News outlets run reports almost weekly of pastors getting arrested for various crimes — but an arrest doesn’t mean that person has been found guilty. Just recently, a jury found an Arkansas pastor who had been arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material not guilty.
Most worship leaders work full-time, and do not have formal training or institutional ties, according to a recent survey. The survey, from Worship Leader Research, found
The number of lawsuits filed against Harvest Christian Fellowship’s founder Greg Laurie — related to alleged abuse by a former Harvest pastor against young men at a children’s home in Romania — now stands at 12.
States are increasingly passing laws that criminalize not only sexual abuse, but the grooming process that often precedes the abuse.
