About this webinar

When ministry leaders contemplate the risk of child sexual abuse, the focus is generally on adults as the perpetrator; many don’t realize that a growing percentage of sexual abuse risk stems from the behavior of one child toward another. Peer Sexual Abuse presents a rising risk in churches, schools, camps, and youth programs. Leaders must understand how it unfolds to prevent it from occurring.

In this session, the founders of MinistrySafe will explain the dynamics of Peer Sexual Abuse, why this risk is increasing, and where it most often occurs in ministry environments. You’ll learn practical steps to reduce vulnerability, support your team, and strengthen safety for children in ministry programs.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• How Peer Sexual Abuse develops and why it often goes unnoticed
• Where and how Peer Sexual Abuse occurs in ministry settings
• Which Safety System elements reduce this risk

Join us during Sexual Abuse Awareness Month to better understand this growing risk and take proactive steps to keep children safe.

About MinistrySafe

MinistrySafe was founded by legal professionals and sexual abuse experts, Gregory Love and Kimberlee Norris. Through their litigation practice representing victims of child sexual abuse, they recognized a vital need to equip churches and ministry programs to better protect children from sexual abuse. The risk is real, and it’s preventable. Prevention starts with awareness.

About Gregory Love

Gregory S. Love, managing partner of the Fort Worth, Texas law firm of Love & Norris, is the Co-founder of MinistrySafe, MinistrySafe Institute and Abuse Prevention Systems.

His clients include denominations, camps, universities, private schools, public and private charities, and youth sports groups.

An expert in legal standards of care related to child sexual abuse, he has consulted with organizations such as the United States Olympic Committee, U.S. Center for Safe Sport, Awana International, Trail Life USA, U.S. Youth Soccer, North American Mission Board, and numerous faith-based organizations and denominations.

Love provides instruction and continuing education to risk management professionals, and performs internal evaluation of standard of care issues related to child sexual abuse.

Love earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech University in 1987, followed by a Juris Doctor from Texas Tech School of Law. He is a member of the Texas State Bar and a fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation.

Love has served as guest lecturer at Texas Wesleyan School of Law (now Texas A&M School of Law), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Liberty School of Divinity. He currently serves as Visiting Faculty at Dallas Theological Seminary, teaching the only existing seminary-level course limited to sexual abuse risk: Preventing Sexual Abuse in Ministry Contexts.

With his law partner Kimberlee Norris, Love writes for numerous publications addressing child sexual abuse risk, impact, prevention and legislation.