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title: "GRACE Live: Common Church Responses to Abuse"
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# GRACE Live: Common Church Responses to Abuse

 Posted by Robert J. Peters on  May 30, 2025

Robert, Emily Petrie, and host Zane Hart walked through the first steps churches should take when abuse allegations surface, and why churches shouldn't investigate on their own.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkxvq0NoOI0)

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