California Youth Pastor Accused of Revolting Sex Abuse

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9. Background checks aren't enough.

That only detects prior criminal activity.

At least two major conservative, Evangelical denominations are currently dealing with crisis-level sexual abuse among their clergy and church staff members, along with the ongoing Catholic problems.

There is actually an "opposition" group which has formed in the Southern Baptist Convention which is attempting to downplay the whole abuse issue. In three of the higher profile cases, involving individuals with a lot of clout and influence, there have been attempts in their in-house media to blame the women involved. In two cases, the men who perpetrated the abuse, one a seminary professor, the other a high profile, influential, big dollar pastor who served two terms as President of the denomination and reaps in huge profits off contractor business that the convention uses for various services, are suing the convention for investigating them and concluding, with plenty of evidence, that they were guilty of abuse. One of them has returned to his preaching and seminar circuit, pronounced "restored" by four of his big dawg pastor friends. They have a mess that is out of control and out of their ability or willingness to handle. And I understand there's an even worse situation among the Presbyterian Church in America, PCA, the conservative Presbyterian denomination.