Comments on: Rachael Denhollander’s Cry for Justice in the Church https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/02/01/check-out-rachael-denhollander/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: gyen https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/02/01/check-out-rachael-denhollander/#comment-50427 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:38:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=27883#comment-50427 The trouble is that people say all the time how bad false accusations are and dismiss charges with the “we can’t know.” Frequently, we *can* know. Maybe not frequently. But sometimes. There are 600 pages of original documents Detweiler has published online. In determining one’s opinion on Mahaney’s potential cover up, that would be a start.

]]> By: Dan Phillips https://headhearthand.org/blog/2018/02/01/check-out-rachael-denhollander/#comment-50411 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:13:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=27883#comment-50411 One scarcely dares to say this loudly these days, but color me reserved. Though what I heard of her words in court was wonderful, my eyebrow raised when I first saw her claiming to have “lost her church,” and I tried to trace that down.It’s all out now, or her side of it. In the CT interview, she blanketly maligns all evangelical leaders.

So here’s a skim of what I think:
1. There’s no excuse for sexual abuse, and all genuine instances should be dealt with fully.
2. There’s no excuse for false accusationns, and all genuine instances should be dealt with fully.
3. Only one of these two equally-true statements is resonating emotionally these days.
4. The third factor assures more instances of the second factor, and in the long run will not help the first.

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