--- title: #ChurchToo: Twitter Users Describe Sexual Abuse at Church description: The #MeToo social media campaign to raise awareness of sexual harassment has spread to the religious community in the form of #ChurchToo canonical: https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-22T06:34:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:55.255Z og:title: #ChurchToo Urges Twitter Users to Address Abuse at Church og:description: The #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment has spread to the church og:url: https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf0569a6a6ef81a2/6988e6b2bc6cfc5a703e4076/gettyimages-873445614.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5671 og:image:height: 3190 og:image:alt: March Supporting Sexual Assault Victims Held In Los Angeles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: #ChurchToo Urges Twitter Users to Address Abuse at Church twitter:description: The #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment has spread to the church twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf0569a6a6ef81a2/6988e6b2bc6cfc5a703e4076/gettyimages-873445614.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Religious Community Is Speaking Out Against Sexual Violence With #ChurchToo > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Nov 22, 2017 6:34 AM UTC  Protesters attend a Me Too rally to denounce sexual harassment and assaults of women in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2017. Protesters attend a Me Too rally to denounce sexual harassment and assaults of women in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2017. Ronen Tivony—NurPhoto/Getty Images by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Nov 22, 2017 6:34 AM UTC The explosive #MeToo social media campaign to raise awareness of sexual harassment and violence has spread to the religious community in the form of #ChurchToo. Launched by Twitter users Hannah Paasch and Emily Joy, #ChurchToo prompted users to share stories of sexual abuse in church settings. > [](https://twitter.com/brchastain/status/933043196011188224) Actress Alyssa Milano launched the #MeToo movement in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal to encourage women to break their silence and speak out against sexual harassment. The hashtag quickly took off, reaching more than 85 countries and tweeted more than 1.7 million times. > [](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/922826342890131456) Now that same rallying cry is reverberating within the church: > [](https://twitter.com/ShannonDingle/status/933110283475865600) > [](https://twitter.com/bettyhalford/status/933091785915621376) > [](https://twitter.com/ccruver93/status/933108463005249536) > [](https://twitter.com/carrie%5Fhelen13/status/933125896051085312) > [](https://twitter.com/yellowinmysoul/status/933103015338262528) > [](https://twitter.com/charlotteirene8/status/933094416788594688) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/"},"headline":"The Religious Community Is Speaking Out Against Sexual Violence With #ChurchToo","datePublished":"2017-11-22T06:34:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:55.255Z","description":"The #MeToo social media campaign against sexual harassment has spread to the church","url":"https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Internet","viral","Religion","twitter","activism","Christianity","Sexual Violence","Harvey Weinstein","sexual harassment","onetime","MeToo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf0569a6a6ef81a2/6988e6b2bc6cfc5a703e4076/gettyimages-873445614.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf0569a6a6ef81a2/6988e6b2bc6cfc5a703e4076/gettyimages-873445614.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"March Supporting Sexual Assault Victims Held In Los Angeles","caption":"March Supporting Sexual Assault Victims Held In Los Angeles","creditText":"Ronen Tivony—NurPhoto/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5034546/me-too-church-too-sexual-abuse/","name":"The Religious Community Is Speaking Out Against Sexual Violence With #ChurchToo"}}]}] ```