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TexasProgresive

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4. Didn't work well having married clergy for Protestants
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jun 2019

especially the Southern Baptist Convention, or Boy Scouts, Band directors, coaches and teachers for that matter. Not to paint all those with a broad brush, but those are some of the places you can find child abusers.

Links to a 6 part expose by The Houston Chronicle.
Part 1: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders reject reforms
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/investigations/abuse-of-faith/

Part 2: Southern Baptist churches hired ministers accused of past sex offenses
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-churches-hired-ministers-accused-13588233.php

Part 3: All too often, Southern Baptist youth pastors take advantage of children
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/All-too-often-Southern-Baptist-youth-pastors-13588292.php

Part 4: Missionaries left trail of abuse, but leaders stayed quiet
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Abuse-of-Faith-Missionaries-left-trail-of-abuse-13904418.php

Part 5: Harboring abusers
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Abuse-of-Faith-Southern-Baptist-churches-13912529.php

Part 6: Survivors of Baptist sexual abuse come forward to help others
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Abuse-of-Faith-Survivors-of-Baptist-sexual-abuse-13938643.php

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