Sexual Abuse

SWBTS President “Greenway responded to a personal injury lawsuit that alleges “Jane Roe” was forcibly raped at gunpoint on at least three occasions from October 2014 through April 2015 by a fellow student with an extensive criminal history who also was employed as an SWBTS plumber.” - BPNews

“More than 12,000 Boy Scout members have been victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of 7,819 allegedly sexually abusive troop leaders and volunteers, according to an analysis of long-held records in the organization known as the ‘perversion files.’” - Christian Post

“There’s currently a bill in Rhode Island that seeks to make it illegal for school employees to have sex with students.The state teachers’ unions and the ACLU have decided to oppose it.” - Bullwark

“It seems to me that a multifaceted stream of issues has contributed to the situation we now face.” - Abuse in the Church

“Currently, clergy are considered mandatory reporters in about half of all states. But even those laws vary because of the unique nature of pastoral care. Some states that include clergy as mandatory reporters exempt pastors from that requirement if abuse is disclosed or discovered during ‘pastorally privileged conversations.’” - Church Leaders

“In an address to the SBC’s executive committee on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, Greear proposed a range of reforms to help make churches safer.

“Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear told CNN he is calling the convention to disfellowship churches ‘that show a wanton disregard that allows abuse.’” - BPNews

Houston Chronicle: In all, since 1998, roughly 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct …They left behind more than 700 victims, many of them shunned by their churches, left to themselves to rebuild their lives. Some were urged to forgive their abusers or to get abortions.