On January 11th, I received the following response in a pdf from the Board of Directors of Niños de Mexico on January 11th, after contacting no less than three members the end of November with a document explaining various criminal acts of abuse and omission that had taken place inside the institution. You can see a screenshot of their response here:
To say I was appalled by the email is to put it mildly. I was enraged. I had spoken extensively with a former board member who knew nothing about the various acts of abuse I had detailed (the ones that would have taken place during their time on the board), save one, which they had learned of through other sources.
I could not have characterized better than one friend who called it "typical non-informative manipulating Christianese." I would also add defensive and unrepentant.
The following was my response the email sent on the 11th of January, followed by the screenshot of the actual email:
To Steve and the Board of Niños,
I received your email. This was the kind of political non-response I was so hoping the organization would avoid, one concerned more with covering itself than with true contrition over its end upon end failure to safeguard the lives of these children.
The Bible says that "because the sentence for a crime is not handed down speedily, men's hearts are fully set on doing evil" (Ecc 8:11). The ability of the organization to successfully avoid the consequences of its failure to protect the kids in its care has clearly emboldened its continued reckless path.
You have wagered that you will continue to enjoy the luxury of being able to police your own misconduct. This bet is unwise and will lead to the further (re)victimization of more children.
I have no doubt that God will act on behalf of each little one made in His image who has been taken advantage of, abused, and intimidated within the walls of Niños. The question is what side of God's justice will you be on when that happens.
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