Turns out that the Daily Trojan caved. I’m glad it did not escalate as I thought it could. It definitely wasn’t ignored, so it ended without much incident. I was wrong about this one. I suppose that a note in the archives is not a retraction, but a part of the record.

Who’s next?

Father Ronald Stanley published an article about Campus Advance in Rutgers (near bottom of the page) Although reprinted in September 2007, this article describes events before 2001. Most likely, this was originally published in the 90s. I suppose the staff of Dominican College will be notified soon.

In some ways, these kinds of battles are appearance over substance. Seven years ago, a woman had a traumatic experience that required her to secretly moving out in order to escape. Yet, this is minimized as old news. Hundreds of similar stories played out in ICoC campus ministries all over the United States and this is treated as a local, one-time event. The fact that this happened so many times over points to systemic problems. These problems have never really been addressed.

Apologies are the beginning of change, not the means of change.

More could be said, but it’s not really worth it. Maybe this was a one time thing because the deans of Religious Life were on the ICoC’s side. Maybe instead of being Scientology-Lite in challenging every negative article, it is simply cherry-picking easy battles. Either way, I guess that someone(s) feel(s) vindicated. If I hear from Dr. Whitsett, I’ll let you know.