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Toxic Secrets: Confidentiality and John Howard Yoder—Called to be Bad 

“I think we would do well as Christians to develop other norms and practices around things like confidentiality, privacy, secrecy...”  

*Content Warning: sexual misconduct/abuse/assault by a religious leader/person in power

Disclaimer: The topic of John Howard Yoder’s abuse is complicated. Yoder’s abuse involved power dynamics, institutional coverup, reputations, theology, sexism, interpersonal relationships—and more. Talking about it hurts people. Not talking about it hurts people. 

The goal of sharing this episode is to zero in on the way secrets and confidentiality played a role in perpetuating harm by protecting those in power. It is not to be an exhaustive dissection of the abuse and its aftermath. For more information, see Rachel Waltner Goossen’s essay linked below. 

Resources Mentioned: 

“‘Defanging the Beast’ Mennonite Responses to John Howard Yoder’s Sexual Abuse” by Rachel Waltner Goossen: https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news5/2015_01_Goossen_Defanging_the_Beast.pdf

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