Articles/Commentaries
Canadian megachurch halts services after insurers pull sex abuse coverage by Hemant Mehta Friendly Atheist
Embattled IHOPKC to Close, Start New Organization to Limit Liability by Rebecca Hopkins The Roys Report
The Path Forward on Abuse Reform in the SBC by Josh Abbotoy and Jon Whitehead Center for Baptist Leadership
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
Presbyter Blasts Assemblies of God Leaders for ‘Gross Negligence’ in Response to Chi Alpha Sex Abuse Scandal by Josh Shepherd The Roys Report
Hope roots in truth-telling and grows with action by Christa Brown Hope Baptist News Global
About that SBC sexual abuse hotline; it just gets worse by Christa Brown Baptist News Global
Southern Baptist leaders expel two churches for allegedly mismanaging abuse by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Despite ties to defendants, Texas Supreme Court justice didn’t recuse himself from sex abuse case by Robert Downe Texas Tribune
Bart Barber, The SBC, And Abuse by Layne Wallace Patheos
Charisma CEO Calls Exposure of Mike Bickle’s Alleged Sex Abuse a ‘Spiritual Attack’ by Julie Roys and Rebecca Hopkins The Roys Report
Alarming Report on Sex Abuse in Germany’s Protestant Church: SNAP Responds by Marc Artzruni SNAP - Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Southern Baptists Settle Abuse Lawsuit Against Legendary Conservative Leader Paul Pressler by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Southern Baptist Convention settles high-profile lawsuit that accused former leader of sexual abuse by Robert Downen Texas Tribune
Three weeks later, four SBC entities are standing by their legal brief against a sexual abuse survivor by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
Protestant Churches to Reckon with Clergy Abuse by Kelly Blewett Cincinnati Magazine
Writer Urges Protestant Churches to Reckon with Clergy Abuse by Kelly Blewett Cincinnati Magazine
Antisemitic mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands by Josh Pennington, Pierre Meilhan, Maija Ehlinger and Hadas Gold CNN
Liberty University president blasts leaked Education Department report that shows massive mishandling of abuse claims and disregard for safety protocols by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
Amy Coney Barrett’s Christian Group Probed by FBI: What We Know by Khaleda Rahman Newsweek
Eighty-three areas of interest located during search for unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school by Kelly Geraldine Malone The Globe and Mail
Abuse victims from northern Ont. to receive $13M from Anglican Church, Scouts Canada by Darren MacDonald CTV News
Bishop and ex-chair of Soul Survivor investigated for ‘ignoring abuse’ by Gabriella Swerling The Telegraph
Guess who has spoken most frequently at the SBC Pastors’ Conference? by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
BREAKING: Bill Gothard Victim Names Witness to Grooming—Duggar Relative, Pastor David Waller by Rebecca Hopkins The Roys Report
Behind The Duggar Smile: Family’s Troubling Connection To Bill Gothard’s IBLP Uncovered by Princess Jones Religion Unplugged
Former Plover youth pastor reaches plea deal in child sexual assault case by Heather Poltrock and Emily Davies WSAW
After Decade of Sex Abuse Education in Africa, Ministry Pivots to American Churches by Fiona André The Roys Report
Southern Baptists’ sex abuse task force renewed for additional year by Frank E. Lockwood Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Report: IL Megachurch Pastor Likely Misused Position to Cover Up Son’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct by Rebecca Hopkins The Roys Report
Five things Southern Baptists should do now to address clergy sex abuse by Christa Brown and David Clohessy Baptist News Global
Why we’re seeing more sexual abuse survivors come forward by Jack Molmud WCSH NBC News Center Maine
New Law In Maryland Expected To Help Child Sex Abuse Victims by Kevin McManus WFMD-AM 930
Victim-Blaming is a Repetitive Defense Deployed by Perpetrators Accused of Abuse by Mike Reck Jeff Anderson and Associates
Disgraced Megachurch Pastor Posts Apology After Being Spotted at John Maxwell Leadership Event by Julie Roys The Roys Report
Matt Redman & Others Commend Survivors Speaking Out in UK Church Abuse Scandal by Julie Roys The Roys Report
Opinion: Hillsong Copies Televangelists’ Defense Strategy by Trinity Foundation
Interview: Nate’s Mission by WBAY News
Faith-based organizations need to be vocal and accountable in rooting out abuse by The Rev. Benjamin Park MinnPost
Canon Mike Pilavachi ‘steps back’ during safeguarding investigation by Church Times
Sexual abuse also a problem in European Protestant churches by CNE
SBC pastor creates Go Fund Me to get abuse survivors to New Orleans convention by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
In the SBC, a cord of three is not easily broken: Debates about sexuality, gender and abuse all twist together by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
'Dangerous' Camberley killer who stabbed 'popular' Kyle Wright to death at birthday party jailed for life by Christy O'Brien Surrey Live
Face of Kingston paedophile who raped girl aged under 13 by Lorna Hughes Surrey Live
Judge orders release of redacted attorney general’s report on clergy child sexual abuse by Catholic Review
Pressure now on Pa. Senate to provide child sexual abuse survivors with chance for justice by Jan Murphy PennLive
Child sex abuse lawsuit window again gets Pa. lawmakers’ OK by Mark Scolforo The Associated Press
‘Epitome of a wolf in sheep’s clothing,’ former Bentonville youth minister gets 60 years for sexual abuse of boys by Tracy Neal Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Seminarians bond over hoops, but off court meals, prayer, Mass offer fellowship too by Jay Copp by Catholic Review
‘They’re Lying To You’ — Bart Barber Responds to Criticism Over SBC Hiring Guidepost Solutions for ‘Ministry Check’ Website by Dale Chamberlain ChurchLeaders
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City asks to open nation's first Catholic charter school by The Oklahoman
Southern Baptists Passed Abuse Reforms Last Year. Now They Have to Make Them Stick. by Bob Smietana The Roys Report
ND Folk Choir, Joe Henry relate ‘The Passion’ to clergy sexual abuse by Jack Walton South Bend Tribune
Benkert resigns SBC task force amid criticism for reporting two churches that platformed accused sexual abuser by Mark Wingfield Baptist News Global
Georgia Church Hosting Johnny Hunt Men’s Conference Despite Sex Assault Allegations by Sarah Einselen The Roys Report
SBC President Bart Barber Says Sexual Abuse Hotline Worth the Cost by Brandon Porter The Roys Report
Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Rochester Church of Latter-day Saints member speaks out on church’s abuse issues by Mark Wasson Rochester Post Bulletin
The abusers in the pews by Susan M. Shaw Baptist News Global
Historic paedophile ring rocks Dunedin’s Presbyterian Church community by CathNews New Zealand
Mississippi Church Commits to ‘More Thorough Response’ for 1980s Abuse Case by Scott Barkley The Roys Report
Why can’t churches get handling abuse right? by Susan M. Shaw Baptist News Global
Six alleged Church of England abuse cases in Lancashire referred to police by BBC News
‘Profound shame’: C of E review uncovers 400 new cases of abuse by Harriet Sherwood The Guardian
See Something, Say Something by Michael S. Robinson Sr. Salt Lake City Weekly
SNAP calls for controversial Christian Boarding School to Close by David G. Clohessy SNAP
Americans lack confidence in some churches’ abilities to handle sexual-abuse allegations by Taylor Orth YouGov America
Lawsuits Allege SBC Fostered Environment that Enabled Abuse in Potentially Precedent-Setting Cases by Sarah Einselen The Roys Report
Training to address issues of sexual abuse offered to Kentucky Baptist churches by Chip Hutcheson Kentucky Today
Report assesses threats to religious pro-life Americans following overturn of Roe v. Wade by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
There’s a consistent pattern in megachurch abuse scandals by Bob Brigham Raw Story
Youth pastor arrest sheds light on child abuse in our community by Anna Darling KNWA
Letter to the Editor – The Christian View on Sex Abuse Reporting by Kimball Shinkoskey Cheyenne Post
The US Department of Justice Is Investigating the SBC. What Does It Mean? by Bob Smietana The Roys Report
In deeply Mormon Utah, a push to require clergy report abuse by Sam Metz The Associated Press
Historic climate law, signed by Biden, has Catholic fingerprints all over it by Brian Roewe EarthBeat
Church Provides Further Details about the Arizona Abuse Case by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
‘Mormon Land’: AP reporter of ‘Spotlight’ fame discusses his expose on sex abuse in the LDS Church by David Noyce and Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
Mission Schools Sexual Abuse Suit Dismissed on Technicality by Rebecca Hopkins Christianity Today
The Village Church Settles Abuse Complaint by Emily Belz Christianity Today
Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation by Holly Meyer and David Crary The Associated Press
Feds Getting Involved in SBC Investigation by Eric Scot English Patheos
‘We will die first’ – religious abuse survivors speak up after exclusion from government payouts by Steve Kilgallon Stuff
Barber names abuse task force members by Scott Barkley Baptist Press
Convicted Sex Offender Pursuing Ministry Training at Southern Baptist Schools by Kim Roberts The Roys Report
Mormon church issues vague rebuttal on sex abuse hotline by Erin Albert Axios
When abuse victims are adults, they’re often treated as ‘sinners,’ threats to churches by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Viewpoint: One year later, reforms still needed at South Bend-based People of Praise by Kevin Connolly South Bend Tribune
North Alabama Methodists agree to pay $448,216 in Boy Scout abuse settlement by Greg Garrison AI.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘He asked to marry me when I was 11’: Now three women come forward to accuse SON of pervert Indiana pastor who ‘groomed by Andrea Blanco Daily Mail
A Southern Baptist sex abuse survivor speaks out on what needs to happen next by Megan Lively The Charlotte Observer
Marshall Blalock reflects on service with Sexual Abuse Task Force by Timothy Cockes Baptist Press
Episcopal Church Assault Data Reveals the Dark Side of Inclusive Christianity by Charlotte Dalwood Religion Dispatches
At Canadian Megachurch, One Abuse Investigation Spurs Another and Another by Meagan Gillmore The Associated Press
A reckoning in the Baptist church by Tampa Bay Times
Progress on sexual abuse in the SBC? Not so fast by David Clohessy and Christa Brown Baptist News Global
Plug-In: Sexual-abuse reforms top Southern Baptist actions in dramatic annual meeting by Bobby Ross, Jr. Get Religion
Southern Baptists apologize to abuse survivors and urge criminalizing pastoral abuse by Bob Smietana abd Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
Southern Baptists OK abuse measures; church favors pastor laws, apologizes to victims by Frank E. Lockwood Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Robin Hadaway, SBC presidential candidate, favors balance in handling abuse claims by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
Lawsuit settlement 'bittersweet' for man who accused Ken-Ton teacher of abuse by Dan Herbeck The Buffalo News
Amid Recent SBC Report Release, Abuse Victim Advocate, Ashley Easter, Reaffirms Her Commitment to Uplifting Survivors by Ashley Easter Red Letter Christians
What the Rest of Us Can Learn From the Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Scandal by John Beckett Patheos
SBC Task Force Asks for ‘Ministry Check’ Website, Other Reforms to Stop Sexual Abuse by Bob Smietana Religion News Service/Christianity Today
5 Austin-area pastors named in accused sexual abuser list released by Southern Baptist Convention by KVUE-TV ABC-33
Employers Face New Litigation Exposure Under Adult Survivors Act by Lippes Mathias LLP JD Supra
3rd former seminary student alleges sexual abuse at Mission priest school in 1970s by Patrick Penner Agassiz-Harrison Observer
We must face Southern Baptist Convention’s ‘soul murder’ and right the by Cameron Smith Tennessean
Southwestern Seminary releases list of 13 individuals connected to sexual abuse allegations by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
American Opinion: The Southern Baptist blasphemy by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
My husband and I created a database of clergy sex abusers; why couldn’t the SBC? by Megan Benninger Baptist News Global
Sex abuse case heads to hearing by Matt Westerhold Sandusky Register
Bob Doucette: For Southern Baptists, a reckoning over sexual abuse is overdue by Bob Doucette Tulsa World
Four takeaways from the stunning new Southern Baptist Abuse Report by Adam Horowitz Law
Jehovah's Witness elders who failed to report child abuse got bad advice, say local pastors, attorneys by Amanda Marrazzo and Emily K. Coleman Daily Herald
Fresno Sheriff’s detectives investigating sex abuse allegations at local Christian school by Robert Rodriguez Fresno Bee
Lawsuit accuses ACNA church of negligence that resulted in child sexual abuse by Kathryn Post Religion News Service
Archbishop off Canterbury promises release of residential school records in England following survivors’ calls by Olivia Stefanovich CBC
After exposing LDS Church wealth, apostle pay and abuse allegations, this nonprofit is shutting down by Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
Anglicans say leaders botched response to allegations against DC priest by Kathryn Post Religion News Service
ACC too calls Anglican Church of Canada to repent for mishandling abuse allegations by Kathryn Post Religion News Service
Ministers to offer public apology to historical institutional abuse victims by Rebecca Black Belfast Telegraph
Senators Call for Federal Investigation Into Liberty University’s Handling of Sexual Assaults. School Promises Independent Probe. by Hannah Dreyfus ProPublica
Rachael Denhollander, Liberty students to hold rally calling for abuse investigation by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Germany: Study starts on sexual abuse in Protestant Church by Deutsche Welle
Motion to Call for Missouri Baptist Sexual Abuse Task Force by Brian Kaylor Word & Way
After weeks of chaos, Southern Baptist leaders vote for full transparency in sex abuse investigation by Robert Downen Houston Chronicle
SBC Executive Committee agrees to pay for abuse review, stalls on waiving privilege by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
With abuse allegations, conservative Anglican diocese faces questions about structure by Kathryn Post and, Bob SmietanaReligion News Service
Church still incapable of saying there is no excuse for a priest abusing a child by Fergus Finlay Irish Examiner
Justice for SBC sexual abuse victims: A call for an investigatory commission by Christa Brown Religion News Service
‘Houses of horror’: Child sex abuse in Indonesia’s schools by Aisyah Llewellyn and Tonggo Simangunsong Al Jazeera
Anglican Church faces shortage of ministers, churches in the bush as it repays victims of child sexual abuse by Xanthe Gregory Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Methodist church minister in Fiji stood down over allegations he abused 14 boys during past three years by Marian Fa Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ministry leaders’ rush to empathize with Ravi Zacharias is beyond alarming by Kyle J. Howard Religion News Service
Anger at ex-priest's abuse may be tied to church fires inn London area, cleric says by Norman De Bono The Stormy Plain Reporter
Inquiry details allegations of sex abuse at hands of Bradford vicar, Trevor Devamanikkam by Jo Winrow Teoegraph & Argus
Lincoln priest who raped boy killed himself before court date by The Lincolnite
Church of England forgave paedophiles and allowed them to continue working with children, inquiry finds by The Independent
The Explosion of Child Abuse Online by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Orange Shirt Day honouring residential school survivors by Paul Morden Sarnia Observer
Many victims fall through the cracks of New York's Child Victims Act by Edward McKinley Albany Times Union
Against Reverend For Coming Forward With Sexual Misconduct Allegations by Sydney Pereira gothemist
Protecting Abuse Survivors is ‘Personal,’ Says New Southern Baptist Leader by Adele M. Banks Religion News Service via Word and Way
Resolution possible in church bus sex abuse case by WHOP Lite Rock 98.7 FM News Staff
Lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct on part of pastor by Connie Faber Christian Leader
Ex-Horsham pastor gets 200 years in prison for child sex abuse by Christopher Dornblaser Bucks County Courier Times
Dilworth School sexual abuse scandal: How the case was blown wide open by Isaac Davison The Spinoff
New hiring guide to help churches prevent abuse by Tom Strode Baptist Press
Charity Commission asked to intervene in C of E abuse inquiries by Harriet Sherwood The Guardian
Bishops take aim at ‘unjust’ handling of abuse claims by Andrew Brown Times of London
Protesting Reverend June Dolley-Major told to ‘go to hell’ over rape allegations by Yolisa Tswanya Cape Times
Judge freezes late pedophile priest's £5million estate donation to charity - in case victims come forward to claim damages over his historic sex attacks by Darren Boyle Daily Mail
Church of England may have to pay out millions over child sexual abuse by Harriet Sherwood The Guardian