Tag Archives: Jack Patterson
Dec. 13 Capitol Hill hearing on child abuse: time to revisit HR 911 (now HR 3126)
The LA Times reported that the Senate Health Education Labor and Pension committee will have a hearing on child abuse brought on by the horrific sexual abuse scandal at Penn … Continue reading
20/20 and the Independent Fundamentalist Baptists
Last night 20/20 ran an expose by Elizabeth Vargas on the IFB profiling women that suffered long-term emotional, sexual and physical abuse in their churches, homes and schools. It has … Continue reading
Lester Roloff’s Obituary – Jack Patterson Update
I have come across a pile of recent – as in the last 10 years recent about Lester Roloff. I have done a lot of reading about this granddaddy of … Continue reading
New Bethany, Redux
Several new documents have become available in the ongoing nightmare that is New Bethany Home. I am attaching a disturbing first person account of abuse at the hands of Mack … Continue reading
H.R. 911 Petition – selected comments
Several months ago I set up a petition on the Care 2 website to gather signatures in support of HR 911. I wanted to share some recent comments to the … Continue reading
Jack Patterson and H.R. 911 update
Two weeks ago Quiverfull author Kathryn Joyce and I took long Sunday drive out to Pastor Mike Veach’s First Bible Church on Staten Island. The reason for our visit was … Continue reading
Updates and goings on about my desk
Here is what is in the hopper for this next week: My interview with Reverend Welton Gaddy, President of the Interfaith Alliance and staunch opponent of faith-based funding. I spoke … Continue reading
H.R. 911 Update, the petition and a trip to D.C.
Many of you have already signed the petition urging the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee to schedule a hearing on HR 911 – the Stop Child Abuse in … Continue reading
HR 911 – moving in the right direction to end Christian school abuse
Note: this is legislation that was passed in the 2009 congress. It is currently referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. I will be calling the committee tomorrow to … Continue reading
Child protection bill passes house, some Republicans balk
What congressman wouldn’t vote for a bill called the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (HR 4247)? No one of course, right? But handful of Republicans not only voted … Continue reading
