Abuse reports, abuse response, and missing names

A New Tribes Mission/Ethnos360 MK recently shared more information related to the organization's abuse reports and additional missionaries accused of harm to children. In three recent posts on his website, he demonstrates the ongoing culture of silence and cover-ups.

In a post entitled "Ethnos360’s Abuse Report Still Falls Short," he shares the positives and negatives of his experience engaging with the investigation process, as well as meetings he had with leadership in Sanford regarding the "Ethnos360 and Child Safety" document available as a PDF on their website. Head over to his website to read more about how that experience was for him. He also discusses three ways he feels Ethnos360 continues to minimize: minimizing overall abuse, minimizing other forms of abuse, and minimizing victims and unknown victims.

One of the things that stood out to me from the post was the comparison of the current Ethnos360 list and the original list. The post shares three names present on the original list that have now been removed -- Dean Grindstaff (1983), Roger Bailey III (1996), and Dawn Canright (1997). In the meantime, names have been added, but conveniently, the number of names has remained relatively low, in part because some names have never been shared, and these three were removed. Based on available information, none of the reasons that a person's name would be removed from the list apply to at least two of these names. The post also shares those he's aware of who were never named on the Ethnos360 list: Rich Hine, Dave Wood, and Al Lotz.

Another post entitled "Ethnos360’s Silence Around Rich Hine," outlines the abuse of Rich Hine; the excuses and failure to respond, led by Al Lotz, who has also been found to have abused children by Ethnos360; and the failure of the organization to inform churches and supporters of his abuse, resulting in him being part of a church where even the pastor was unaware of the danger he posed to children. A third post includes a diary entry from the timeframe of this abuse that demonstrates the response and what students were led to believe at the time.

Please read the posts to get the full picture and context. So much gratitude to MKs who continue to speak out and share their experiences.