Once roiled by sexual abuse issue, Southern Baptist leadership now downplays its extent

Once roiled by sexual abuse issue, Southern Baptist leadership now dow

Four years ago, the Southern Baptist Convention received a landmark report asserting that top leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination had long minimized reports of sexual abuse by clergy, intimidated survivors and stonewalled reforms. The convention’s 2022 annual meeting passed a resolution apologizing to abuse survivors , several of them by name. It authorized reforms that included the creation of a database of credibly accused …

Once roiled by sexual abuse issue, Southern Baptist leadership now downplays its extent

The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention says that the issue of sexual abuse in the denomination has been “weaponized” and politicized. He's not alone.