5 Austin-area pastors named in accused sexual abuser list released by Southern Baptist Convention

AUSTIN, Texas — No less than 5 Austin-area pastors and academics have been named among the many a whole bunch of Baptist leaders accused or discovered responsible of sexual abuse of youngsters, based on a 205-page doc launched by the Southern Baptist Conference (SBC).

The conference launched the listing final week, which incorporates instances between 2000 to 2019.

The listing was launched in response to an impartial investigation by Guidepost Options LLC, which concluded SBC leaders failed the general public and its group by mishandling sexual abuse instances and mistreated victims and survivors, based on their report.

SBC launched an announcement relating to why its leaders made the choice to launch their inner listing:

“This listing is being made public for the primary time as an preliminary, however necessary, step in the direction of addressing the scourge of sexual abuse and implementing reform within the Conference,” the assertion stated. “Every entry on this listing reminds us of the devastation and destruction led to by sexual abuse. Our prayer is that the survivors of those heinous acts discover hope and therapeutic, and that church buildings will make the most of this listing proactively to guard and take care of probably the most weak amongst us.”

6 Central Texas pastors named in accused sexual abuser listing launched by Southern Baptist Conference

Although KVUE recognized at the very least 5 instances inside our viewing space, there could possibly be extra as a result of elements of the listing being redacted.

In keeping with SBC, the listing has redactions as a result of there are entries “that reference an admission, confession, responsible plea, conviction, judgment, sentencing, or inclusion on a intercourse offender registry. The one exception to these entries is the redaction of names or figuring out data of survivors and/or different people unrelated to the offender.”

Beneath is an inventory of native names that have been launched throughout the doc:

Garcia was an affiliate pastor and youth pastor at Betania Baptist Church of Austin in 2016.

He pleaded responsible to engaging a baby with intent to commit a felony and was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication on Sept. 24, 2018.

In 2006, Carver, 51, was a the minister of schooling at Larger Hills Baptist Church in Austin. 

He was charged with abusing a 15-year-old outdated boy. He pleaded responsible. He was convicted of try and commit sexual assault of a kid in 2008 and given 10 years probation.

Flournoy was a youth pastor, signal language trainer and dorm supervisor on the Texas College for the Deaf in 2008.

He was convicted of 4 expenses of aggravated sexual assault of a kid below 14 for abusing at the very least 5 boys in Harris County and individually convicted of getting improper relations with a pupil in Travis County. He was prosecuted for offenses that occurred between 2000 and 2007. His victims included a pupil he molested as a dorm supervisor for the Texas College for the Deaf. He was sentenced to 6 years in jail in 2009 in Travis County and sentenced to fifteen years in 2010 in Harris County. He’s incarcerated in Texas. 

Dixon, was a dormitory director at San Marcos Baptist Academy, a Baptist boarding faculty, in 2001.

He was convicted by jury of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a kid, 4 counts of indecency with a baby by contact, one rely of sexual efficiency by a baby and two counts of assault in 2001. His crimes concerned at the very least three completely different male victims, court docket data present. He was sentenced on one rely to 75 years and extra time on different expenses. He’s incarcerated in Texas. He was also referred to as Brad Bartlett.

Santiago “Jimmy” Morales Jr. was an worker at San Marcos Baptist Academy and was affiliated with the Baptist Normal Conference of Texas in 2004.

He agreed to a plea deal of deferred adjudication on a cost of an improper relationship between an educator and youngster. His 10-year group supervision interval resulted in 2018.

KCEN 6 Information contributed to this report.

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