[Fuusm-l] Recent Allegations

[Ted Goertzel]

Nancy,

I do know Paul because he was a regular in the Men's Group and hosted us
several times, and I chatted with him often in coffee hour.  But he moved
to Oklahoma two years or so ago.  I'm not in touch with him except for
seeing an occasional post on Facebook.  He was traumatized when his wife
left him, but I hope he has recovered a bit in the years since then.   I
never heard him say anything about a problem with a woman in the Church.
Any problems he did have must have been a couple of years in the past and
I'm not sure that reliving them would be good for anybody.

If I did contact him, I think he would want to know who complained about
him and what they said he did.  "Sexual harassment" is a very general term,
covering some behaviors that are quite serious and some that are less so.
All I could tell him is I don't know who said what.  If he asked where I
heard it, I could only say it was from you.   And you say that you are
passing on secondhand allegations from a woman you don't identify.

In your email you say that four women "came forward". But Beth Lapore says
that no one directly involved has come forward to the Committee on
Ministry, although Kat has reminded us that that is the appropriate place.
 This is from an email Beth sent to the Board:

The Committee on ministry felt that our present guide lines are well
spelled out.  We agreed that we need to share these guidelines with the
 church so that everyone is aware of them.
The Committee thought there was very little we could do with these recent
rumors since no one who was directly involved has come forward.
We are willing to listen and help guide anyone who feels they have a concern
.

Since Kat and the Committee on Ministry are handling this, I don't think I
should undercut them.

Ted

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 3:22 PM nancy wolske <nwolske17 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ted - Since a member of the church sent an email to the entire female
> membership accusing him of sexual harassment, I think it’s a bit beyond the
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> I forwarded the email to you.  Now your information won’t be secondhand,
> although her allegations certainly were.
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> If it were you, wouldn’t you appreciate being told what you’d been
> publicly accused of?  Common decency is what I’d call it, especially from a
> church where he, too, is a member.
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> But it’s not my call, of course.  And I’m sure I’ve spoken out too much
> already for some people’s liking.
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