The letter goes on revealing that three members of the church "were
sexually harassed by The Rev. Bry Dennison, during his tenure as {the}
interim priest in 2008-2009."
Strickler says that to his
knowledge, the harassment included violating personal space, unwelcome
embraces, "brush-bys and things of that nature."
The church is
only aware of three victims at this time, including one now former
church staff member, and two congregation members.
...
Despite the investigation within the church, the congregation was
never made aware about any of this and the church, "did not offer
counseling or support to the three victims who came forward," the letter
says.
"One of the people who was harassed was a staff member
who recently left employment at the church, and it became obvious to her
and also at least one other member of our congregation who had been
subjected to this situation that they had not healed," Strickler said.
That
was about eight weeks ago, when the church decided to get in front of
the situation so that they could help those three victims and anyone
else who may have also been a victim.
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