Without a doubt, some are also concerned with helping survivors in their midst. This is because speaking out is seen as a sign of illness, rather than health. In hierarchal systems, it is a fairly easy matter to come up with a little therapy for perpetrators. Most are covered by health insurance which offers 10-15 outpatient mental health visits per year. Provided that coverage can be kept through provisions within the system, the denomination may not be out a penny.
Some denominations are even willing to supplement what is provided.
In the past few years, in some denominations, a limited amount of therapy is also provided for survivors. Yet rarely are therapy bills paid for survivors. This author has strong suspicions that the resistance to providing survivors with adequate funding for therapy is not always about money. Still the greatest resistance may have something to do with where the church leadership is in its own healing. This article, as well as all others on this web-site, are copyrighted.