sex abuse

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.

The Southern Baptist Convention took another step towards addressing sexual abuse in its churches Tuesday by approving several sex abuse reforms during the first day of the denomination's annual meeting.

First Baptist Church Woodstock in Woodstock, Georgia, has formally suspended Johnny Hunt, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, as pastor emeritus after an investigation revealed credible allegations that he sexually assaulted a younger pastor's wife over a decade ago.

The leader of a megachurch in Mexico has been sentenced to more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young female congregants at his La Luz del Mundo church.

Just days before his trial, the former leader of a megachurch in Mexico admitted that he sexually abused three minor girls.

The Southern Baptist Convention's sex abuse task force is urging the denomination to create a “Ministry Check” website to track abusive pastors, church employees and volunteers.

Former Senior Vice President of Evangelism and Leadership at the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board said he was shocked at the Guidepost Report that alleged he sexually abused a pastor’s wife.