While Bowen was shunned, the confessed child molester was embraced by the church and asked to give lectures and readings. "I confronted the elders about that. I said, 'it's offensive to the victim, as well as offensive to me that you would use a child molester as an example within the church.' And I'll never forget one of the elders standing there said, 'the most offensive people, take offense.' So I just sat there and thought to myself, me as a person that turned in a child molester and the victim, are more offensive to you than a child molester. Well, in my opinion, that supports pedophiles. And his comment...that was it for me."