Sexual Abuse

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Accusations of sexual abuse going back 10 years have brought sexual battery charges and the arrest of a former youth pastor and minister who was on staff or volunteered at several Jacksonville-area churches.

TAMPA, Fla. – A former Florida pastor will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty earlier this week of 12 sexual abuse-related charges.

MACON, Ga. — Mount Zion Baptist Church in Monroe County, Ga., has fired a youth pastor after learning of his arrest in connection with a Pennsylvania child pornography investigation, while law enforcement officials continue to examine whether any related crimes may have occurred in Georgia.

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. -- April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but how do parents protect their children from online predators in the digital age?

CEDARVILLE, Ohio (BP) – A Cedarville University professor has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple sex-related charges eight months after he was placed on administrative leave and barred from campus.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Social media founder Mark Zuckerberg is himself branded as a mainstream contributor to sexual exploitation on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s (NCOSE) 2026 Dirty Dozen List released March 31.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas (BP) – A teacher at First Baptist Academy here has been taken into custody and charged with indecency with a child and child grooming.

NATCHITOCHES, La. – A former associate pastor and youth pastor was sentenced last month after pleading guilty to one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

ATLANTA – Individuals from several states gathered March 5 at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta for the Safer Churches workshop designed to equip leaders in creating ministry environments that protect the vulnerable from abuse as well as respond biblically when abuse does occur.

WASHINGTON (BP) – A bill receiving bipartisan support to void nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases related to child sexual abuse and trafficking was introduced in the U.S. Senate today.