Rachael Denhollander on Why Churches Struggle to Hold Sexual Abusers Accountable

When a teacher at Pawleys Island Christian Academy in South Carolina raised concerns that a registered sex offender was working around students, she was told that holding it against him “was not a Christian thing to do.” She was later forced out of her job.The sex offender in question, Warren Spence Perry, had been convicted in 2023 for sexual exploitation of a minor. Despite that conviction, he spent years working as a custodian at the school — which serves approximately 300 student