Several Roman Catholic dioceses in California have filed for bankruptcy or are considering the option as the churches face over 3,000 lawsuits related to childhood sexual abuse cases.
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Mike Stone Says He Would Introduce a 'More Biblical' Sex Abuse Task Force if Elected SBC President
Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate Mike Stone says “one of the first things” he would do if elected SBC president is appoint a new sex abuse task force.
According to ChurchLeader.com, Stone said the new task force would be “more biblical” than the current Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force.
Donald Trump Must Pay $5 Million for Sexually Assaulting, Defaming E. Jean Carroll in 1996, Jury Says
A Manhattan federal jury has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million for battery and defamation for sexually assaulting her in the spring of 1996.
Paige Patterson, SWBTS Dismissed from Sexual Abuse Lawsuit against Former SBC EC Member
Former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have been dismissed from a sexual abuse lawsuit against Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee member Paul Pressler.
Judge Dismisses Abuse Lawsuit Against Former SBC Leader, Seminary
A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit involving a student who accused a former Southern Baptist Convention leader and an SBC-affiliated seminary of mishandling a case of sexual abuse.
Guidepost Solutions to Launch SBC 'Ministry Check' Site under New Faith-Based Division
The Southern Baptist Convention's Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force announced this week that a "ministry check" site will be launched by Guidepost Solutions.
SBC Sex Abuse Task Force Member Resigns after Johnny Hunt is Allowed to Return to Ministry
Todd Benkert, a Southern Baptist pastor who was on the Southern Baptist Convention’s task force to address sexual abuse policies, has stepped down from the team.
8 Testify against Brian Houston in Sex Abuse Cover-up Case
The defense team on the side of Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston only presented one witness – Houston himself – to show Houston's innocence, Houston's wife, Bobbie, said.
SBC President Insists Financial Cost of New Abuse Hotline Is ‘Worth It”
Bart Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the financial cost of a new abuse hotline for the SBC is “worth it.”
“The cost of doing nothing” outweighs “the cost of doing something,” he asserted.
Former SBC President Johnny Hunt Returns to Pulpit, Sparking Debate
Former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt preached at a Florida church Sunday, seven months after SBC messengers adopted a report saying he had been credibly accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2010.
