sex abuse

On Wednesday, a former prison chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons was sentenced to seven years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a female inmate and then denying the abuse when questioned by federal agents.

SBC leaders have nothing to fear from a Department of Justice investigation; if they remain above board and tell the truth. Hiding the truth got this denomination into this mess. We have undergone a painful process of revealing the truth, repenting, and seeking to make amends. If this process continues, then the DOJ’s investigation will only corroborate what we already know–that SBC leaders sinned against survivors in the past and are seeking to redress those wrongs today.

Comfort, renew, restore, and resurrect them. Expose the perpetrators and cleanse your house in Jesus’ Name. Destroy our man-made institutions and build a church that looks like you.

A Canadian megachurch says an investigation into a former pastor has substantiated two allegations of sexual abuse and a third allegation of sexual misconduct involving an underage victim.

As I’ve written elsewhere, obeying the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)—without loving wounded souls inside the kingdom—is to commit a great omission.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention announced on Friday that the Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into sexual abuse within the denomination.

The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, announced last week that it had reached a settlement with former church members who accused the church's former children's minister of sexual assault.

A victim advocacy group says sexual assault allegations against singer Chris Rice are “credible.”

Southern Baptists elected a new president, passed recommendations from a sexual abuse task force, and commissioned more than 50 new missionaries during their annual meeting, which was held this week in Anaheim, California. 

Here are five key takeaways from the convention:

According to a new report, four pastors at a Canadian megachurch are facing 38 accusations of sexual misconduct.