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Sexual Abuse Investigation Archive

Ministry Check database key part of preventing abuse, ARITF reports

February 28, 2023

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force has released new information about the Ministry Check database that will assist churches as they conduct

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Abuser database plan, administrator for Southern Baptists announced in ‘unprecedented … moment’

February 20, 2023

A new ministry check “abuser” database will become a reality, reported Marshall Blalock, chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force. Until

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First Person: How to show you care about the sexual abuse crisis

February 16, 2023

I sometimes give overly simple answers to complex questions. “Why should we care about the sexual abuse crisis?” I was asked. I gave a simple

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SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force ‘meeting with stakeholders at every level’

February 10, 2023

The Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force released an update Friday (Feb. 10), noting that the group is meeting with key stake holders “at every level”

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SBC president addresses ‘cost of doing nothing’ in response to sexual abuse

January 18, 2023

While visiting the site of this year’s Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Bart Barber addressed via Twitter recent questions related to the

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SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force clarifies hotline protocol

January 10, 2023

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force responded quickly to conflict-of-interest concerns raised by retired attorney and sexual abuse survivor Christa Brown. Her

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SBC abuse-related task force: Every contact to hotline ‘confidential and protected’

January 9, 2023

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force released an update Monday (Jan. 9) to clarify the role of the SBC’s sexual abuse hotline.

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SBC abuse-related task force: ‘Working diligently’ toward coming recommendations

December 22, 2022

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force are four months into their assignment and are “working diligently … to advance the

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Johnny Hunt plans to return to ministry; SBC President Bart Barber responds

November 30, 2022

Former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt plans a return to ministry after completing a restoration process overseen by four pastors, according to a video

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Former seminary professor David Sills files defamation suit against SBC

November 28, 2022

A former Southern Baptist seminary professor who resigned following accusations of sexual abuse has filed suit in Alabama against the Southern Baptist Convention and 11

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