The release last week of a secret list of more than 700 church leaders and volunteers accused of sexual abuse was a groundbreaking moment in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention.
of more than 700 church leaders and volunteers accused of sexual abuse was a groundbreaking moment in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention.Leaders “were documenting abuse all along while lying to us,” he said.
Pittman’s repeated warnings were largely ignored. Wiley was not included on the list made public last week, which Pittman said shows the shortcomings of relying on news reports about arrests to track credibly-accused predators while ignoring complaints from survivors. Brown was one of the most vocal advocates for such a database. A trained lawyer, she and others repeatedly spelled out how the idea could help deter predators without sacrificing the “local church autonomy” that leaders said for decades prevented them from forcing churches to do almost anything.
“It’s really typical for entities to keep a secret list,” said Rachael Denhollander, a prominent attorney and survivor who was the first person to publicly accuse ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. “The Catholic Church had one. Michigan State University had multiple reports against Larry .”
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