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David K Pooler, Ph.D, LCSW-S

@dkpooler

social work professor | lover of justice and peace | iconoclast | sensitive | advocate for survivors of adult clergy sexual abuse | @baylor_ssw #ChurchToo

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What happens when pastors dismiss adult clergy sexual abuse (ACSA) as merely an “affair”—and obscure devastating realities of abuse & coercion? In this talk. Dr David Pooler (@DKPooler) dismantles the myth that ACSA is a matter of consensual relationship. julieroys.com/podcast/unders…


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The SBC's sexual abuse crisis is interwoven with its misogyny. That's a reality that Beth Allison Barr & Savannah Locke illuminate in ALL THE BURIED WOMEN. In episode 4, I join the conversation, with @RobertDownen_ @dkpooler & more. #ThisistheSBC podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…


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Speakers include @DianeLangberg, Dr. David Pooler (@DKPooler), @LeslieVernick, @ScotMcKnight, @MaryDeMuth, Rev. Sanghoon Yoo (@PaterYoo), @LanceFord, @CalebPHX Campbell, @MelissaJHogan, and others, hosted by @crnaz. Learn more and register today at Restore2025.com


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We hope you can join us in Phoenix on Feb. 7-8! Register today for Early Bird Rate. Speakers include @DianeLangberg, David Pooler (@DKPooler), @LeslieVernick, @ScotMcKnight, @MaryDeMuth, Rev. Sanghoon Yoo (@PaterYoo), @LanceFord, @CalebPHX Campbell & more julieroys.com/restore/


If you voted for Trump, please be aware that for any adult clergy sexual abuse survivor, your vote may have now made you unsafe for them. Trump was convicted by a jury of his peers of sexual assault and a jury awarded the victim money. Please ponder this sobering reality. #ACSA


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I am troubled by Trump, but I am even more troubled by the people who claim to be Christians that defend him… @Franklin_Graham @seanfeucht @robertjeffress @charliekirk11 Trump is vulgar and mean. He has made a vocation out of the seven deadly sins, and a mockery of the…


Pastors on Pedestals youtu.be/ytyEZSb6vPA?si… via @YouTube. I talk with Carson about the factors at play in unhealthy religious systems, with a brief exploration of adult clergy sexual abuse


The Diana R. Garland School of Social Work is hiring for a Clinical Assistant Professor Position. I am on the search committee. Please reach out if you want to learn more. The link to apply is below.   apply.interfolio.com/149752


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Deconstruction is a prophetic movement resisting a distorted gospel. It is not a problem; it is a voice. And we need to listen to what it is saying to the church. #invisiblejesus


Check out the uncommon pursuit podcast, yours truly got to be interviewed. Fascinating conversation about spiritual bypassing youtube.com/watch?v=89gL2I…


Please listen to Detective DeLange of the Waco Police Department share about his care and support for ACSA survivors abused by Fr. Odiong. This gives me hope for a future in which survivors are believed and perpetrators held accountable. facebook.com/share/v/tfN1WM…


The Waco Police Department is listening to survivors of adult clergy sexual abuse and charging their offender. Texas is a state where adult clergy sexual abuse is a crime. We need more lawmakers in other places to follow suit. See this story theguardian.com/us-news/articl…


Religious institutions try to shut down necessary dialogue about clericalism, abuse, and consent by shifting the focus to gossip and slander. This is to bypass our healthy reactions of being betrayed, angry, and disgusted, and muffles dissent and our demand for accountability.


Aside from our national politics, I'm truly hopeful about the future of faith. I keep having conversations with people who have experienced so much religious trauma, but the healing they are findings makes them authentic, kind, and someone you want to be with.


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Brilliant post by @dkpooler on Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse theway-home.org/post/never-an-… #clergysexualabuse #spiritualabuse

_theway_home's tweet image. Brilliant post by @dkpooler on Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse

theway-home.org/post/never-an-…
#clergysexualabuse #spiritualabuse

Clericalism is the elevation and veneration of church leaders their ideas and agenda to the exclusion of the needs, wishes, and wants of congregants. It is what keeps too many of us centering abusers and excluding and blaming victims. The "ism" that is the church's problem only.


I'm getting really tired of hearing church leaders say "I had a moral failure" or "an inappropriate relationship" or engaged in a "secret sin". Folks that is gaslighting-what they aren't saying is "I abused someone, I sexually assaulted someone" and "I deeply injured someone".


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