A few alarm bells sounded in my mind when I was reading this well-written article by @DavidAFrench : https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-crisis-of-christian-celebrity

1. He subtly (but perhaps not intentionally) ascribes severe acts of abuse (e.g. Ravi Zacharias' sexual predation) to the issue that some ministers are "untested and untried". No; this was predation, and a series of increasingly depraved choices made the predation possible.

2. And here is this quote: "I’ve known pastors who were absolutely convinced that they were faithful men—right until the moment when they made a “connection” with the attractive woman in the front pew."

I feel this kind of plays into the delusion many Christian men have that

3. attractive women will always attempt to try their chastity. Overwhelmingly, spiritual leaders/pastors try to seduce their targets. Their targets generally just want to worship and learn. @DavidDzimianski made an excellent thread on this: https://twitter.com/DavidDzimianski/status/1263120016154787847

I think the article was good and that French's heart is in the right place, but the article overall seems asleep to the nature of predation in Christian circles. He is definitely right, though, that celebrity plays a key role in creating a predator/victim dynamic.