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Hiding Behind Issues of Polity, SBC Leaders IgnoredSexual Abuse Victims for Years
Hiding Behind Issues of Polity, SBC Leaders Ignored, Silenced, Ostracized Sexual Abuse Victims for Years, Report Says
The much anticipated Guidepost Solutions report investigating how the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) has handled sexual abuse allegations was released on Sunday, revealing that over the course of two decades, the SBC systematically and consistently ignored, silenced, and at times even ostracized survivors of sexual abuse.
According to the 288-page report, a desire to mitigate legal risk, not protect victims and support survivors of sexual abuse, was the guiding principle behind the decision-making process when it came to addressing allegations of abuse, as well as the systemic inadequacies that allowed abuse to occur. The report further demonstrates that if prospective reforms and safeguards did not make sense from a risk management perspective, even if they were clearly the moral thing to do, they were met with staunch opposition from EC legal counsel.
e scope of the report was to investigate the EC staff with regard to "allegations of abuse, mishandling of abuse, mistreatment of victims, patterns of intimidation of victims or advocates, and resistance to sexual abuse reform initiatives" from January 1, 2000, to June 14, 2021.
During that time, the main justification for inaction toward and, at times, suppression of sexual abuse claims revolved around the SBC's polity, which recognizes the autonomy of local churches that come together in friendly cooperation to form the Convention. As such, the EC maintained an ethic of disengagement, most often under the stern advice of legal counsel.
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Ex-SBC president allegedly sexually assaulted pastor's wife, asked for sex 3 times a day
Ex-SBC president allegedly sexually assaulted pastor's wife | Church & Ministries News
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Robert Jeffress: SBC polity no excuse for churches not to adopt 'zero-tolerance' sex abuse policies
Robert Jeffress says SBC churches must have no tolerance of abuse | U.S. News
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Just terrible the sexual abuse occurring by christian leaders - satan and the world mocks the church
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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Wow and all this time I thought prosperity preaching, unaccountable Televangelists were the only ones who exhibited behavior of this type
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BAP
Wow and all this time I thought prosperity preaching, unaccountable Televangelists were the only ones who exhibited behavior of this type
Or Charismatics in general.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Originally Posted by
BAP
Wow and all this time I thought prosperity preaching, unaccountable Televangelists were the only ones who exhibited behavior of this type
Religion > Ezekiel > Whitewash
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Originally Posted by
John
Religion > Ezekiel > Whitewash
our Ezekiel?
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Originally Posted by
tschau
our Ezekiel?
nah.
The BOOK of Ezekiel tells you all you need to know about religion without relationship, whitewashed tombs.
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