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Asapersonoffaith,IwholeheartedlybelievethecourageouswomenwhohavesharedtheirstoriesofbeingsexuallypreyeduponandassaultedbyAlabamaRepublicanSenatecandidateRoyMooreasteenagegirls.TheseprofoundmoralfailingsandcrimesrenderJudgeMooreunfittoserveintheU.S.Senate.Istandwithandprayforthesewomenwhohavebravelycomeforwardandspokenout.Ibelievethewomenwhoarespeakingupandsharingtheirstoriesofsexualharassmentandassault,fromHollywoodtoCapitolHill,fromworkplacestohousesofworship.Asaculture,wehavenurturedasick,sinfulmisogynythatpunisheswomenforspeakingupandenablesabuserstothrive.Thetwinsinsofmisogynyandsexualabusethatpervadeeverycornerofoursocietythreatenthesafety,dignityandwell-beingofthefaithcommunity.Religiousleaderscannotcondonecrimeagainstwomenasaminormistakeorarelicofthepast.Theseexcusesdofurtherharmtothosewhohavebeenabused.Ithankthesewomenfortheircourageousandpropheticvoices.Ivowthattheywillnotstandalone.Asaleaderinafaithcommunity,Ipledgetostandagainstthedarkcurrentsinourculturethatdehumanizewomenandbuildasocietyinwhicheveryoneissafeandfreetoflourish.Rev.RobertBohmfalkSeguinFirstUMCSeguin,TXRabbiJonathanBiatchTempleBethElMadison,WIRev.AllanB.JonesSantaRosa,CA

Sr.DorothyDwightStNicholasCatholicChurchChicago,ILClerkGregStemmSt.PetersburgMeetingoftheReligiousSocietyofFriendsGulfport,FLSr.BarbaraValuckasSchoolSrsofNotreDameWatertown,CTRev.CarolynGrohmanRochester,NYRev.FredricaMeitzenGettysburg,PARev.YolandaSternBroadPh.D.FriendsMeetingatIndianaPAIndiana,PARev.DeborahVaughnTwinbrookBaptistChurchGaithersburg,MDRev.AmyRogersFirstUnitedPresbyterianChurch-Guthrie,OKEdmond,OKRabbiAmyEilbergLosAltos,CARev.AnyaMarsalekLeveilleAfricanMethodistEpiscopalJamestown,SCRev.KathrynTalleyUMCRichmond,VAMs.RosemaryColsonTallahassee,FL

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