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Sergio David Bezerra Named in SBC List of Abusers

Was Sergio Bezerra Listed in the Southern Baptist Abuse Investigation Report? Sergio David Bezerra, a piano instructor at Waco Baptist Academy, was found guilty of sexually abusing two 9-year-old students in 2007. His sentence included the maximum penalty of 80 years in prison on four…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Sergio David Bezerra Named in SBC List of Abusers

Joe David Barron Named in Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

Was Joe Barron Included on the SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Joe Barron, a Prestonwood Baptist Church minister, was arrested in 2008 for soliciting sex from a police officer acting as a 13-year-old. In Texas, he was charged with four charges of solicitation of a juvenile,…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Joe David Barron Named in Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

A.V. Ballenger Named in SBC List of Abusers

Was A.V. Ballenger Named in the Southern Baptist Church Abuse Investigation Report? In 1993, A.V. Ballenger, a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Hammond’s First Baptist Church, was accused of assaulting a 7-year-old girl. At Ballenger’s sentence, three additional women testified that he had moles

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

A.V. Ballenger Named in SBC List of Abusers

Tim Ray Ballard Named In Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Was Tim Ballard Listed in the SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Tim Ray Ballard, a coach, and principal at Abundant Life Schools associated with the Sylvan Hills First Baptist Church in Arkansas was charged with one act of sexual assault in the first degree and four…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Tim Ray Ballard Named In Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Andrew Argent Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Was Andrew Argent Listed in the SBC Investigation Report of Abusers? Former minister of Praise and Worship First Baptist Church in Cleveland Texas, and at Willow Creek Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced to two, 20-year sentences for indecency with a child and…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Andrew Argent Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers

Mark Anderson on List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Was Mark Anderson On The SBC Investigation Report? In September 2015, Mark Anderson, a bishop at the Second Baptist Church in Brawley, California, was sentenced for the sexual abuse of female minors. This was for engaging in sex crimes and inappropriate communications with two separate…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Mark Anderson on List of Southern Baptist Abusers

Dan Earl Allmond Named in the Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

Was Dan Earl Allmond Listed In SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Dan Earl Allmond, 33, was charged in 1998 with having intercourse with a 17-year-old girl he met at the Tampa Baptist Church, where he was the director of youth programs. Dan Earl Allmond was charged…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Dan Earl Allmond Named in the Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

Joshua Lee Allen Listed In Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

Was Joshua Lee Allen On the SBC Investigation List of Abusers? In 2006 when Joshua Allen was 23 and a pastor at Tyler Street Baptist Church in Jacksonville for two years, he was taken into custody for possession of child pornography. He had previously served…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Joshua Lee Allen Listed In Southern Baptist Convention Abusers List

Demetrius Allen on Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

Was Demetrius Allen Listed in the SBC Abuse Investigation Report? In August 2011, Demetrius Allen, a 28-year-old California youth pastor was charged with sex offenses against young girls in his congregation as well as possessing child pornography. Allen worked as an assistant youth pastor at…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Demetrius Allen on Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

Mark Aderholt Named In Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

Was Mark Aderholt Part of the SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Mark Aderholt, 46, was arrested in South Carolina in 2018 on charges of sexual assault that occurred during his time as a Southern Baptist Theological Seminary student from 1996-97 in Fort Worth, Texas. The victim…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 31 May 2022

Mark Aderholt Named In Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

Larry Michael Berkley Named In Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

Was Larry Michael Berkley Listed In SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Berkley served as the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Harrison, Arkansas, and Victory Baptist Church in Henning, Tennessee. He was arrested for sexually abusing nearly a dozen boys between the ages of 14 and…

By Wayne Schlaht

/ 27 May 2022

Larry Michael Berkley Named In Southern Baptist Convention List Of Abusers

New Report Reveals How Southern Baptist Convention Leaders Hid Sexual Abuse Crisis

Sex Abuse Crisis Within the SBC and SBC Executive Committee Response According to the Washington Post, a 300-page report was released on Sunday, May 22, 2022. The report contains horrifying new details regarding specific abuse instances and sheds light on how denominational officials actively oppose

By Laurence P. Banville

/ 24 May 2022

New Report Reveals How Southern Baptist Convention Leaders Hid Sexual Abuse Crisis