WACO, Texas (ABP) -- While newspapers carried headlines about high-profile sexual-coercion lawsuits filed against Atlanta mega-church pastor Eddie Long, a Baptist researcher said the problem of clergy sexual abuse is much larger than a few charismatic leaders who abuse their power.
HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) -- A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24.
HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) -- A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24.
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Elder abuse is a growing problem in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives estimates that 1.5 million people over the age of 60 are abused each year — 84 percent by a relative, who usually lives with them and is being financially supported