see there was a problem from within our fellowship, she felt she was fighting alone without the support of her parents. For that we want to apologize to her. We also want to thank her for doing what she felt necessary at the time to protect her own family and our grandchildren. Back in 2013, it may have seemed extreme, but we are grateful for her insight and that she felt strong enough to make a stand. The following is a link to the petition written by our youngest daughter 10 years ago. https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/create-publish-and-implement-a-child-sexual-abuse-education-and- response-plan.html

Our youngest child, our son, is presently very active and involved in assisting us in this fight to rid our fellowship of SA and CSA. We want to thank him for volunteering his time, along with our oldest in helping victims-survivors through Voices for the Truth. We want to apologize that he did not see his parents take a more active stance against SA and CSA in the past. We realize what a disappointment this must be to him as well as to his siblings. We want to thank our son for always challenging us and opening up hard conversations. And thank him for the work he’s done to help open us up to a kinder and more loving perspective towards others, especially those who may not share our skin color, sexual orientation or gender, or faith. It is in this that we have become more aware of the needs and struggles of others.

Although none of our children currently are in this fellowship, they realize our commitment and love for this fellowship and our desire to remain a part of it.

We are sorry that we recently allowed an alleged perpetrator to work on our property even after we learned that there were allegations against him. On June, 9, 2023 we received a letter notifying us of allegations against Brad Holman. Then on June 16, 2023 we were notified that Brad would be coming to Clever Convention grounds to pick up some of his personal things, wrap up an electrical project, and drop off a vehicle. Although Brad was never in our home, one week later, Brad was still present on the grounds. We asked Craig Winquist if anything was being done to clear Brad of the allegations and told him that if not, Brad would need to leave. Craig informed us that the allegations were serious and doubted that they would be cleared. Brad was told he would need to leave our property and he left on Sunday June 24, 2023. We know now that allowing Brad to work on our property even after we knew there were allegations against him appeared as us supporting him. To the community and especially victim-survivors, we hope you will accept our sincere apology.

To all victim-survivors of CSA and SA: we are deeply sorry for the pain you have experienced. We are sorry that we didn’t do more sooner. We see you. We hear you. We believe you. And we will do everything within our power to support you.

SA and CSA have many secondary victim-survivors. It is a crime not only against an individual, but against a community. For our part in the complicity, we are so very sorry. Our lack of awareness and understanding delayed the urgency of action. We have been educating ourselves through literature, conversation, and sharing. And we plan to continue to do so. We understand that ignorance made us make wrong decisions, but that is inexcusable. We have also learned that accountability does not erase the damage done by our actions/inactions. We hope that our current stance against SA and CSA can show that we are not only sorry, but we are also committed to taking an active role in the healing of victim-survivors as well as the prevention of further harm. This letter is in no way written to justify our complicity and inaction in past years. We take full accountability.

For too long, we have not considered the anguish SA and CSA has caused the victim-survivors. To those who consider our stance too radical, we hope that you will come to see there is nothing radical about supporting victim-survivors and protecting our fellowship.

We know that many of you may have been personally harmed by our inaction on this in the past and you deserve a personal apology as well. Please reach out to us if you feel comfortable doing so: we would be grateful for the opportunity to apologize to you directly.

With remorse,

Lecil and Gaby T

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WINGS Note August 21, 2023: Some details that were initially redacted to preserve privacy have now been reinstated after clarification that the authors approved the full disclosure.

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Clever, MO convention cancelled

Clever, MO Convention Safety Protocol

Preparing for convention at Clever, MO

18 August 2023

Dear Australian and New Zealand Co-workers, Elders and Friends,

Thank you to everyone for your response to our letter of 1 July 2023, regarding the prevention of child sexual abuse. We appreciate your patience as we work to address these issues in a measured and sensitive way and feel it is now important to provide you with an update.

We have communicated our zero tolerance with respect to the harming of children, young people, or anyone within our fellowship and have begun actions to support this stance. The impact of child sexual abuse is devastating and far reaching. Our thoughts are with each one of you who have been affected.

Since we last wrote to you, work has commenced to develop a standard policy and approach towards child sexual abuse prevention and survivor support. An advisory group consisting of 16 individuals from Australia and New Zealand has been formed to undertake this work. This advisory group includes members with lived experience of child sexual abuse and those who have supported survivors. It includes members with experience in child safety and protection, child safe compliance, vulnerable persons advocacy, psychology, counseling, and mental health. Several members hold professional roles including in risk avoidance and quality compliance, policy development and corporate governance. The group includes ten females, three workers, elders, and elders’ wives. A broad age range is represented.

The advisory group’s role, is to provide advice to the ministry, focusing on child safety and survivor support, drawing on personal and professional experience, sourcing assistance from specialist experts, external resources and professional bodies as required. Consultation and engagement will be needed from time to time, for example the voice of our parents and our young people will be critical.

The advisory group will also rely upon reputable, published material, expert bodies’ formal guidelines and relevant research that is publicly accessible, to provide advice that is grounded in best practice and will operate fully within the bounds of the law. Australian national child safety standards and New Zealand child safety guidelines will form the basis of the review of current child safety practices and guide development of improvements within our fellowship.

The identity of advisory group members will remain confidential, and they will not be providing direct engagement with the broader fellowship. Member confidentiality is important for the protection of survivors within the group, and to enable the group to focus on this important work in an impartial manner without external pressure or distraction. We will be looking at mechanisms to provide additional support to survivors in future.

All members of the advisory group completed independently recognised training on the prevention of child sexual abuse and advisory group level training. In addition, all members have obtained and provided current Working with Children Checks or Children’s Worker Safety Checks and police clearances.

The scope of work to be completed is large and will take time to develop and implement. The advisory group has commenced a risk assessment to determine the areas of highest risk so these can be given immediate attention.

We appreciate each one of you who have encouraged and supported us to move forward in addressing concerns about management of child safety and survivor support. We thank each one who has approached us with concerns about individual situations. We have had to make some difficult and firm decisions to mitigate risks to children and will continue to do so.

We understand that it will take time to restore your trust and we feel inadequate in addressing these issues but commit to working openly and transparently on preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. The advisory group will be valuable in guiding us however we will need the support of each one of you to progress.

We acknowledge processes may take longer than some may wish. We expect to update you in the next month and will continue to communicate with you as the work progresses and we have further matters to address.

We thank you for your efforts in supporting each other and any survivors who no longer feel able to meet with us in fellowship.

Warm regards and encouragement

Malcolm Clapham, Graeme Dalton, Wayne Dean, Trevor Joll, Alan Mitchell and Alan Richardson.

Australia: Get support | National Office for Child Safety or 24/7 support on 1800 737 732

New Zealand: https://www.kidshealth.org.nz/listing-information-support-resources-child-abuse or 24/7 support on 0508 326 459

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WINGS Note: This letter was issued 18th August by workers to elders for distribution.

8/17/2023

*URGENT* In the Name of Christ, we MUST focus on Victims*

To the overseer and workers in the States of CA/AZ/NV/HI:

For over 100 years we have silenced victims of sexual crimes in our faith. We have even regretted their existence, since acknowledging them was inconvenient, and to do so would shine an unfavorable light on the ministry and its response to sexual crimes. Most of the time, we didn’t know them or know anything about their lifetime of hemorrhaging emotional pain. These victims have hidden quietly, taking on blame and shame that never, ever belonged to them. Your lack of action in protecting the church from predators (including serial predators who were not permanently removed) has created an endless supply of innocent potential victims, a long list of survivors, and an ever-growing list of families who have left fellowship.

The victim in Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan wouldn’t have existed without a victimizer. Please reflect on that for a moment. Jesus was asking us to be like the Good Samaritan. What if, rather than focusing on the life and care of the victim in Luke 10, the Good Samaritan had instead focused on tending to the thieves and robbers who violated the victim and left him for dead? That wouldn’t make sense to us, would it? And yet, here we are.

Recent Consequences of Violator-Focused Actions:

Recently in Nevada, an individual with a long history of grooming behaviors and sexual abuse allegations was quickly reintegrated back into meetings after being asked not to attend. It seems there is an urgency to rush offenders back into fellowship even before there is an understanding of Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse and the lifelong trauma a victim will carry. It is also apparent that there is a lack of understanding of the predatory tactics offenders employ to gain access to victims. These grooming behaviors often hinge upon the trusting and welcoming nature of victims’ families. To quote a predator who was a minister, “I considered church people easy to fool…they have a trust that comes from being Christians…They tend to be better folks all around. And they seem to want to believe in the good that exists in all people…I think they want to believe in people. And because of that, you can easily convince, with or without convincing words.”

At about the same time the individual in Nevada was reintegrated, 14 families (11 with fellowship meetings in their homes) in Arizona chose to leave the fellowship. Was it the result of an offender being rushed back in to fellowship, or the sense of betrayal they felt as it came to light how the ministry had mishandled sexual abuse and covered up sexual crimes in the past? Is there the same urgency to reach out to these 14 families as there was to assess and reintegrate one offender back into a fellowship meeting?

It is time that we stop welcoming back offenders and protecting known predators (which only encourages the unknown ones). If offenders now considered “low risk” had been reported at the time their crimes were committed, they would have been arrested, dealt with through the criminal justice system (many having to register as sex offenders for life – known as a 288 registrant) and most importantly, served jail time.

A truly repentant sexual offender who has developed insight into how their actions have impacted and continue to impact others would quietly accept alternative arrangements for fellowship away from children and other victims.

Finally, it is time that we learn how to identify predators, take steps to educate parents and the ministry, listen to victims and recognize the danger of keeping secrets about wolves lingering amongst the sheep.

If there is any effort, if there is any time, if there is any money to be given, we MUST give it all to our long-suffering and deserving victims to carry them to the inn and preserve their lives. We must let the offending workers, elders and other violators just BE with the consequences of their actions while we focus on a multitude of victims. Spiritually and psychologically, this is an essential part of any victimizer’s repentant and reflective process. We hope that you all want to make appropriate choices. We also believe that all of you do not have the information that you need to do this. We are here to help you.

Our group of Mental Health professionals includes Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Psychologists; we have Masters of Clinical Social Work, Masters of Clinical Psychology, Doctorates of Social Work and PhDs in Clinical Psychology.

The writers of this letter have professional experience/specialization in:

1. Child Advocacy Center therapy and advocacy
2. Adult, child and adolescent counseling
3. Marriage and family counseling
4. Trauma and intergenerational trauma counseling
5. Sex therapy
6. Art therapy
7. PTSD and C-PTSD treatment
8. School psychology and child development
9. Addiction counseling
10. Adoption social work and attachment-based therapies
11. Inpatient mental health and addiction treatment
12. General Social Work practice
13. Victim Services
14. Sex offender treatment
15. Domestic and sexual violence advocacy
16. Organizational leadership and education

What you need to know about predators:

1. Sex offender treatment is largely ineffective, and the best outcome is remission of behavior, not cure of the urge to offend. A truly repentant and rehabilitated perpetrator would never seek to re-join a meeting but would voluntarily stay out of meetings in order to avoid temptation and to avoid making anyone uncomfortable.
2. Perpetrators have groomed everyone around them, so supportive testimony from elders/friends/workers on their behalf is not valid. (Recently in the U.S., some local friends/elders vouched for offender(s) to be at convention with children and other victims). No one can accurately predict or identify offenders by observing them! It is not possible for an overseer or another layperson to discern whether someone is not a threat or has been rehabilitated. That is an informal assessment that would not hold up under professional evaluation.
3. Sexual predators have often used words that mimic the heart of God to indicate repentance, but their actions mimic what is in their hearts. Their words cannot be trusted. It is much safer to bring the meeting to them (workers and friends who want to meet with them), than bring them into an already established meeting. Though perpetrators may have repented spiritually, Godly repentance shouldn’t be used to escape the consequences of these sins which are also crimes. Some who have offended were never reported, so they have never faced consequences from the criminal justice system.
4. Types of Predators: 1. Shark (opportunist with no plan, goes for any blood in the water); 2. Snake (deliberate, strategic); 3. Spider (grooms, then spins webs); 4. Fox (looks like the nice guy, the helper, then waits and watches to catch prey).

In our professional opinion, the following actions are discouraged and potentially unsafe:

• Risk assessments. Risk assessments should not be used to determine whether an offender can attend fellowship meetings. Alternate arrangements should be made to meet with offenders outside of fellowship meetings.
• Making decisions about offenders. Do not rely on overseers, workers, elders, and non-specialized mental health professionals who are not qualified to make decisions about predators and the level of danger they pose to the church.
• Do not cold-call victims unless they have asked to be contacted by you.
• Do not use Bible verses in communicating to faith members/victims about abuse or forgiveness. It may be triggering to them and it weaponizes the Bible. Refrain from using terms such as “spirit led” in communication to faith members/victims. This action effectively shuts people down from expressing their voice because the person quoting verses is attempting to establish spiritual and moral authority.
• Do not end conversations with “We will pray about it.” At this point, we are all praying about it. There is also much that we each need to be doing about it. This phrase has been used to shut down voices calling for timely action.
• Do not use the phrase “We had no idea / We didn’t know” about the lifetime impacts of sexual violation of children. Everyone understands rape or sexual abuse of any kind is wrong and has always been wrong! People who have experienced these abuses have gone on to experience a lifetime of negative consequences that have impacted communication, learning, relationships, physical health, mental health, addiction, etc., with some coming to see suicide as their only option. In some instances, the negative impacts of abuse have been weaponized by workers to judge the victims as “unworthy, sinful, unreliable or unstable.” Some victims have been ex-communicated, silenced in meetings, or otherwise marginalized in our faith.
• Do not assume that taking Ministry Safe or the Little Warriors program is “one and done.” Those courses are just the beginning of your understanding and education, and do not begin to cover the extensive knowledge one must have to be a safe and ethical ministry and faith. They are not an insurance policy guaranteeing safety.
• Do not consider crimes that happened “a long time ago” (5,10, 20, 50 years ago) as grounds to allow a perpetrator to continue attending meetings. Just because a crime happened “years ago” does not mean there are no victims. The probability that sexual predators will reoffend actually increases with time! If a crime that happened historically would be charged as a crime today, then it is a crime regardless of the passage of time.
• Do not use intimidation tactics when meeting with victims. When workers are meeting with victims, there should not be one victim and several workers (never meet with a victim alone). The victim must be allowed to have an advocate(s) of their choice to support them. Workers have used their position of power to intimidate, threaten, coerce, silence and shame victims. We have heard of victims called to sessions where workers/overseers have had victim(s) sitting in a chair in front of a group of workers. We have heard of an overseer refusing to meet with a victim because he didn’t want the victim’s choice of support people to attend. It is also not appropriate for brother workers to ask to meet with sisters alone about a matter. This is intimidation and abuse of power and control.

Recommendations for going forward:

• Learn about predators by accessing any of the resources below.
• Direct all internal investigations to a third-party organization like GRACE.
• Reach out to members of our faith who have removed themselves from fellowship or the work because others made unsafe and spiritually unsound decisions to move perpetrators and persons with allegations back into fellowship. This is a time to be humble, repentant and open to correction and feedback from wounded members.
• Discontinue any more emailed or published letters and reports from overseers that deflect responsibility, essentially say nothing, deliver platitudes with obtuse language (including religiosity) and appear as though they are written behind a legal shield separating overseers from the church (especially victims).
• Consult with other churches for guidance in ministering to perpetrators separate from the church.
• Restorative justice and the reconciliation process for perpetrators can be addressed AFTER there has been “victim focused” progress. We must pause any focus on restorative justice and the reconciliation processes until after the victims have been heard and cared for and policies developed around safety in the fellowship.
• Identify and implement training regarding Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, trauma informed care, and grooming/predatory risk factors. There are areas in the U.S. that have developed comprehensive curriculum for workshops to train staff and elders. Consider reaching out to them for best practices in this process and ask for professional collaboration to assist with training.
• Establish and foster a collaborative relationship with Advocates for the Truth in the work they are doing to help make our fellowship safer.

We strongly encourage using the following resources:

Websites:

• 6 Principles for Guarding Churches Against Predators – CBE International
• Sex, Lies, and Sex Offenders – Part 1
• Sex, Lies, and Sex Offenders – Part 2

Books:

• Predators by Anna Salter
• People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck
• The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker (Modules available on YouTube)
• Safe People by Cloud and Townsend
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, MD (also YouTube videos)

Sincerely,

Professing Therapists Group
(Note: We are writing anonymously in order to protect our clients and careers that may be negatively impacted by our names appearing publicly.)

(Name withheld, available on request), Retired, FBI Special Agent

(Name withheld, available on request) MBBS (Hons 1) FRACP PhD GCELead GAICD
Physician
Professor of Medicine
(Internationally regarded clinical and research expertise on the long term consequences of complex trauma and CSA)

Dear Friends,

As host of the Cassatt, SC Convention, we wish to inform you of guidelines pertaining to our 2023 Convention.

Please remember that we all are guests of the convention grounds owners throughout preparation and convention. This is a non – commercial event held on private property and is only open to invited guests. We want our behavior to be what it should be – appropriate, respectful, and safe. We are happy to voluntarily provide the location for Cassatt, SC convention to be held. We, however, are taking a zero-tolerance approach to any kind of behavior that is not appropriate. Any such allegations will be taken seriously and reported to proper authorities. We hope by adhering to these guidelines all will feel safe, welcome, and our time together will be profitable.

Convicted and alleged CSA and SA offenders are not invited. If anyone sees such a person, please inform the hosts of the convention. As far as we know, there have not been any incidents here of this kind.

Due to liability issues, there will be no sleeping dorms provided as has been the norm in past years. You may bring a RV/camper, tent, or stay off grounds at night. There are a limited number of camping sites with electric and water hookups for RV/campers. These will be made available to residents of South Carolina residing farther than a 50 mile radius from convention grounds. There will be additional spaces for fully contained RV/campers and tents with no hookups. There will be no RESERVING camper sites. They are available on a first come basis. PLEASE do not arrive with RV/campers and tents before Wednesday October 4th.

All minors must have a Parent or Parent-designated adult/guardian responsible for them at ALL times when on convention property. (BY LAW A MINOR IS ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS)

We all must be concerned and invested with the safety of all present.

Sincerely, Charlie and Paulette

Dear Friends,
Attached are some guidelines we have been considering for dealing with CSA child sexual abuse and SA sexual abuse.
We think one of our sisters expressed our feelings well when she wrote:

We are thinking of you all these days. We all have been grieved and concerned in recent months about incidences of CSA (child sexual abuse) and SA (sexual abuse) that have come to light among us, and about how these things have been mishandled in the past.

We feel it is helpful to set forth clear guidelines as to what is and is not acceptable. These guidelines can clarify our united expectations of how CSA and SA will be handled going forward. ABOVE ALL we want to support victims of past abuse and work to prevent future abuse.

We also think of our friends who so willingly host conventions and other meetings, and understand that having written guidelines can help protect them legally. We appreciate every home that is open for our friends to meet together and want to do all we can to ensure the safety of each person in every situation.

With all these considerations in mind, some of our friends with professional expertise—in consultation with workers and with other friends—have put together the attached “Regional Guidelines for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Abuse.” We appreciate the effort that has been put into this. We are glad that these guidelines fit into not only the laws of our land but also the laws of basic decency. Above all else, we want to fit into the law of love that Jesus taught us.

We know that the greatest guidelines of all are summarized in the two greatest commandments. In Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” As Jesus also said (vs. 40), all the rest of the law (every commandment, guideline, etc.) hangs on these two commandments.

We long for this to be so, and that as we each are united individually to Christ the head, the whole body will be knit together more and more closely in love.

With care,

NC/VA/MD/DE Staff

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WINGS Note: We have consolidated the six documents distributed by the NC/VA/MD/DE Staff into one pdf file.

Regional Guidelines for CSA_SA_08-16-2023.pdf

1_General CSA_Information__Resources_(Regional).pdf

2_Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Info & Resources (Regional).pdf

3_Sexual Abuse (SA) Info & Resources for Adults (Regional).pdf

4_Overview and Hotlines (Regional).pdf

5_Offenders & Perpetrators (Regional).pdf

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August 10, 2023

Dear BC Staff and Province,

We have enjoyed special days together and have a few more left here at Glen Valley #2.

We want to bring to your attention an incident we were notified of today (August 10th). David Jayaraj, a visiting brother worker from India has allegations of indiscretions with adult women and unverified CSA allegations. These allegations that have been brought to our attention have not been from his time here in BC but rather from India.

David’s convention tour prematurely terminated with this news and he is returning to India on a flight that left this afternoon (August 10) from Seattle.

Although we have set policies in place to mitigate these types of concerns, we unfortunately were not aware of these allegations prior to David’s attendance at Salmon Arm and Duncan convention.

Please reach out to someone you trust if there has been any boundaries have been crossed or if you have any additional information to share.

Sincerely, Merlin

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WINGS Note: See initial post at Indian worker removed from Olympia, WA convention