{"id":17441,"date":"2024-11-19T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/sexual-misconduct-by-pastors\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:10:20","slug":"sexual-misconduct-pastors","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/sexual-misconduct-pastors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Misconduct by Pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>The church\u2019s strength and witness are deeply damaged by pastoral sexual misconduct \u00d0 and yet it happens. We look at how to create clear standards about expectations and how to investigate complaints about sexual misconduct by church leaders. We look at healing in a church context where there has been sexual misconduct by the pastor.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Arli Klassen is the moderator of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, which has recently managed a number of pastoral sexual misconduct complaints. She also serves as regional representatives coordinator for Mennonite World Conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/assembly\/indonesia-2022\">Indonesia 2022: workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Sexual Misconduct by Pastors\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8p76OpSWe8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103627,"template":"","network":[360,144],"resourcetype":[1329],"language":[165],"resourcecategory":[],"resourcetheme":[1615,369],"eventcategory":[299],"class_list":["post-17441","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","network-commissions","network-deacons-commission","resourcetype-video-2","language-en","resourcetheme-assembly-17-indonesia-2022","resourcetheme-leadership","eventcategory-assembly"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sexual Misconduct by Pastors - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/sexual-misconduct-pastors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sexual Misconduct by Pastors - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The church\u2019s strength and witness are deeply damaged by pastoral sexual misconduct \u00d0 and yet it happens. 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