The panel is currently seeking information about the schools listed below. If you have information, please let us know.
Chiang Mai International School — Thailand Good Shepherd School — Ethiopia Hope School/Ononobeta — Cameroon Murree Christian School — Pakistan Schutz School — Egypt TASOK (The American School of Kinshasa)/Methodist - Presbyterian Hostel — Congo/Zaire Sakeji School — Zambia
From the Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church:
Mission Agency Continues Its Work On Child Abuse Allegations and Policy
(April 19, 2005) — A retired United Methodist bishop and two professors in the field of medical care make up an independent panel that will receive and assess reports on alleged child abuse at a denominational mission facility in Africa a generation ago.
The General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of the denomination, is also drafting specific guidelines on child and sexual abuse for all of its employees and mission personnel, based upon a policy adopted in mid-April by the board’s directors, meeting in Stamford, CT. [Read full article]
