Sex Abuse & Paige Patterson’s Blind Eye & Deaf Ear The Baptist world has heard very little from Paige Patterson in recent months. Maybe that’s because of the 10 million dollar sex discrimination lawsuit filed against him in federal court by former professor, Sheri Klouda. Or perhaps Patterson was overwhelmed with all of the national attention Southwestern Seminary received upon the unveiling of his plan to keep women in the kitchen with the Mrs. Homemaker Degree. Whatever the case, Paige Patterson has broken his silence and that he ignored allegations of sexual misconduct by a preacher friend now accused of sending lewd Mark Foley-esque text messages to minors. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (aka SNAP) on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to suspend its president, Paige Patterson and investigate newspaper reports from 1991 that indicate that Patterson turned a blind eye 17 years ago to allegations of sexual misconduct against Darrell Gilyard. Gilyard has been described as a one-time Patterson protege who is now accused of being a serial predator. Here’s a few snippets from Nearly two decades ago, I was neither an investigator nor a judge but the president of a small Bible college. I certainly did not have resources available to me to pursue the case, yet I did all that I could within my means to discover the truth when allegations concerning Mr. Gilyard were brought to my attention. Until such time as I could ascertain that Darrell Gilyard was in fact guilty as alleged, I could not make any charge against him Once I had investigated the matter and was able to substantiate that Mr. Diablo ii loader and maphack needed for mac. Baal, the Lord of Destruction, is seeking the Worldstone, a massive crystal of great energies made to prevent the and from consuming the mortal realm completely into their respective folds. 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My wife and I are both victims of serial abusers who were, and continue to be, employed by the SBC and all efforts to bring their evil deeds to light are met with a “hush-hush” attitude. I think it’s high time that the SBC admit that they do, in fact, have the power and obligation to protect those who trust the clergy in their employ. The claim that they cannot keep track of serial abusers is pathetic. If a pastor in a SB church were to begin preaching evolution from the pulpit, you can be sure that he would be disciplined and never allowed to work in a Baptist church again. Thank you for your efforts. I sent emails and a tweet to First Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Trey Brunson and asked for their side of this story. I received no response. Jim Lutzweiler is a Baptist and wanted to raise issues which would no doubt have been inconvenient and uncomfortable but given the information available and recent media coverage were fair to raise. If FBC is truly following God, they should be delighted that Tom Rich is talking about the senior pastor and his lifestyle because Mac Brunson is the shepherd of FBC Jax and, as such, is an example of godly behavior. What kind of proof do they really think we as victims have? Do we carry around a video camera hoping they will come on to us, or tape record phone conversations, or better yet a physical sample from someone being molested or raped by their Pastor? Are they kidding? How much proof do you need anyway when the Pastor admits to it? Then we are supposed to go a step further and prove it? Fbc Jax WatchdogsIt should never happen in the church, not once, not twice and certainly not the 4th and 5th time in different churches. That is the point of all of this! When they are found out in one church, they should not only step down from the pulpit, but then the authorities should be called in IMMEDIATELY (not after a month long church investigation. You state Mr.Patterson that you did not have the means to deal with such an issue – isn’t that the point. So instead of atleast encouraging the victims to go to the authorities and let them investigate (or take it a step further, leader, and call them yourself) you decide to watch him walk away. Then, when he pops up at another church, remain silent, warn no one, and just hope he doesn’t repeat his already repeated pattern.
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