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Fox 4
Students at the Dallas Theological Seminary are taking lessons in identifying sex abuse and protecting vulnerable children. Some critics argue the online training is a good step forward but is not enough.
The seminary is one of the first in North Texas to offer this kind of training to their seminary students.
Even with the new training, some advocates believe there’s still a lot of work to do on this tough issue.
When Dallas Theological Seminary President Mark Bailey started his career as a pastor, he encountered an unexpected issue his first month on the job
“We were suddenly confronted with a legal issue of alleged abuse that happened,” he explained.
Bailey says in his 30-plus years as a pastor, he’d never learned how to spot sexual abuse.
“I had no previous training in that at all,” Bailey said. “So if we can prepare people who are going into ministry before they get into ministry of how to watch for it and how to treat it if it does happen.”
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