Their first duty now is to warn the public about Root so that parents can safeguard their children from him. So TVC staff must change their priorities. Kids, however, cannot protect themselves from clergy sex offenders without help from church officials. The church has a moral and civic duty to help law enforcement investigation and prosecute Root, so that other kids may be spared devastating harm.Īdults can heal themselves, with or without apologies from complicit church officials. TVC staff should use their vast resources to alert parents, police, prosecutors and the public about Root’s crimes and to aggressively seek out youngsters he has assaulted. And we firmly believe there are kids he has hurt who are suffering in silence, shame and self-blame. We firmly believe that kids are at risk now because Root walks free, living and working among unsuspecting families. We suspect Chandler is doing this only because he and his colleagues have been severely and widely criticized for their cruelty to this brave, wounded woman.īut an apology does nothing to protect the vulnerable or heal those already hurt because of the crimes of Jordan Root and the actions of TVC staff. TVC officials disciplined her when she sought to annul their marriage.) (Hinkley’s husband, Jordan Root, admitted viewing images of child abuse. Still, we hope it brings some comfort to Karen who has suffered so much and so needlessly because TVC officials have acted so selfishly, secretively recklessly and hurtfully. If an apology happens, it will likely be a belated, grudging and vague one from Matt Chandler of The Village Church to Karen Hinkley. We’re not impressed by the pastor’s promises. Statement by Amy Smith, Dallas co-leader of SNAP (28, officials at a large Dallas church says he’ll apologize on Sunday to a woman whose mistreatment by church officials has generated a firestorm of protest.
Dallas church apologizes to wife of sex offender SNAP responds
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