Abuse: SBC P/4

                                                            Read Part One Here

Here is my third post on abuse in Southern Baptist churches in the US.

Doug Meyers was suspected of preying on children at a church in Alabama - but he went to work at Southern Baptist churches in Florida before police arrested him.

Timothy Reddin was convicted of possessing child pornography, yet he was able to serve as pastor of a Baptist church in Arkansas.

Charles Adcock faced 29 counts of sexually assaulting a 14 year-old girl in Alabama. Then he volunteered as a worship pastor at a Baptist church in Texas.

The sordid background of these Southern Baptist ministers did not stop them from finding new jobs at churches and working in positions of trust. They are among at least 35 Southern Baptist pastors, youth ministers and volunteers who were convicted of sex crimes or accused of sexual misconduct but still were allowed to work at churches during the past two decades, an investigation by the San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle reveals.

 

Read Part Five HERE