UNITED STATES
Charisma
4/22/2014 JENNIFER LECLAIRE
Bill Gothard made quite a name for himself in the home-schooling movement. Now his name is associated with something less honorable.
Gothard, 79, resigned from Basic Life Principles, the organization he founded, after allegations he was sexually harassing women. He has remained silent until now.
“I have withheld this statement in order to honor the request of the Board of Directors to wait until an initial review has taken place,” he wrote in a blog post. “As the review continues, I now want to make this statement.”
Here is Gothard’s statement:
“God has brought me to a place of greater brokenness than at any other time in my life. It is a grief to realize how my pride and insensitivity have affected so many people. I have asked the Lord to reveal the underlying causes and He is doing this.
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