More important, however, is the second point: Alcohol use (or clothing, or initial consent, or anything else for that matter) in sexual assault is irrelevant. The fundamental issue in sexual assault is just that: assault (and, by extension, the assailant). In addition to his fundamentalist bona fides, Caner was the archetype of the deflection strategy among evangelical men on the issue of sexual assault and abuse. This, in essence, is the problem with evangelical men and many evangelical leaders’ response to abuse. Caner, Reynolds, and evangelical men everywhere would do well to heed Christ’s famous warning: “Flee from the wrath to come!”David Bumgardner is a writer, theologian and educator living in Columbus, Ohio.