I would go for trying to recognise the tremendous good that an awful lot of people within the church do, to hold that up as a standard of good practice, and to show how the necessary checks and transparency can be put in place. Rather than simply ramming home an unhelpful stereotype which, while painfully close to the truth of a horrible number of cases, only hurts the majority of people who live their lives trying to do good. Yes, we should talk about this, which is why I am, not just putting my fingers in my ears (although I do admit it's really not my style of music, which doesn't help). But I think there's talk aimed at moving forward, and talk (or singing) that just wallows in the pain and drags us deeper and deeper into the mire.
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