sex abuse

A youth pastor has been charged with sexual assault after he gained approval to become engaged to a 14-year-old girl when he was 26.

The upcoming Guidepost Solutions report on the investigation into Southern Baptist leaders' alleged mishandling of sexual abuse allegations has surpassed its estimated $1.3 million to $1.6 million cost.

On Wednesday, Florida Pastor Willy Rice announced that he will no longer be running for Southern Baptist Convention president.

Southern Baptist Convention pastors are calling on Willy Rice, a candidate for SBC president, to remove himself from the race after it was revealed that Rice’s church removed a deacon who previously committed “a sexual sin that could also be described as abusive.”

Megachurch pastor Naason Joaquin Garcia, who is accused of multiple sex crimes, says prosecutors have fabricated evidence in his case.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America has defrocked a former Indiana pastor after an investigation revealed that he mishandled sexual abuse allegations against a teenage relative.

A popular Canadian megachurch pastor has resigned following a three-month-long investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct.

Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the founder of the Legion of Christ religious order are still seeking reparations from the Legion some 25 years after the scandal broke.

A newly released report on the internal culture at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries found that leaders at the ministry were blinded by loyalty to the founder, overlooked Zacharias’ misconduct for years, used ministry funds to sue an abuse survivor and misled the public.

On Monday (Feb. 21), Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee chair Pastor Rolland Slade presided over a drama-free and harmonious meeting of the Nashville-based committee, which oversees the business of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in between annual meetings.