Lawsuit claims SBC could have stopped Arkansas abuse Baptist leaders should have known Keenan Hord posed a danger to minors at First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Ark., according to a lawsuit

Youth pastor sexually assaulted at least 5 minors. He worked at prominent Southern Baptist churches in Arkansas & Tennessee. Lawsuit says SBC leaders should have known he was a danger & could have stopped him. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo

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Church leadership knew about alleged sexual abuse by youth pastor, lawsuits claim The lawsuits allege the church and its leadership acted negligently.

In Michigan, lawsuit says leaders at Southern Baptist church KNEW that youth pastor Zach Radcliff had been sexually abusing children, but they prioritized loyalty to the church over the safety of kids.

Now eleven kids allege abuse. #TheyKnew #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo

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"Without accountability, it won't stop." So true, as evidenced again & again ad infinitum throughout white evangelicalism.

#MissionsToo #ChurchToo #SBCtoo

Matt Queen's return to the pastorate sends a message – Baptist News Global In October 2024, Matt Queen pled guilty to lying to the FBI in a sexual abuse investigation, and now, just a year later, Queen has been hired as associate pastor at a prominent Southern Baptist church...

"Even a criminal conviction will not deter the recycling of an abuse cover-upper into another position of trust as a Southern Baptist pastor."

My column today. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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"This is from God...you don't understand...you're a baby believer...God's will... 'betrothal' before God... God is answering my prayer."

All of this has long been part of the evangelical sexual abuse playbook. It's the same crap a pastor-rapist said to me when I was a kid. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo

The Epsteins Of The Southern Baptist Church MAGA wants the Epstein list. The SBC had one—and buried it. A brutal look at how power protects predators in pulpits and politics.

"It’s not about truth – it’s about control. In MAGA land, Trump remains untouchable. In the SBC, the pulpit remains protected. Either way, abusers get sanctuary & survivors get silence." - @snarkyfaith.bsky.social

#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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The inhumanity of SBC leaders’ indifference – Baptist News Global "Plenty of SBC leaders, past and present, have received Jordan’s emails and could have spoken up to denounce Jordan and support survivors."

"The indifference of SBC leaders reduces their humanity to inhumanity. It is a poison with which they sicken their own selves.

Action is the only antidote."

From my latest column on the inhumanity of Southern Baptist leaders' indifference. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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The inhumanity of SBC leaders’ indifference – Baptist News Global "Plenty of SBC leaders, past and present, have received Jordan’s emails and could have spoken up to denounce Jordan and support survivors."

"The indifference of leadership is a big part of why the SBC’s culture of cruelty toward survivors is so entrenched. The cruelty is normalized by leaders who do nothing. And this creates a permission structure..."

My column today. ⬇️ #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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Does Iorg really believe Brown and Thigpen are liars? A denier of a sexual abuse in the SBC says Jeff Iorg agrees with him that the stories of two key abuse survivors are false.

Jeff Iorg, SBC Exec Committee President, evidently doesn't believe survivors of sexual abuse are telling the truth. And he's not alone in SBC leadership circles.

This comes as no surprise to us...

#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo

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Does Iorg really believe Brown and Thigpen are liars? A denier of a sexual abuse in the SBC says Jeff Iorg agrees with him that the stories of two key abuse survivors are false.

"This is the kind of dynamic that...creates a permission structure for others to behave in ways that are flat-out brutish. Jordan’s smear campaign is very hurtful... & the hurt is magnified by the cowardly complicity of men like Iorg.”

#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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The SBC’s Abuse Costs Us Everything The first friend I lost who died because of being sexually abused by an SBC pastor was named Andy. He died at age 41, 13 years ago. We grew up together. Like most Southern Baptist church kids, we d…

Ever since I got the news about Jen Lyell, I've cried. I've cried & I've cussed. First Duane, then Jen. But it goes back much further. I think Jen was just a tipping point for my exhaustion. My exhaustion with the Southern Baptist Convention

#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo

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The world lost a warrior for truth @ justice yesterday. Jennifer Lyell, #survivor & advocate for abuse reform in the Southern Baptist Convention passed away at the young age of 47.
Her abuse at the hands of her seminary professor led to her being victim-blamed by #SBC pastors & leaders. 💔
#SBCtoo

#mood #SBCToo #RIP

Gareld Duane Rollins, whose lawsuit sparked a Southern Baptist abuse reckoning, has died (RNS) — Rollins, who had long suffered from health issues, accused SBC leader and GOP activist Paul Pressler of years of abuse.

“The abuse he suffered by those touting their religion is unimaginable. This could not have happened if not for supposed good people keeping quiet." - Michael Goldberg, attorney for Duane Rollins (RIP)

#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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Duane Rollins, who sued Pressler for sexual abuse, dies – Baptist News Global Gareld Duane Rollins, whose allegations of abuse by Houston judge Paul Pressler were ignored for decades by leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention, died May 23, according to Robert Downen, the jou...

"SBC leaders were aware of the rumors & allegations against Pressler... and did nothing."

#TheyKnew #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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On the Death of Duane Rollins He carried more truth than all the SBC's pontificating pooh-bahs

"We all owe Duane a debt of gratitude. Truth matters. And Duane brought more truth to light than all the many pontificating pooh-bahs of the Southern Baptist Convention."

From my column today. Thx for reading. Thx for hearing my grief. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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This is what Southern Baptist officials call "progress" on abuse reform. They create a well-paid position for a crony, and he then spews institutional PR, and no matter how ludicrous, people applaud.

Meanwhile, no care for #SBCtoo survivors & no accountability for pastor-predators. #ThisistheSBC

Clergy sex abuse crisis doesn’t stem from ‘the Sexual Revolution’ Sexual abuse is “the rotten fruit of the Sexual Revolution,” says Jeff Dalrymple, director of the SBC Sexual Abuse Prevention department.

I'm just gonna leave this right here and say one thing...I agree with @christabrown.bsky.social 💯

"Jeff Dalrymple either doesn’t understand these unique dynamics of clergy sex abuse, or he just doesn’t really care."

#SBCtoo

#ThisIStheSBC

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The church - Northwest Baptist in Gainesville, FL - is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo

Survivor speaks out after bombshell Southern Baptist abuse report As Southern Baptist leaders met to choose new leaders and confront shocking allegations of sexual abuse, Nikki Battiste spoke with one survivor about how he was treated after he reported his alleged a...

"Facing Up to a Legacy of Abuse"

On @CBSMornings.bsky.social @NikkiBattiste interviewed our Director @DavidPittman.bsky.social

His sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist minister & the cover-up and lies
#SBCtoo
#MenToo

Part 1:
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Part 2:
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Abuse survivors retreat from advocacy for SBC reform after feds close case: A 'hard death' With feds closing inquiry into abuse in Southern Baptist Convention and collapse of oversight-related reforms, survivors grieve an end to advocacy.

Again & again, the Southern Baptist Convention has squashed oversight-oriented reform efforts.

Now closure of DOJ probe ends another possibility for abuse accountability.

A post-mortem from @liamsadams.bsky.social with #SBCtoo survivor quotes. #ThisistheSBC
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Survivors were baited by the Southern Baptist Convention's sexual abuse hotline.

Baited.

Then SBC officials actually used the hotline for their own ends to justify their continued refusal to keep records on sexually abusive pastors.

It's Macchiavellian. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo

Lawsuit filed against Cowboy Gatherin' Church for negligence Four Jane Does filed a civil lawsuit against Cowboy Gatherin' Church and multiple other parties, including Pastor Roy Shoop and his wife Diana Shoop, accusing them of negligence.

Civil lawsuit filed, saying pastor Roy Shoop's sexual abuse of children "was enabled by a culture of gross negligence within the Cowboy Gatherin' Southern Baptist Church." 1/2

#SBCtoo #ThisistheSBC
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When you’re a star they let you do it #sbctoo

JUST IN: The lawsuit filed by an abuse survivor and former seminary student against Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson is going to trial. #churchtoo #SBCtoo

SBC creates problematic & untrustworthy clergy sex abuse hotline.

Many #SBCtoo survivors wisely choose NOT to use it.

SBC says: "See, abuse isn't a widespread problem."

They're using hotline data to build a permission structure for institutional recalcitrance. It's Machiavellian. #ThisistheSBC

4yrs ago I went to work
Knowing my pastor/boss was waiting, I avoided him as long as I could
After small talk he wanted a hug. "Just a hug" he said.
The hug ended in a violent sexual assault
The police did nothing
The church leaders blamed me
4yrs free and 4yrs wounded
#SBCtoo

Please, no more hollow words on sexual abuse reform Dear Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee: Please stop with all the talk-talk-talk about abuse reform. All the promises. All the posturing. All the platitudes. Just stop. Until you have at ...

Dear @sbcexeccomm.bsky.social: Please stop with all the talk-talk-talk about abuse reform... We've heard it all too many times already.

An open letter from @davidclohessy.bsky.social @davidpittman.bsky.social @inhisgrip.bsky.social & me. #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo
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I have become a much better, kinder, and more loving Christian since I left the church where I was taught to judge and hate others who weren’t like me.

#SBCtoo

If I had my druthers, my 2009 book would no longer be relevant. Sadly, it very much still is because, institutionally, the Southern Baptist Convention has done near-nothing to earnestly reckon with its systemic clergy sex abuse problem.

#ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo