Original sentence: Employees and volunteers have been asked to avoid talking about the issues with others.Gothard has been criticized for two sex scandals that included employees within his organization.Jim Voeller, the director of IBLP's homeschooling curriculum, left his wife and seven children after an affair with his secretary was exposed.One involved his brother in the early 1980's and the other took place in 2001
Edited sentence: A second sex scandal in 2001 took place at IBLP headquarters, shortly before the group's annual homeschooling conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.Employees and volunteers serving at the facilities in Oak Brook were asked to keep silent on both matters, leading to criticism that Gothard was attempting to "cover up" the issues.Gothard has been criticized for his handling of two major sex scandals that included top-level men within his organization.Jim Voeller, an intended keynote speaker at the upcoming conference and the director of Bill Gothard's homeschooling curriculum, left his wife and seven children after an ongoing affair with his secretary was exposed.The first, in the early 1980's, involved Gothard's brother.This scandal resulted in a significant decline in Gothard's popularity, which has never returned to prior levels