by intoaccount | Sep 12, 2024 | ASL Interpreters, Church focus, Deaf community, domestic violence, spiritual abuse
He locked me in a room. He held me hostage. He wouldn’t let me leave. He screamed at me, “WHO DO YOU BELIEVE IN? SAY JESUS CHRIST! SAY JESUS CHRIST!” –Janine Hernandez Content warning: Domestic violence; physical, emotional, verbal, and...
by intoaccount | Aug 14, 2024 | Catholicism, Church focus, David Haas
David Haas is currently attending the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas in St. Paul Park, Minnesota. For those who are unaware, Mr. Haas has been credibly accused by over fifty women of a wide range of sexually abusive behaviors. A number of these reports come from Mr....
by intoaccount | May 31, 2024 | Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, spiritual abuse
Pastor Jud Hendrix Creates Insular Secretive Environment: Targets Congregation with Sexualized Violence Note: when church officials initially discovered his misconduct in 2011, (now former) Pastor Jud Hendrix voluntarily renounced his ordination, which protected him...
by intoaccount | Apr 25, 2024 | Believing survivors, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, Uncategorized
An interview with Baptistland author Christa Brown: On telling her story of survival, the betrayal of church leaders, and the journey toward healing An interview with Baptistland Author Christa Brown. You can preorder Baptistland here, or at your preferred bookstore....
by intoaccount | Aug 24, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Church focus, misogyny, spiritual abuse, Uncategorized
by Susannah Griffith, PhD I knew telling my story would be costly. I didn’t know that it would be this costly. I published my story in Anabaptist World because I saw institutions related to the Mennonite Church USA ignore and minimize abusive behavior again and again....
by intoaccount | May 8, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, online child sexual abuse, Survivors speak
by Alyssa On April 2, 2021, Into Account put out a statement of outreach to survivors of sexual abuse by Kent Peters, a church camp counselor, employee of Mennonite Mission Network, and a ubiquitous face at girls’ and women’s athletic events at various...
