Having covered the Catholic Church for 16 years, I know clergy abuse survivors and advocates never stop demanding accountability at the top and that institutions often resist it. I just had the chance at #SBC2022 to ask new prez and VP of the SBC executive committee about it 1/4
I asked @JaredcWellman and @dsons (elected today as prez and VP of the Southern Baptist's administrative body: What will happen with holding people named in the report accountable? Do you think the leaders named should be? 2/4
Wellman said his new position is about carrying out the messengers' wants. "I would defer to how the messengers respond to that. I see this position as an opportunity to serve the will of the messengers, instead of casting any vision I may or may not have." 3/4
The two had been elected an hour or two earlier. @spulliam keep on this question of accountability and will report back to y'all 4/4 #SBC2022
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