Even as abuse scandals broke, leading evangelicals refused to question patriarchy.

Evidence

Mohler was not about to abandon patriarchy. For his part, Russell Moore thought it prudent to point out that God was revealing that there was “no ideological safe harbor,” as it was clear that abuse occurred in egalitarian strongholds and outside the church. It wasn’t just a complementarian problem. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 658

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s core thesis about institutional loyalty outweighing moral consistency; also parallels how other conservative movements circle wagons during scandal.