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Victims of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention were met with 'resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility,' according to a new investigative report.
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday. These survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the SBC’s Executive Committee, “only to…
The report points out the number of hidden sexual assault claims that were dismissed by top clergy but SBC leader Ed Litton (right) promised to carry out reforms and repair the denomination's reputation.
The 300-page report contains explosive details about how denomination leaders worked to avoid liability, rather than help victims of sexual abuse.
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.