The article Why Churches Disbelieve Victims and Believe Pastoral Abusers has a great discussion on the irrational biases that are responsible for so many churches failing to take allegations of abuse by cleargy seriously. While it is far from perfect – it is nonetheless insightful. Since the detection of cognitive biases is something that is currently a big topic of discussion in the Algorithmic Rationalist Chats, that makes this article one that is probably worth paying attention to.
Pastoral Abuse in Churches as Case Study in Irrational Biases
