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Was Stephen Lee Edmonds Named In The Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers? Stephen Lee Edmonds, a deacon and youth minister at Jacksonville‘s First Baptist Church, was arrested in 2002 after a 16-year-old boy came forward and claimed Edmonds improperly touched him twice in 2000…
Was Jeffery Lamar Carter Listed in the SBC Abuse Report? Jeffery Lamar Carter, a recreation minister at Madison Street Baptist Church in Starke, FL, was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a minor. According to State of Florida v. Jeffrey Lamar Carter in the…
Was Samuel Yoon Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report Database? Samuel Yoon, youth pastor at San Leandro’s New Community Mission Church, was arrested at an Orlando youth conference for soliciting prostitution with an underage teenage girl. Yoon had anticipated meeting a 14-year-old girl. In 2014,
Was Scott Dewayne Wright Named in the Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers? Scott Dewayne Wright, youth pastor at Tampa’s Crossing Church, was found guilty of two counts of sex with a 16-year-old girl. He received a four-year prison sentence. He is currently a registered…
Was Aaron D. West Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Aaron D. West, a former minister at Faith Baptist Church in Lawtey, Bradford County, FL, was convicted of sexually abusing multiple children from 2002 to 2006. In Florida, he is a convicted sex offender. Guidepost…
Was Kenneth Eugene Ward Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Database? In 2018, John Maxwell Ware, a Sunday school teacher at Pine Castle’s First Baptist Church, was charged with molesting a child under the age of 12 on church grounds. He accepted a plea bargain to…
Was Samuel A. Sutter Listed on SBC Abuse Investigation List? Samuel A. Sutter, the youth pastor at Openwater Church in Odessa, Florida, pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious battery, unlawful sexual activity with a minor, and using a computer to solicit illegal acts. According to…
Was Murrvin Sheppard Named in SBC Investigation Report? Murrvin Sheppard, pastor of Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Miscanopy, FL, was arrested in 2016 for sexually assaulting a female victim under the age of 12. The incident is said to have occurred in his office.…
Was Marshal A.Seymour Named in SBC List of Abusers? Marshal A.Seymour, a volunteer youth minister at the First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, FL (Renamed Lakes Church in 2020 and has multiple locations), and former youth minister at the Parkway Assembly of God…
Was Lloyd C. Schallenberger Named in Southern Baptist List of Abusers? Lloyd C. Schallenberger helped with the youth program and Sunday school at First Baptist Church in Richland, Mississippi. In Florida, he was arrested on charges of sexual battery on a minor when he was working…
Was William Allen Richardson II Listed in SBC Abuse Database? William Allen Richardson II was a volunteer associate youth pastor and choir director at Seffner, Florida’s First Baptist Church of Mango. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Richardson sexually abused a girl when she…
Was David Joe Rich Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? David Joe Rich, the former pastor of Springs Community Baptist Church in Apopka, FL, was arrested in 1998 for sexually abusing second and third graders in 1998 and 1995-96. He was sentenced to 7 years…
