By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution June 12 in Houston calling on church members to be diligent in reporting alleged child sex abuse to legal authorities. The non-binding resolution reminds of the “legal and moral responsibility…
Pastor: SBC should support abuse victims
By Jeff Brumley The Georgia preacher who proposed a resolution urging the Southern Baptist Convention to get tough on predators says Baptist leaders’ public support of an evangelical preacher accused in a lawsuit of covering up child sex abuse has…
Blog: Pastor chastises abuse activist
Editor’s note: This story was updated after posting to add comments from First Baptist Church. By Bob Allen A woman who advocates on behalf victims of clergy sex abuse says she was sidelined by her Houston mega-church for planning an…
Judge asked to reconsider SGM suit
By Bob Allen Attorneys for alleged sexual-abuse victims asked a Maryland judge to reconsider dismissal of a lawsuit due to the state’s three-year statute of limitations. Lawyers Susan Burke and William O’Neil filed a motion May 28 asking Montgomery County…
SNAP leader shames Mahaney supporters
By Bob Allen An activist who advocated for victims during the Roman Catholic sexual-abuse scandal in the United States in 2002 says evangelical leaders publicly rallying behind a minister accused in a lawsuit of covering up sex crimes against children…
SBC leaders stand by accused colleague
By Bob Allen Southern Baptist leaders in a movement that goes by names including the “New Calvinism” and “young, restless and Reformed” voiced support for a friend and colleague accused in a Maryland lawsuit of collusion in what is being…
Sovereign Grace sex abuse case dismissed
By Jeff Brumley Citing technicalities including the statute of limitations, a Maryland judge on May 17 dismissed a lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries, a church-planting network with ties to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. The suit’s 11 plaintiffs…
Sexual-abuse resolution proposed
By Bob Allen A resolution submitted for consideration at next month’s Southern Baptist Convention in Houston claims that failure by influential leaders to confront the sexual abuse of children by clergy is giving the denomination a bad name. Peter Lumpkins,…
Minister charged with enticing minor
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist youth minister faces a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor after he exchanged sexual e-mail and text messages with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25,…
Youth minister charged with enticing minor
By Bob Allen A Texas Baptist youth minister faces a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor after he exchanged sexual e-mail and text messages with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25,…
Assn. drops church with accused pastor
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist church in Missouri whose pastor is awaiting trial on felony sex charges has been voted out of its local association for failure to report or contribute financially for the last two years. Lamine Baptist…
Jailed minister accused of abuse in UK
By Bob Allen A former British Baptist pastor serving time in prison in the United States for child sex crimes now faces similar allegations at home. London’s Daily Mirror reported April 28 that seven men claim they were raped as…