Southern Baptists accused of covering up sexual abuse complaints
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is drawing
condemnation for its failure to address allegations of sexual abuse and
its treatment of victims over two decades, according to a newly released investigative report.
The report, issued Sunday, was the result of a seven-month investigation
and was released just weeks before next month’s 2022 SBC Annual Meeting
& Pastors’ Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The scathing report, by Guidepost Solutions, a domestic and
international investigations, monitoring, and security and technology consulting firm, also found “credible” allegations that prominent
Georgia evangelical leader the Rev. Johnny Hunt, a former president of
the powerful Southern Baptist Convention, sexually assaulted another
pastor’s wife in 2010.
Hunt, who served as president from June 2008 through June 2010, could
not be reached for comment. In a statement posted on Twitter, Hunt said
his “heart breaks for all victims of abuse” and “vigorously” denied the allegations.
”I have never abused anybody,” he said in the statement..
https://www.ajc.com/news/southern-baptists-accused-of-covering-up-sexual-abuse-complaints/ADQYVFQRQFDIXJ7LXIUB2CXLWQ/
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