Christina Forêt

A letter from Sarah Monk St. Pierre, concerning Dr. Michael Brown, please read and share. @StSarah63844 @RonSCantor @Joel7Richardson @blaiseforet @ChristinaForet @LauraLynnTT @Torncurtainorg @JoshuaH29403304 I have so much to say, and yet, it feels impossible to articulate the depth of the hurt. I trusted the Accountability Team. I believed they would act justly after the third-party investigation – an investigation The Line of Fire commissioned and paid for – confirmed the sexual abusive misconduct I experienced. But instead, they've reclassified it, minimized it, and dismissed it as mere "leadership misconduct." How can touching someone's butt, kissing them on the lips, and holding hands in secret be justified as simple "leadership misconduct"? It's insulting. It's deeply hurtful. They acknowledge Mike's actions were wrong, and yet they refuse to hold him truly accountable. They downplay what the investigator, the person the LOF paid to find the truth, classified as sexual abuse. Mike and Nancy claim that these events either didn't happen or weren't as severe as I describe them. But Nancy wasn't there. She didn't witness anything. Mike was the one who did these things to me. How can they minimize my experience with claims of a “lack of judgment” or a “playful slap”? A meeting NEVER happened between the 3 of us, even though they both say it did. They're lying. God knows the truth. The Accountability Team chooses to believe them. They believe Mike on everything. And regarding the married woman involved, Mike has lied yet again. It wasn't just her words he wrote down; it was his as well. Sexual word! But again, the Accountability Team simply believes Mike and Nancy. The way the Accountability Team has re- classified everything Mike did, not just to me, but to the wife and others he has lied to over the 23 yrs of being confront, is absolutely sickening. They've turned a blind eye. They portray Mike as repentant, but he is still denying and lying about it all. The report they produced is riddled with lies. I can point them out, one by one. But they choose to believe Mike. They are protecting him. The report claims that me speaking public has hurt Mike and Nancy's family? I am so sorry about that part. But Michael L Brown touched me. Michael L Brown instigated everything that I have stated publicly happened between us. This report, this decision, sets a dangerous precedent. It's essentially giving pastors and ministers permission to cross physical lines with people under their authority, classifying it as "leadership misconduct" or an "emotional soul tie." They are saying it is okay to kiss a single person while being married, to touch someone's butt and hold hands in secret, to engage in sexually charged conversations. They twist scripture to excuse Mike's actions all because I did not follow biblical due process. Others did, but that was not enough for them. They believed Mike when he said he was honest everytime he was confronted. It's all so deeply disturbing. It makes me sick to my stomach. The system, the church, the elders in the body of Christ, that were designed to protect God's children has failed me. It has protected the abuser. The church and 'elders' need to wake up. Sarah Erin Monk St Pierre