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4.5
As a child of missionaries myself, one who spent many years in another of The Christian & Missionary Alliance's residential schools for MKs (Quito, not Mamou), I owe a debt of gratitude to Beverly Shelrude Thompson for the years, the energy, the dedication of trying to get the almighty mission to listen and acknowledge horrors that happened on their watch. I appreciate, too, the nod Beverly gives to the whole mindset that makes this kind of institutional abuse possible: unquestioning allegiance to what people in positions of authority say their God wants, and not only what their God wants but how their God wants it done. The abuse that was perpetrated by dorm parents and teachers at Mamou for decades is horrible in itself, but in my view the turning of blind eye and utmost consideration offered to the perpetrators and to the reputation of the church above all RATHER THAN to the victims themselves is unconscionable. Shame I don't believe any longer in the God I was brought up on because I remember Him being held up to be a God of justice. Thank you, Beverly. All MKs and all victims of horror by people who hide behind the supposed mission of a church (fill in the blank), are indebted to you.
