Oakville megachurch reveals new sexual abuse allegations against former pastor Bruxy Cavey · The Meeting House says they have “substantiated” additional ...
“We truly apologize to the first victim for the length of time this has taken.” He left the senior pastor role in 2015, but the Star could not determine when he left the church altogether. On Saturday, the church said it had substantiated two additional allegations of sexual abuse against Cavey, and a third allegation was substantiated as sexual misconduct. Day joined the Meeting House in 2001, according to Peter Schuurman’s 2016 doctoral thesis. They hired a third-party investigator, Natasha Persaud, to investigate the allegations. In light of the new definition, the church said it now believed the allegations substantiated against Cavey in the first investigation constituted more than just an abuse of power and sexual harassment.
"In the third, his actions have been found to be substantiated as sexual misconduct. In one case, the victim was underaged when the abuse took place.
Strickland said she felt the church should have defined Cavey's actions as sexual abuse rather than abuse of power. He says that prayer continues to be an important piece of the process. The person victimized may be an adult or a child, female or male, and the same or of the opposite sex as the offender.” "In this second investigation, two sets of claims of sexual abuse by a church leader (as defined above) have been substantiated," boar co-chair Bruce Miller says in a video statement from the church released on August 13. "We also acknowledge the courage of those who stepped forward. In a statement and video released on Saturday, August 13, leaders of the Meeting House church's board said it had substantiated these allegations through an independent investigation.