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I don’t think you’re coming across as “partisan” or “political”. If anything, that’s part of the problem—- people are divided by politics or personal beliefs when the focus should simply be on “is this group abusing children?” People get so wrapped up in conspiracy theories that they end up blind to /actual/ literal conspiracies. Or calling out religious organizations for covering up child abuse can quickly deteriorate into a political argument. I’m not sure what the answer is, although one thing that would probably help is creating a statement of concrete rights for children. There are many, many legal forms of child abuse, and few ways for children to seek and access help. In general there’s still a belief in many cultures/religions that regard children as property, educating people otherwise would probably do a world of good. I think if more people were keen on the idea of children’s rights, both as professionals (such as actors/performers) and as actual people in general, that would open more opportunities to create better means of protection for them.
Btw—- it blows my mind people are starting to find out about The Family (COG) just now since they’ve existed for so long. If you’re interested in reading about the times they’ve been investigated, check out a fascinating and comprehensive website xfamily[dot]org. There were quite a few cases where children were taken by services, only to be returned—- partly because the children had lived in such strict, rigid environment, with intense brainwashing, that the investigators often couldn’t get them to tell what was happening (also because the children had been conditioned to believe that christians were under constant persecution, therefore that is why they thought the investigation was happening).
Sorry, kinda derailing here, but on behalf of my best friend, I always want to spread the word about TFI in hopes that one day, the current leader (whichever it is now) will be caught.