The shame of sexual harassment in the church First place Feature Article The Word Guild, June 2019 A.C. Forrest Memorial Award for excellence in religious journalism, Spring 2019 How it happens, how we can heal BY ALEX NEWMAN When Jules Woodson was 17, her youth pastor in Texas sexually assaulted her in the cab of his pickup truck after driving down a deserted road. Late last year, almost 20 years later, Woodson came forward with her story. The disclosure in the wake of t