Dear #SBC18, I’m deeply grieved how power & privilege inside our convention are used to build walls of self-preservation & systemic protection.

This results in allowing an erring person to avoid confessing wrongdoings which = the removal of bearing fruits of repentance. (1) When we shield someone w/ repeated public offenses from confession of wrongdoing, it not only allows them remain ensnared perhaps in the state of deception they're in (because they fail to see their own faults), it also continues in the prevention of healing of victims (2).