Episcopal Church confronts past role in sexual exploitation
(WorldNews Sport)

New York o With striking displays of candor, the Episcopal Church is acknowledging the potency of the #MeToo movement by officially lamenting its past role in sexual exploitation and pledging steps to combat it. The Protestant denomination´s national convention this summer included an emotional session at which first-person accounts of abuse by clergy and other church personnel were read aloud by bishops of the same gender as the victims - six men, six women. Dioceses nationwide are now seeking to gather and share similar stories from victims in their church communities. That process of story sharing has been particularly dramatic in the Diocese of New York, where Bishop Andrew Dietsche...