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I feel a little awkward speaking on this subject,because for me it is also a personal issue,but Vicki is only speaking the truth.I dont feel that it is a personal attack on the church.She is "attacking" the man who did these horrible things,and in this case the man seemed to use the church as a "cover" for his sins.Yes,this can happen anywhere,it's true,but as Vicki stated,it's a personal issue to her,and in the personal case she is speaking of,her story took place in a church.This isnt a rare occurence,and I do feel that parents need to be made aware.Where I live,there are several churches,who every Sunday morning,send out a bus to pick up children,who might not otherwise ever get a chance to attend church.I think it's wonderful,but I feel that before parents just put thier children onto these buses,they should find out a little better who will be teaching thier children.Most of the people that attend church are there for the right reasons,but there are exceptions.I know a man who wanted nothing more than to be a Sunday school teacher,and he seemed like a very good teacher.I think he taught for over seven years,and then one day his pictures appears on the front page of the paper!Teaching helped to get him closer to his victims.He had ,through the years,molested eleven of his Sunday school students(and we dont know how many more who may have been afraid of speaking out).So I feel that Vicki is sending out a very important message in her writing,and she did say that she doesnt intend for it to be a song.She was writing about a personal experience and I personally dont feel that she was making the church look bad at all,only the person who happened to attend church and tried to hide behind it.