You all now know that my wife and I met at the Spiritual Rights Foundation. We both escaped. We also host socials at our home with our friends, some of whom are ex-SRF members.
Some of the former members of SRF have made a pledge to each other that I'd like to share with you: "For all the things I may have done to you, I ask your forgiveness. For all the things you may have done to me, you have my forgiveness."
It's a simple pledge but incredibly meaningful and heartfelt.
The leadership and staff of the Spiritual Rights Foundation were constantly spreading distortions and gossip throughout the membership to create tension among the people and to give them the "demon of the week" to shun and humiliate.
This practice continues. My wife went to a supposedly private "spiritual counseling" session with the president. To our horror, the details of that session was revealed to the entire congregation. That behavior is not only a severe ethical violation by a member of clergy, in the State of California, it is absolutely illegal.
We were treated like lepers after that, as many intimate details of our relationship were revealed.
We were not the only ones. The personal details of all relationships were immediately revealed to the congregation after private counseling sessions. They said it was for "a healing". In actuality, these disclosures caused even more tension in relationships and caused people to bite at each other, interfere with people working together on church projects and locked people down in gossip and rumor instead of maintaining focus on their spiritual growth.
What kind of "church" actively creates tension and strife among its congregation?
We were all caught up in this behavior. I am guilty of participating in the strife just as much as everyone else. It was expected behavior.
So, I say to all ex-members: For all the things I may have done to you , I ask your forgiveness. For all the things you may have done to me, you have my forgiveness.
If you are reading this and are still at SRF my hand is open to you as well.
And I also pledge that for all the things I may have done to you , I ask your forgiveness. For all the things you may have done to me, you have my forgiveness.
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