Minister Urged to Quit Sex-Policy Project
An advocacy group known for its criticism of the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of sex-abuse allegations called for the removal of a director of a Lutheran task force on sexuality.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests accused the Rev. James Childs Jr. of helping cover up accusations that a seminary student had behaved inappropriately with boys. The student became a minister and was later convicted of sexual assault involving a child.
The Survivors Network wrote to the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Wednesday seeking Childs’ removal from a sexuality-policy task force studying issues ranging from the blessing of homosexual unions to child sex abuse.
Childs denies any cover-up and said he will not resign from the task force.
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