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Legislative testimony at the Senate Public Safety Committee Hearing in Sacramento. Testifying regarding clergy sexual exploitation, which also happens in Orthodox churches.

Testimony for #metoo at the Senate Public Safety Committee Hearing in Sacramento in support of the  clergy sexual exploitation bill, which also happens in Orthodox churches.

(RNS) — Prosopon Healing not only names names, but offers victims help in coming to terms with their trauma.

Gov. Newsom Signs Landmark Legislation To Protect Students From Sexual Misconduct. Neuroscience, ethics & law united today for prevention-focused policy on sexual trauma by school employees, including religious private schools, against young pupils.The Safe Learning Environments Act.

The Templeton Foundation awarded its 2025 Prize to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (Dimitrios Archontonis) in spite of the Patriarch’s silence on clergy sexual abuse in Orthodoxy, a group of survivors and advocates say.

Why Survivors Say the Templeton Prize Got Bartholomew Wrong.

Dr. Hermina Nedelescu and Dorothy Small discuss, at considerable length, clergy abuse of congregants in Orthodoxy and Catholicism. What happens?

Katherine Archer is involved in Californian legislative efforts to criminalize clergy-based exploitation of adults. What is her work, now?

Dr. Hermina Nedelescu is a Romanian-born neuroscientist involved in state efforts to protect adults from clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse.