Sexual Abuse

“Jeff Dalrymple, director of Abuse Prevention & Response at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, envisions churches where agape love is so prevalent that abuse of any kind would be unthinkable.” - Baptist Press

“Ministry leaders should recognize that after CPS has been notified, it is important to continue support to a victim and their caretaker by ensuring that the victim still feels welcomed by the church community.” - Baptist Press

“According to the church, all information about child sexual abuse passed from church members to their bishops is confidential under the clergy-penitent privilege, and all information passed from the Helpline to church attorneys is confidential under the attorney-client privilege.” - RNS

“This issue is at the heart the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, a bill making its way through New York state Legislature that, if passed, would make clergy mandated reporters.” - RNS

“A notice of dismissal filed Wednesday by the plaintiffs’ attorney said the case had been settled but provided no details about the terms.” - RNS

“The lawsuit, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, argues that Liberty ‘failed to provide Plaintiff with services or reasonable accommodations required under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act, and other laws.’” - C.Post

“The season the pastor is referring to is the charges brought against him by New South Wales (NSW) Police Force for allegedly concealing child sex offenses ….The investigation uncovered that Brian knew of his father’s abuse in 1999 and failed to report it to authorities.” - C.Leaders

“Oregon lawsuit sought to hold national organization liable for crimes committed in a Royal Rangers program in the 1980s.” - C.Today

“Members of a seven-member task force named to oversee an independent, third-party review of the SBC Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse claims have released an update calling for proposals from firms interested in conducting the review.” - BPNews

“The college is looking into ‘deeply troubling’ allegations from victims who say its procedures were ‘enabling on-campus rapes.’” - C.Today