American fundamentalists have a serious problem. #ChurchToo ⬇️
Chadwick Branch, 55, now former Victory Baptist Church in Sutherlin pastor & missionary to South Africa, has been charged with 2 counts of 2nd-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He was released on a $5,000 bond Tuesday afternoon.
February 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
American fundamentalists have a serious problem. #ChurchToo ⬇️
"nless you and your husband are beasts that can't control your sexual desires."
Members of global paedophile rings should probably refrain from lecturing others on the propriety of sexual acts. 😏🙄 #Churchtoo #childabuse #antitheism #Christofascist
Members of global paedophile rings should probably refrain from lecturing others on the propriety of sexual acts. 😏🙄 #Churchtoo #childabuse #antitheism #Christofascist
July 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"nless you and your husband are beasts that can't control your sexual desires."
Members of global paedophile rings should probably refrain from lecturing others on the propriety of sexual acts. 😏🙄 #Churchtoo #childabuse #antitheism #Christofascist
Members of global paedophile rings should probably refrain from lecturing others on the propriety of sexual acts. 😏🙄 #Churchtoo #childabuse #antitheism #Christofascist
Opinion: The trouble began when #MeToo became #ChurchToo
Opinion: The trouble began when #MeToo became #ChurchToo
Opinion: The trouble began when #MeToo became #ChurchToo
www.sltrib.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Opinion: The trouble began when #MeToo became #ChurchToo
"When #MeToo became #ChurchToo, though, that was the beginning of the end . . . No longer was sexual abuse and exploitation a Hollywood problem or a secular problem; it was also an evangelical problem, and it was a problem in many of the most important institutions of the church."
Opinion | The Trouble Began Where #MeToo Became #ChurchToo
Yes, people want justice — as long as justice costs them nothing or very little.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:25 PM
"When #MeToo became #ChurchToo, though, that was the beginning of the end . . . No longer was sexual abuse and exploitation a Hollywood problem or a secular problem; it was also an evangelical problem, and it was a problem in many of the most important institutions of the church."
OKAY FINE let’s unpack this NYT op ed on #ChurchToo and the current political situation because it’s…..certainly something
David French
The Trouble Began When #MeToo Became #ChurchToo
Dec. 15, 2024
Gift 🎁 Article
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
The Trouble Began When #MeToo Became #ChurchToo
Dec. 15, 2024
Gift 🎁 Article
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
OKAY FINE let’s unpack this NYT op ed on #ChurchToo and the current political situation because it’s…..certainly something
This is an interesting piece about how the “Church Too” movement—exposing sex abuse by evangelical leaders—was inspired by the “Me Too” movement & overlapped in time with revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking operation. #BiblicalPatriarchy #ChurchToo … 1/
American Evangelicals and the Epstein Files Calmly Considered
Elizabeth Glass Turner considers the evidence
open.substack.com
March 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is an interesting piece about how the “Church Too” movement—exposing sex abuse by evangelical leaders—was inspired by the “Me Too” movement & overlapped in time with revelations about Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking operation. #BiblicalPatriarchy #ChurchToo … 1/
“Tchividjian said the allegations in this case were “especially egregious” because of the knife threat on a previous trip. He said the child’s parents weren’t going to let him go on the July trip, but the church convinced them he would be supervised and safe.” www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...
First Baptist Dallas sued, accused of mishandling report of sex abuse of child on trip
First Baptist Dallas was sued this week for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and conspiracy to cover up the sexual abuse of a child.
www.dallasnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:25 PM
In the New York Times today, @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social discusses what happened when #MeToo became #ChurchToo.
And he mentioned Kanakuk.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
And he mentioned Kanakuk.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
December 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
In the New York Times today, @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social discusses what happened when #MeToo became #ChurchToo.
And he mentioned Kanakuk.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
And he mentioned Kanakuk.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
Talk about #ChurchToo without sharing J*lie R*ys website challenge
February 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Talk about #ChurchToo without sharing J*lie R*ys website challenge
Christian evangelicals: if the president (elect) can get away with it, so can we. #churchtoo
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Christian evangelicals: if the president (elect) can get away with it, so can we. #churchtoo
"When #MeToo became #ChurchToo... that was the beginning of the end... No longer was sexual abuse & exploitation a 'Hollywood problem' or a 'secular problem,' it was also an evangelical problem. The moral high ground slid away." - @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
Opinion | The Trouble Began Where #MeToo Became #ChurchToo (Gift Article)
Yes, people want justice — so long as justice costs them nothing, or very little.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM
"When #MeToo became #ChurchToo... that was the beginning of the end... No longer was sexual abuse & exploitation a 'Hollywood problem' or a 'secular problem,' it was also an evangelical problem. The moral high ground slid away." - @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
And the "waiver" doesn't actually say "This guy is on the registry"; it says "Click this link to read his testimony of deliverance!"
#ChurchToo doing what #ChurchToo does: minimize, excuse, and shift blame
#ChurchToo doing what #ChurchToo does: minimize, excuse, and shift blame
"The Texas Home Educators Sports Association (THESA) thought it could get away with allowing a registered sex offender to coach minors by sending parents a waiver to sign."
Texas school sent parents waiver to allow kids to be coached by sex offender
The former Houston Astros prospect holds previous charges of online solicitation of a minor and domestic violence.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
And the "waiver" doesn't actually say "This guy is on the registry"; it says "Click this link to read his testimony of deliverance!"
#ChurchToo doing what #ChurchToo does: minimize, excuse, and shift blame
#ChurchToo doing what #ChurchToo does: minimize, excuse, and shift blame
Increasingly convinced that "cancel culture" is a myth.
So many men who faced fallout from the #ChurchToo and #MeToo era have completely rebounded and rebuilt their careers.
So many men who faced fallout from the #ChurchToo and #MeToo era have completely rebounded and rebuilt their careers.
Comedian John Crist was on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show last night for the first time.
The Christian standup still has some church-y humor is his repertoire but not in this particular set, which was mostly about his girlfriend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xixa...
The Christian standup still has some church-y humor is his repertoire but not in this particular set, which was mostly about his girlfriend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xixa...
John Crist: Correcting Your Girlfriend for No Good Reason, Joining the Family Group Chat
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Increasingly convinced that "cancel culture" is a myth.
So many men who faced fallout from the #ChurchToo and #MeToo era have completely rebounded and rebuilt their careers.
So many men who faced fallout from the #ChurchToo and #MeToo era have completely rebounded and rebuilt their careers.
This week there were a couple conservative Christian dudebros posting disinformation about this on X using the #ChurchToo tag and talking about how “the leaders of #ChurchToo have been silent” on it and it’s like dude. If Elon Musk and Alex Jones are spreading it…
Musk’s posts on British grooming gangs are rooted in a far-right conspiracy
What Musk’s grooming gangs posts tell us about the far right
Why has the American billionaire become fixated on historic child sex abuse in English towns?
www.opendemocracy.net
January 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week there were a couple conservative Christian dudebros posting disinformation about this on X using the #ChurchToo tag and talking about how “the leaders of #ChurchToo have been silent” on it and it’s like dude. If Elon Musk and Alex Jones are spreading it…
Last night, the ChurchToo community lost Jen Lyell. Right now all I feel is complete pity and sadness for anyone not utterly consumed with sorrow. Because you couldn’t have truly known her and feel anything less. It is a grief so deep that you are honored by it. So devastating that it’s beautiful.
June 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last night, the ChurchToo community lost Jen Lyell. Right now all I feel is complete pity and sadness for anyone not utterly consumed with sorrow. Because you couldn’t have truly known her and feel anything less. It is a grief so deep that you are honored by it. So devastating that it’s beautiful.
I would go delete it right now if I didn’t feel concerned about preserving the history of #ChurchToo
one thing I do find amusing about the speed of the current exodus is that a lot of prominent twitter accounts were like "I can't walk away, my audience is too big"
and now any prominent account who did spend even a little time establishing themselves here has regained most of their audience in days
and now any prominent account who did spend even a little time establishing themselves here has regained most of their audience in days
November 11, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I would go delete it right now if I didn’t feel concerned about preserving the history of #ChurchToo
“Yes, people want justice — as long as justice costs them nothing or very little.” — @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
Opinion | The Trouble Began Where #MeToo Became #ChurchToo
Yes, people want justice — as long as justice costs them nothing or very little.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
“Yes, people want justice — as long as justice costs them nothing or very little.” — @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/o...
Hi it’s me! Glad to be here!
@ emilyjoypoetry on The Bad Place
@ emilyjoypoetry on IG
@ emilyjoyallison on TikTok
Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Slowly rebuilding over here.
@ emilyjoypoetry on The Bad Place
@ emilyjoypoetry on IG
@ emilyjoyallison on TikTok
Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Slowly rebuilding over here.
#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing
Sexual abuse is utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. #ChurchT...
www.broadleafbooks.com
November 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Hi it’s me! Glad to be here!
@ emilyjoypoetry on The Bad Place
@ emilyjoypoetry on IG
@ emilyjoyallison on TikTok
Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Slowly rebuilding over here.
@ emilyjoypoetry on The Bad Place
@ emilyjoypoetry on IG
@ emilyjoyallison on TikTok
Author of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing 👇🏼
www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Slowly rebuilding over here.
As a side bar if you want to read ACTUAL good coverage that came out in the early days of #ChurchToo with solid analysis of the structural issues we were trying to address, here are a couple of my favorites: @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
As a teen, Emily Joy was abused by a church youth leader. Now she's leading a movement to change evangelical America.
#ChurchToo has opened the floodgates.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
As a side bar if you want to read ACTUAL good coverage that came out in the early days of #ChurchToo with solid analysis of the structural issues we were trying to address, here are a couple of my favorites: @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Thank you for writing this. I feel like the church left me rather than I, the church. #ChurchToo #Exvangelical
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Thank you for writing this. I feel like the church left me rather than I, the church. #ChurchToo #Exvangelical
6. Many authors and books I already recommend related to purity culture - Dr. Tina Schermer-Sellers, Linda Kay Klein, Matthias Roberts for example - are also included in #ChurchToo. 7/
February 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
6. Many authors and books I already recommend related to purity culture - Dr. Tina Schermer-Sellers, Linda Kay Klein, Matthias Roberts for example - are also included in #ChurchToo. 7/
Gaines, former head of the Southern Baptist Convention,“admitted that, as senior pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church, he had delayed reporting a staff minister’s prior sexual abuse of a child (out) of ‘heartfelt concern and compassion for the minister.’ #churchtoo
Youth pastor sexually assaulted at least 5 minors. He worked at prominent Southern Baptist churches in Arkansas & Tennessee. Lawsuit says SBC leaders should have known he was a danger & could have stopped him. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/laws...
baptistnews.com/article/laws...
Lawsuit claims SBC could have stopped Arkansas abuse
Baptist leaders should have known Keenan Hord posed a danger to minors at First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Ark., according to a lawsuit
baptistnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Gaines, former head of the Southern Baptist Convention,“admitted that, as senior pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church, he had delayed reporting a staff minister’s prior sexual abuse of a child (out) of ‘heartfelt concern and compassion for the minister.’ #churchtoo