https://nbc16.com/news/local/police-registered-sex-offender-accused-of-sex-abuse-involving-2-kids

https://lanecounty.hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3585797/File/Evarts.pdf

Springfield Police Dept. https://springfield-or.gov/city/police-department/investigations-records-property/

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Teenager+sues+churches%2C+ex-pastor-a0123261604

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Church+agrees+to+settlement+in+abuse+case.-a0134418876

https://www.netgrace.org
Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment

https://www.zeroabuseproject.org/

https://www.rainn.org/

A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing By: Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer TYNDALE MOMENTUM / 2020

https://ministrysafe.com/churchmutual/ FREE workshops available, as well as low cost training that is critical in educating leaders and staff/volunteers.

https://www.netgrace.org/resources/2019/9/4/known-offenders-five-things-to-know

https://ntcumc.org/Developing_a_Local_Church_Policy_Statement.pdf

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/june-web-only/sex-offenders-groom-churches-too.html
”When sexual offenders don’t face consequences, and victims aren’t believed or counseled well, it establishes a pattern in a church that perpetuates abuse. Mattson cautions, “The more these patterns are reinforced in a community by those in power, the more abuse occurs.””

https://www.acnatoo.org/acnatoo-blog/spinning-matthew-18

https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2020/june/why-churches-should-not-investigate-themselves.html

https://www.agfinancial.org/resources/article/church-liability-and-registered-sex-offenders

https://www.dianelangberg.com/2019/02/recommendations-for-churches-dealing-with-abuse/

https://thefreedomstory.org/how-do-you-encourage-sexual-abuse-victims-to-come-forward/

https://www.dianelangberg.com/2020/01/how-should-the-church-respond-to-abusers/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/november/missions-icom-ravi-zacharias-accountability-jeff-vines-cmfi.html

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2018/07/09/willow-why-the-women-went-public/
“When people know their stories are being diminished or devalued or ignored, there’s only one thing to do if the Boards doesn’t respond according to truth. What are they to do? Go public.”