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Was Eddie Shauberger Listed in The Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Investigation Report? Eddie Shauberger, former pastor of Oak Island Baptist Church in Anahuac, TX, received a two-year deferred adjudication sentence after pleading guilty to one count of tampering with a governmental record. As pa
Was Phillip Rutledge Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Phillip Rutledge was preaching at Ranchland Heights Baptist Church in Midland, Texas as of 2016. He is a registered sex offender because of two aggravated sexual assault charges against children in Texas in 2003. Some members…
Was Joel Rumbaugh Listed in SBC Abuse Database? Joel Rumbaugh, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in La Grange, Texas, was arrested in 2017 on multiple counts of child sexual abuse. He accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced for aggravated sexual assault. SBC Executive Committee…
Was James “Jay” Virtue Robinson IV Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? In 2008, James “Jay” Virtue Robinson IV pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old church member while serving as pastor of Southwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He was sentenced to deferred…
Was Morris David Roberts Listed in SBC Abuse Report? Morris David Roberts, of Wylie, Texas, and a pastor in Bexar County, was found guilty of indecency with a child by exposure in 2005, involving a 14-year-old boy. He is on the Sex Offenders Registry and…
Was Travis Reed Listed in Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Report? Travis Reed, a youth volunteer and deacon at the First Baptist Church in Azle, TX, and a volunteer firefighter was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to eight years in prison for molestation of an 11-year-old…
Was James Holcomb Rankin Named in The Southern Baptist List of Abusers? James Holcomb Rankin was an associate pastor at Hurst’s Bellevue Baptist Church. On August 22, 2018, he was granted deferred adjudication on a charge of possessing child pornography, which was filed after disturbing…
Was Joshua Neal Ponder Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Joshua Neal Ponder, youth minister at Mabank’s First Baptist Church, was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenager. From 2001 to 2007, he worked as a youth minister at the First Baptist Church of Palestine, TX.…
Was Ricardo Javier Pena Listed in SBC Abuse Report? Ricardo Javier Pena, a pastor at Houston’s Doverside Baptist Church, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child under the age of 14. Over a two-year period, he was accused of sexually…
Was David Pearson Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? David Pearson, pastor of West Side Baptist Church in Sharpsville, PA, is on the National Sex Offender Registry for an aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child conviction in Denton, Texas in 1993. During their February…
Was Benjamin Nelson Listed in the Southern Baptist Guidepost Report of Abusers? Benjamin Nelson, pastor of Peoria Baptist Church and student at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, used social media to entice a 13-year-old girl into sexual encounters. Nelson was later convicted
Was Joe David Nelms Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Joe David Nelms, a youth pastor at Pacific Coast Church in San Clemente, CA (originally named First Baptist Church of San Clemente, CA) and a volunteer Bible study teacher at First Baptist Church in Lindale,…
