Editing Two by Twos (section)

==== Dean Bruer scandal and FBI investigation ==== 
On 20 March 2023, a letter was released from overseer Doyle S. Smith (the "Dean Letter"){{sfn|Wings for Truth|2024a}} informing some members of the discovery of predatory and sexually abusive behavior by the deceased worker and overseer Dean Bruer.{{sfn|ABC (AU)|2024}}{{sfn|NEWS10|2024}} Since the release of the Dean Letter, other allegations of sexual abuse and child sexual abuse taking place within the church have been reported from all over the world. Former minister Robert Corfield admitted that he had sexually abused a boy in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, over several years in the 1980s.{{sfn|BBC|2024a}}{{sfn|CBC|2024a}} The number of perpetrators have been estimated to be in the hundreds, with several thousand victims identified.{{sfn|York News-Times|7 September 2024}} In the United States, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) opened an investigation in 2024.{{sfn|BBC|2024b}}{{sfn|BBC|2025a}}