Arthur Schopenhauer 19th-Century Philosopher
Have you experienced a situation where a friend or family member distanced themselves from you due to their adherence to Church teachings?
Did you feel that the leaders of the Church imposed a regulated courtship process or interfered in your marriage in a way you found disagreeable or overly controlling?
Did you feel pressured to distance yourself from others who did not follow the Church leaders' directives or who left the Church?
Were you under 18 years of age when the events you are describing took place?
Were you over the age of 65 when the events you are describing took place?
Did you ever witness any actions within your Church that you believed to be an abuse of power?
Did you ever feel coerced or exploited by the Church or by someone within the Church?
Did you ever receive counseling from a person in the Church whom you felt was not qualified to provide that type of counseling?
If you are a married woman within the CFO, are you required to obey your husband in relation to how you live your life, including what you wear, how you spend money, what you are allowed to do and who you are allowed to associate with?
If you answered yes to question 9 above, have you felt coerced by your husband or the CFO to obey their directives to you?
Do you believe your personal and private information was used in a manner that you felt breached your privacy?
Have you been made aware of or read your Church's Privacy Policy?
Do you feel any of your sensitive information was used in a way that was harmful to you and without your permission?
When you provided your sensitive information to your Church, were you aware it would be used in a way that you did not want or agree to?
Did you give permission to the Church to use your sensitive information in the manner described above?
Do you believe the Church teachings included distancing individuals who did not follow the directions of the Church leaders?
Are you aware of anyone who was distanced from their friends or family because they left the Church or did not follow the leaders' directions?
If you are a current member of the Church, do you fear social isolation from your family and friends if you decide to leave?
Would you like assistance to help you leave the Church?
Were you involved in a Young Adults program while attending the Church?
If the answer to the previous question was yes, do you consider the Young Adults program to have been inappropriate or harmful?
If you have left the Church, were any statements made about you that you believe were false and damaging to your reputation?
Are you aware of the Church maintaining personal information about you or records of alleged wrongdoings?
Has any of your private information been shared by Church members in a way that you believe breached your privacy or trust?
Did you feel coerced or bullied into doing things you did not want to do?
Are you aware of parents threatening to expel their children from the home if the children did not follow the Church leaders' directions? (In this question, ‘children’ means any child of any age, living with their parents when the threat was made.)
Do you know of any situations where parents actually expelled their children from the home for not following the Church leaders' directions? (In this question, ‘children’ means any child of any age, living with their parents when the threat was made.)
Did you feel you could freely ask questions or disagree with Church leaders?
Is there an individual you believe had ultimate control over the CF organization and other associated CF organizations?
Were you ever asked to sign a written confession regarding your conduct?
If your answer to the previous question was yes, did you feel this was inappropriate?
Are you aware if a record of your transgressions was maintained in Church files?
Do you believe there was any inappropriate use of Church funds or assets?
Have you experienced any financial difficulties that you believe were related to your involvement with the Church, such as loss of employment or business opportunities?
Did you feel pressured to make financial contributions, such as tithes, offerings, or gifting of family inheritances?
Were you a voting member of your Church's Incorporated Association?
Were you ever invited to or did you attend an Annual General Meeting of your Church where the Financial Statements were present?
Were financial statements provided to you?
And did you have the opportunity to understand the information presented in them?
Did you feel you were required to vote on financial matters that you did not fully understand during the AGM?
Did you feel compelled to vote in a particular way on any matter raised at the AGM?
If you answered yes to the previous question, are you aware of any decisions made by the Committee, which you thought were not consistent with the operation of a Christian Church or resulted in unfairly treatment of a voting members or the congregation?
Were you ever made aware of your rights and obligations as a member of the association?
Do you know of any criminal misconduct, physical abuse, or sexual abuse within the CFO? (In this question, please include things you either witnessed yourself or have been told about by others.)
Would you like to see an independent inquiry into reports of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of children within the CFO?
Would you like to receive an apology and acknowledgment of any wrongdoing from the individuals involved?
Do you believe it would be appropriate for the individuals involved to resign from their positions?
Would you like to receive financial compensation for any harm or loss you believe you have suffered?
Would you like to see changes made to the organization’s By-Laws to prevent a concentration of power and ensure better governance?
Would you like to see the organization wound up and the organization's assets used by other charities or churches?
Are there any other outcomes you would like to see happen? If so, please specify.
If you are comfortable, please indicate which Church/Outreach you were associated with when these events occurred:
Please indicate the position held by the person or persons you feel acted inappropriately.
