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This star telegram in Texas is running a series on Southern Baptist ministers. They are 'independant' Churches, but the pastors seem to have a network where they can move to other churches and avoid consequences when accused in the church.
More of them are getting behind bars, but this shows the problem with sexual abuse on priests is not just a Catholic issue.
One analysis is that the Pastors in the fundamentalist Baptist church have an authoritarian approach, and feel entitled If caught, they use the informal network that they got with the education, and the various pastor conferences they attend to avoid consequences by moving church's.
https://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article222576310.html
the Key part of the report is
More of them are getting behind bars, but this shows the problem with sexual abuse on priests is not just a Catholic issue.
One analysis is that the Pastors in the fundamentalist Baptist church have an authoritarian approach, and feel entitled If caught, they use the informal network that they got with the education, and the various pastor conferences they attend to avoid consequences by moving church's.
https://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article222576310.html
the Key part of the report is
For decades, women and children have faced rampant sexual abuse while worshiping at independent fundamental Baptist churches around the country. The network of churches and schools has often covered up the crimes and helped relocate the offenders, an eight-month Star-Telegram investigation has found.
More than 200 people — current or former church members, across generations — shared their stories of rape, assault, humiliation and fear in churches where male leadership cannot be questioned.