DOJ investigates the Southern Baptist Convention and finds the reason is extremely disturbing

If you are a Southern Baptist minister, it is important to know that federal authorities have begun looking at your church.

As reported by Fox News ,, the Southern Baptist Convention has stated that it is under investigation by Department of Justice. Even though the reason for the investigation is a little vague by the Convention, it is extremely troubling.

The DOJ is investigating allegations that the United States’ largest Protestant congregation has been involved in sexual abuse.

From the SBC Executive Committee’s statement posted online:

[The Committee] was recently informed that the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into Southern Baptist Convention. The investigation will also include other SBC entities. While we still grieve the mistakes of sexual abuse in the past, the current SBC leaders have shown a strong conviction to rectify them and will be implementing steps to prevent future ones. This commitment is evident in the fact that the SBC Executive Committee has just completed an open investigation.

A report in May by third-party firm Guidepost Solutions logged 200+ pages worth of abuse claims within the church.

In response to this, the Convention voted June for tracking pastors “credibly” accused in sexual abuse.

CNN explains:

The measure [defined] “credibly accused” as a “pastor, denominational worker, or ministry employee or volunteer … who has confessed to sexual abuse in a non-privileged setting, who has been convicted in a court of law, or who has had a civil judgment rendered against them”…

The SBC also appointed the Abuse Reform Implementation Team Force to monitor changes in how cases of abuse are dealt with and to set up a victim fund.

But other possible initiatives were not included. Continue reading Fox News

Thousands were among the Southern Baptists who voted in support of these new measures. However, abuse survivors did not get many additional reforms adopted.

The additional measures not supported by enough members included a compensation fund to victims of abuse from church leaders, and an independent commission that monitors churches’ internal affairs.

Bruce Frank was the leader of the reform task force. He told convention members that the steps they had voted for were “bare minimum”, and that he will continue pushing for more reforms.

In federal investigations, some might see the DOJ as more concerned with probing entities from the Right. The Southern Baptist Convention, however, isn’t particularly Democratic-dense. However, allegations of abuse in a religious organisation are very disturbing. Guidepost Solutions must also have had to admit to a lot of serious errors in order for the report to be possible.

The SBC — which boasts roughly 14 million members across 47,000+ churches — has vowed to fully cooperate. Here’s the remainder of its statement:

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