Why is Ravi better than anyone else?
The reason those rules exist is because honestly the abuse is very common. There are many who look to entrap people in such positions, and many who abuse such positions.
Those rules are to protect the abused, the accused, and ultimately the organization. By saying “WELL, So and So would NEVER do that!” you are either incredibly naïve or fortunate to live a very sheltered life. Having served on boards and such for years, it is so common there is a boilerplate SOP for such things.
Case in point, there was a great pastor of a large church in Omaha that had several allegations of improper conduct float up. The church said “Well, Pastor so and so COULD NOT have done it, since he is so great! Look at all he has done!”
Well, he was caught in a park bathroom doing something rather indecent. Arrested, convicted, and plead guilty. About half the church refused to believe it, half left. A few years later, the allegations start AGAIN, and this time it was with an underage person.
The congregation felt that the pastor was wrongly accused, and stood by him right up to the point he plead guilty the second time. If they had done the investigation early enough, and been honest about it, they could have potentially saved several souls. But they chose to protect the organization in general and the pastor in particular.
All sin. But leaders and ministers are held to a much higher standard. If they are predators, or weak in certain areas, it is the organizations job to make sure they are either held accountable or not put in a position to sin.
No soul is worth a ministry.
And I haven’t watched CNN since the last time I flew out of O’Hare
I’ve not seen a “board of such group” that wasn’t full of pretentious idiots. Yes, and some people are better (more obedient) than others. It’s fact. Read the Bible and stop watching CNN (and again, for those that are intellectually challenged, that’s a metaphor, not literal).