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Abuse allegations a blight on Pressler legacy

NASHVILLE (BP) – Paul Pressler is a study in contrasts. To many, he was a hero of the SBC’s Conservative Resurgence, a mastermind of the strategy that helped turn the nation’s largest Protestant denomination back to its conservative theological roots. He was rewarded for that accomplishment with unopposed election as the Convention’s first vice president in 2002.

Dallas-area church volunteer arrested for child sexual assault

ROCKWALL COUNTY (BP) — A student ministry volunteer with Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting her son’s 13-year-old friend, according to local reporting.  

Criminal considerations aside, Southern Baptists want abuse reform, ARITF says

NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist sexual abuse reform leaders say work must persist even as investigations into allegations of the SBC’s mishandling of sex abuse continue.

Department of Justice concludes Executive Committee investigation; ‘no further action’

NASHVILLE (BP) – The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded its investigation of the SBC Executive Committee, Southern Baptist leaders learned Feb. 29.

Florida pastor arrested for sexual battery of a minor

MARATHON, Fla. (BP) – A Florida Keys pastor was arrested Monday (March 4) for sexually molesting a minor. The incident happened on church property.

NEWS DIGEST: S.C. pastor arrested on prostitution charges; Fourth victim of former Saddleback youth volunteer comes forward

South Carolina pastor arrested for ‘aiding or abetting prostitution’; Former Saddleback youth volunteer awaiting trial on abuse charges.

Responses continue over ARC announcement, funding and future

NASHVILLE (BP) — It was meant to be a moment of levity, one that pointed to the current financial challenges of the Southern Baptist Convention amid a desire to continue a response to sexual abuse reform that first gained a foothold in the Executive Committee five years ago.

Goal of new organization is ‘abuse-free family of churches,’ ARITF chair says at press conference

NASHVILLE (BP) – In a press conference Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 20), the SBC’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force chairman Josh Wester reiterated that the ARC, a new organization he announced to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee the night before, would be an independent 501(C)(3), separate from the Southern Baptist Convention.

Independent organization proposed for long-term sexual abuse response among Southern Baptists

NASHVILLE (BP) — A soon-to-be launched independent non-profit organization will be devoted to helping Southern Baptist churches and entities prevent and respond to sexual abuse.

Aaron Ivey, pastor and husband of podcaster Jamie Ivey, accused of ‘indecent’ texts with males

(RNS) — The Austin Stone Church, a multicampus evangelical church in Austin, Texas, announced on Sunday (Feb. 11) that it had dismissed its head worship pastor after discovering he had engaged in “inappropriate and explicit ongoing text messages with an adult male,” according to a statement from the church’s elders.