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Gary Morgan, pastor of Cowboy Church of Ellis County, spoke from his pulpit about the damage sexual abuse can cause. He assured victims if they disclose abuse and seek proper help, "it can get better." Too often, he said, victims of sexual abuse have not

2012 Archives

State convention held liable for abuse

May 18, 2012

author: brandon

A jury found May 17 that the Florida Baptist Convention is liable for failing to do an adequate background check before recruiting and training a former church planter now in prison for molesting a 13-year-old boy.

2012 Archives

Pastor found guilty of abuse

March 6, 2012

author: Administrator

TEXARKANA, Ark. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor was sentenced to five years in prison Feb. 28 after a jury in Texarkana, Ark., found him guilty of sexual assaulting a 3-year-old girl inside his church last April.

2012 Archives

Former minister pleads guilty to abuse

February 14, 2012

author: brandon

FREDERICK, Md. (ABP) – The former pastor of a Southern Baptist church in Maryland pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to sexually abusing a girl in his congregation.

2011 Archives

Former staffer at SBC mega-church focus of abuse investigation

December 19, 2011

author: Administrator

CYPRESS, Texas (ABP) – A Texas youth minister already charged with statutory rape of a 16-year-old was arrested Dec. 14 for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages and videos to a 14-year-old girl he met while serving at a Southern Baptist mega-church.

2011 Archives

Pastor found guilty of child abuse

December 9, 2011

author: brandon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) – A California jury deliberated nearly four days before finding an American Baptist pastor guilty on 11 of 12 child molestation charges Dec. 8.

2011 Archives

Advocate says Baptists ill-equipped to address sexual abuse by clergy

October 14, 2011

author: brandon

DENVER (ABP) – A victims’ advocate says autonomous Baptist churches are ill-equipped to deal with the problem of sexual abuse by clergy because they lack the objectivity to respond appropriately to allegations against a trusted minister that no one wants to believe.

2011 Archives

Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse

July 26, 2011

author: brandon

FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) – A former British Baptist pastor was sentenced July 22 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while visiting a family friend in the United States.

2011 Archives

Clergy abuse cases move through legal system

February 1, 2011

author: brandon

BENTON, Ark. (ABP) -- A music minister convicted of molesting young boys at a Southern Baptist church in Arkansas got a parole hearing two years into a 10-year prison sentence, while a British Baptist minister jailed in Virginia for similar crimes will wait a little

2010 Archives

Church honors advocate for abuse victims

December 7, 2010

author: brandon

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- A sometimes-controversial black Southern Baptist preacher recently honored an also-outspoken advocate for victims of sex abuse by Baptist clergy.

Churches urged to ‘turn the light on’ sexual abuse

State convention held liable for abuse

Pastor found guilty of abuse

Former minister pleads guilty to abuse

Former staffer at SBC mega-church focus of abuse investigation

Pastor found guilty of child abuse

Advocate says Baptists ill-equipped to address sexual abuse by clergy

Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse

Clergy abuse cases move through legal system

Church honors advocate for abuse victims

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