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What happens after clergy sexual misconduct?

Drawing on his experience serving a congregation after a pastor's sexual misconduct, Joel Moody argues that CON-06 would establish clearer expectations for restoration, strengthen accountability and ensure survivors' voices are heard.

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“It was just one bad choice,” the former member of the church said to me. “And pastors have a lot of opportunities for temptation, right?”

I had this conversation at breakfast earlier this week. It’s been almost five years since I came to Sunnyside Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Indiana, and over those five years, I’ve had to navigate conversations like this again and again. Such conversations are familiar to “after...

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