“That’s just Mike”: Reflections on abuse in the evangelical Anglican context
from Anglican Futures:
Many will have seen the film, “Let there be Light”, from Matt and Beth Redman, which gives further details of their treatment by Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor.
It’s seems that it is not just this blog that is haunted by the words, “That’s just Mike”.
For those who have not yet watched it, the opening warning should be taken seriously – this film will undoubtedly be traumatic for some and painful to watch for anyone who takes the issues involved seriously.
Approximately eighteen minutes in, Beth Redman, describes how someone reached out to Matt and told him that there were “at least ten interns who had been massaged in their underwear on Mike’s bed.” This was the point at which they reached out to a “senior leader from a church in London”, whose matter of fact response was, “That’s just Mike – nothing will be done.”
Matt then takes up the story, “What would always come back if you spoke to someone in authority would be this phrase, ‘That’s just Mike’, and I’ve heard this phrase from so many people through the years.”
“That’s just Mike.”
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