Victims of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention were met with 'resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility,' according to a new investigative report.
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FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Leaders of the SBC, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday, May 22, 2022.
HUNDREDS OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN BOMBSHELL INVESTIGATION "We recognize there are no shortcuts," they said."We must all meet this challenge through prudent and prayerful application, and we must do so with Christ-like compassion." Brown, who has been one of the most outspoken survivors, told investigators that during the past 15 years she has received"volumes of hate mail, awful blog comments, and vitriolic phone calls."
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