Riverside Church, known for its progressive leadership, decided to let go of its first female pastor amid reports of harassment at the church.
that tensions came after she began exposing harassment against women in the church, including herself. “There is absolutely no doubt that sexism played a role,” Rev. Kevin Wright told theIn several blog posts written during her tenure at Riverside, Butler wrote about incidents that left her “deeply uncomfortable” and called on women to speak up about their experiences, citing the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements.
The church investigation also found that Lowe had sent suggestive texts and emails to other women in the church, according to theA spokesperson for the Riverside Church, however, says that a source close to matter disclosed that the mutual decision not to renew Butler's contract was unrelated to these incidents.also said that Butler was also looking for a salary raise that would bring her $250,000 contract closer to what her predecessor was earning.
But Campbell-Reed says she does see churches now approaching gender bias in a more forthright manner than in the past, adding that they would be well-advised to take preventative measures rather than waiting for issues to arise. “That doesn’t mean we put people through harassment training and act like that’s enough,” she says. “It needs to be a bigger part of the conversation.”
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