General Reports

Articles/Commentaries

• John Maxwell Praises Disgraced Pastor Bill Hybels at Global Leadership Summit, Prompting Sharp Criticism by Julie Roys The Royce Report

• SBC clergy sex abuse crisis doesn’t stem from ‘the Sexual Revolution’ by Christa Brown  Baptist News Global

• Iorg says abuser database delayed by legal hurdles by Calli Keener Baptist Standard

• A Refusal to Know: St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

by Stephanie Krehbiel IntoAccount

• Please, no more hollow words on sexual abuse reform

  by Christa Brown, David Clohessy, Dave Pittman and Chellee Taylor Baptist News Global

• Anglican denominations’ record on abuse prompts calls for victim-focused reform

  by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• PM on defensive after minister admits not reading interim abuse report by Tim Brown  RNZ 

• Abuse Reform? Not So Fast. by Dave Pittman with Christa Brown Together We Heal 

• SBC abuse reform task force ends its work with no names on database and no long-term plan by Bob Smietana Religion News Service 

• Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church plans study into sexual abuse by Swissinfo

• Sex abuse survivors dispute Southern Baptist leadership and say federal investigation is ongoing by Peter Smith The Associated Press 

• Southern Baptist theology set me up for sexual abuse by Susan M. Shaw Baptist News Global 

• About that new SBC Abuse Response Commission by Christa Brown In Solidarity with Christa Brown 

• Two men file lawsuit against First Baptist Church of Benton claiming former church employee sexually abused them by Gary Burton Jr. Fox 16 News

• About that SBC sexual abuse hotline; it just gets worse by Christa Brown Baptist News Global

• Fam Family, alleged victims in federal courtroom as Louisville Catholic school teacher appears on child porn charges by Stephan Johnson  WDRB 

• New lawsuit against SBC and four churches alleges systemic negligence on sexual abuse by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global

• Woman Claims Mike Bickle Sexually Abused Her When She Was 14 by Julie Roys The Roys Report 

• Presiding Bishop Michael Curry subject of clergy misconduct complaint over handling of allegations by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Statement by Child Sex Abuse Attorney Jeff Anderson on Release of Names Associated with Jeffrey Epstein Case by Jeff Anderson and Associates

• Hold child abusers outside Catholicism accountable, too by Timothy Madgar The Baltimore Sun