Southern Baptist Convention list of accused sexual abusers includes 13 East Texas cases

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – The Southern Baptist Conference (SBC) has publicly launched a listing of lots of of former pastors and different personnel accused of sexual abuse.

The 205-page database was launched in response to an investigation trying into claims that the SBC mishandled sexual abuse reviews and mistreated survivors. There are greater than 700 entries detailing instances over the previous 20 years together with the title of the accused abuser, in addition to when, and the place there’s a report of sexual abuse.

On the high of the listing, Guidepost Options, the agency that compiled the database as part of their investigation into sexual abuse throughout the SBC, acknowledged the data is incomplete, hasn’t been adequately researched, and isn’t particular to the Southern Baptist denomination.

On that listing are over 100 instances stemming from Texas — together with 13 from East Texas.

• Joshua Lee Allen – A former pastor at Tyler Road Baptist Church in Jacksonville. In 2006, Allen was sentenced to 4 years in jail for possession of kid pornography.
• Greg Dickens – Former youth group sponsor at First Baptist Church in Winona. Sentenced to twenty years in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old lady.
• Tommy Gilmore – Former minister at First Baptist Church in Tyler. Not criminally charged, however accused of sexual assault in a number of states, together with Texas.
• Russell Thomas Hirner – Former principal for Longview Baptist Christian Academy. Sentenced to fifteen years in jail for sexually abusing no less than 7 women.
• Kevin Laferney – Former youth minister at First Baptist Church in Glenwood. Serving a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault of a kid.
• Matthew Allen McMurray – Former counselor at Timberline Baptist Camp in Lindale. Sentenced to twenty years in jail for sexually abusing a 13-year-old lady.
• Billie Lewis Minson – Former Pastor of First Baptist Church in Swan. Pleaded responsible to partaking in sexual contact with a baby.
• Jefferson Marion Moore, Jr. – Former pastor and proprietor of Dogwood Metropolis Daycare. Sentenced to life in jail for raping a baby, sexually abusing two kids on the daycare.
• Joe David Nelms – Former volunteer Bible research trainer at First Baptist Church in Lindale. Sentenced to 1 12 months in jail and 5 years of probation for of lewd acts with a minor in California earlier than shifting to Texas — registered as a intercourse offender in Texas.
• Joshua Neal Ponder – Former youth minister with first Baptist Church of Mabank. Arrested for sexual assault of a teen.
• Hezekiah Stallworth – Former pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Elkhart and Beulah Baptist Church simply south of Palestine. Serving a 20-year sentence for aggravated assault of a kid and indecency with a baby.
• Anthony Lynn Thibodeaux – Former pastor at Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church in Fairfield. Sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexual assault of a kid and two counts of indecency with a baby by contact.
• Kennedy Eugene Ward – Former Pastor of Eastside Baptist in Henderson. Pleaded responsible to abusing a 7-year-old boy. Ward, now deceased, admitted to molesting greater than 40 kids, however the Texas statute of limitations had expired for all however one complaining sufferer.

The Southern Baptist Conference job pressure expects to announce its suggestion based mostly on the whole thing of the report at its conference subsequent week.

The SBC revealed a .PDF model of the database on its web site, which is downloadable right here.

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