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John O. McKay, Jr. Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Was John O. McKay, Jr. Listed in the Southern Baptist List of Abusers? John O. McKay, Jr., a former pastor at the First Baptist Church in Hondo, TX, and the Highland Hills Baptist Church in San Antonio, TX, was sentenced to ten years in prison…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

John O. McKay, Jr. Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Joshua Luke McDonald Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Was Joshua McDonald Listed in SBC Guidepost Abuse Report? On Aug. 5, 2014, a jury convicted Joshua Luke McDonald, a youth minister at the First Baptist Church in Bridge City, TX, of a series of six separate charges of sexual assault on a child. Records…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Joshua Luke McDonald Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Salvador Mata Named on List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Was Salvador Mata Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? After being accused of assaulting four third-grade girls, Salvador Mata, a school teacher and Sunday school teacher at Terrell’s First Baptist Church in Texas, pleaded guilty in 2009 to one count of continuous sexual abuse and…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Salvador Mata Named on List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Kerry Clyde Martin in List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Was Kerry Clyde Martin Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Kerry Clyde Martin, a pastor at Temecula Valley Baptist Church in Temecula, California, was sentenced to 206 years in prison for his crimes against a 14-year-old girl. These included 20 counts of lewd acts with a…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Kerry Clyde Martin in List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Fernando Maldonado Named in Southern Baptist List of Abusers

Was Fernando Maldonado Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Fernando Maldonado, a former minister at Martinez, CA’s now-defunct Morello Avenue Baptist Church and pastor at Pleasant Hill’s Grace Bible Church, was charged with several counts of sexual assault, including unlawful sexual intercours

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Fernando Maldonado Named in Southern Baptist List of Abusers

Samuel Lyte Named in Southern Baptist Abuse Database

Was Samuel Lyte Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? In 2012, Samuel Lyte, a youth pastor at Mount Bethel Baptist Church in Big Springs, Texas, was accused of sexually abusing a girl. He was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault on a child in 2013…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Samuel Lyte Named in Southern Baptist Abuse Database

Gordon Lunceford Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Was Gordon Lunceford Named in Southern Baptist List of Abusers? Gordon Lunceford, a youth minister at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky’s First Baptist Church, pleaded guilty to unlawful transaction with a minor and sexual misconduct and was sentenced to five years probation for abuse that occurred in 1992.…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Gordon Lunceford Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Roy Long Listed in Southern Baptist Abuse Investigation Report

Was Roy Long Named In SBC List of Abusers? Roy Long, a former deacon at the First Baptist Church of Hesperia in Victorville, CA, was arrested in 1996 on two felony counts of continuous sexual abuse of two girls beginning at the age of seven.…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Roy Long Listed in Southern Baptist Abuse Investigation Report

Stephen Douglas Livingston Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Was Stephen Douglas Livingston Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Stephen Douglas Livingston, a former youth minister at the First Baptist Church in Sinton, Texas, was charged in 2007 with three counts of indecency with a child by contact, one count of possessing child porn,…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Stephen Douglas Livingston Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Russell Dion Lewis Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Was Russell Dion Lewis Listed in Southern Baptist List of Abusers? Russell Dion Lewis, a former worship leader and assistant youth pastor at the Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, Florida, was found guilty of three counts of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Russell Dion Lewis Named in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Paul Lavertu Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Was Paul Lavertu Named in Southern Baptist List of Abusers? During church functions, Paul Lavertu, a former youth leader at Gateway Baptist Church in Loveland, CO, abused a developmentally disabled church member and member of the youth group. Lavertu pleaded guilty to child sexual assault…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Paul Lavertu Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report

Michael Phillip Latham Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Was Michael Phillip Latham Listed in SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Michael Phillip Latham, a former Baptist camp director from the Glorieta Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the director of the Harris Baptist Conference Center in Bienville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to a federal se

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 13 Jun 2022

Michael Phillip Latham Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers