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Hallelujah. Three times, I've publicly called for a federal investigation of the SBC & clergy sex abuse. 2018. 2021. 2022.
Finally. This is what's needed. I'm thrilled.
Here's the history &, in the articles, the why it's important. 1/4
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
Finally. This is what's needed. I'm thrilled.
Here's the history &, in the articles, the why it's important. 1/4
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
2/ In 2021, I publicly called for a federal investigation of the SBC & clergy sex abuse, after its response to the #AbuseofFaith series was so appallingly anemic.
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
religionnews.com/2021/05/20/jus…
#SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo
religionnews.com/2021/05/20/jus…
3/ In 2022, immediately after Anaheim, I again called for a federal investigation (along with state attorney general investigations) because I was devastated by how alarmingly little was done in response to the Guidepost report. #SBCTruthandJustice #SBCtoo baptistnews.com/article/progre…
These decisions don't happen overnight. I wonder how long this has been in the works. /1
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
Was it before the @elizabethjdias NY Times article dropped in June at the #SBC19 annual meeting, exposing the alleged mishandling of an abuse case at The Village Church? /2
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
@elizabethjdias Was it before the SBC permitted @MattChandler74 to overtake the B21 luncheon, where he was given a platform to defend himself & his church? /3
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
#SBC #SBC19 #SBC20 #SBCtoo #churchtoo #CaringWell #AbuseofFaith #AbuseofPower
*NEW* Ex-Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has for years downplayed his role in a sex scandal that some say is emblematic of the SBCs broader abuse problem #SBCtoo #ChurchToo @_PPatterson_
A newly unearthed trove of videos/letters gives new details:
houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
A newly unearthed trove of videos/letters gives new details:
houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
@_PPatterson_ Darrell Gilyard was accused of sexual misconduct at churches in Texas, Oklahoma & Florida but was still mentored by Patterson until he confessed/resigned his Southern Baptist church in July 1991.
Gilyard was convicted of sex crimes with children in '08. #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
Gilyard was convicted of sex crimes with children in '08. #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
@_PPatterson_ For decades, Patterson has maintained that he did everything in his power to investigate the myriad claims his protege faced.
But letters + video show that Patterson downplayed many allegations and suggested others remain quiet about them #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
But letters + video show that Patterson downplayed many allegations and suggested others remain quiet about them #SBCtoo #ChurchToo
I visited an #SBC church this morning. The sermon focused heavily on tithing/giving, with a bunch of biblical references, & how the congregation is disobeying God bc they aren’t giving nearly enough to the work of the Lord at this particular location. /1
SERIOUSLY?
#SBCtoo
SERIOUSLY?
#SBCtoo
Your entire denomination is under fire for the exposure of massive abuse scandals taking place in unfathomable numbers at local #SBC churches just like yours, & you do a sermon on tithing so that the “work of the Lord” can continue? /2
#SBCtoo #SBC19 #AbuseOfFaith #AbusebyClergy
#SBCtoo #SBC19 #AbuseOfFaith #AbusebyClergy
Surely there is at least a basic understanding -I’m not even asking for granular level- that perhaps the decline in your weekly budget actuals has something to do with the fact that people are hesitant to give to an org that has yet to begin handling abuse on a systemic scale? /3
