sex abuse

SBC President J.D. Greear is receiving backlash for hiring a teaching pastor who has been accused of mishandling an abuse claim in the past and for a Summit Church policy that would allow registered sex abusers to attend worship services.

Megan and Dominique Benninger are launching a new Baptist sex abuser database at BaptistAccountability.org.

Cedarville University, a Baptist school near Dayton, Ohio, knowingly hired a man its president knew to be an alleged sexual offender as a student recruiter, then gave him a job coaching men’s basketball, teaching in the theology department and as a “special adviser” to the president.

Congregants at a Florida church are reportedly upset after finding out that their pastor is a registered sex offender.

The case against movie producer Harvey Weinstein has finally come to a close, culminating with a 23-year sentence in prison.

Christian author and speaker Beth Moore opened up about how scripture helped her survive the traumas of childhood sexual abuse.

Disney's new Pixar film Onward is set to feature the entertainment giant's first openly lesbian character.

But one year after a summit on sex abuse at the Vatican, Peter Isely, a clergy abuse survivor and founding member of the U.S. based SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), shares that, while the rhetoric adopted by Pope Francis “would get an A plus,” the follow-up and actions undertaken receive a “D minus.”

#ChurchToo came to a head last year after groundbreaking reports outlined rampant sex abuse within the Catholic church and the Southern Baptist Convention. Since then, the SBC has reformed its tactic for handling sex abuse allegations and just this week, the SBC removed the first church from the national body following an investigation into a predator pastor.

Following an onslaught of sex abuse accusations, the Boy Scouts of America are filing for bankruptcy.