The Sun (San Bernardino)

Top Southern Baptists plan to release secret list of abusers

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NEW YORK » Top administra­tive leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denominati­on in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.

An attorney for the SBC’s Executive Committee announced the decision during a virtual meeting called in response to a scathing investigat­ive report detailing how the committee mishandled allegation­s of sex abuse and stonewalle­d numerous survivors. The committee anticipate­s releasing the list Thursday.

During the meeting, top leaders and several committee members vowed to work toward changing the culture of the denominati­on and to listen more attentivel­y to survivors’ voices and stories. The 288-page report by Guidepost Solutions, which was released Sunday after a sevenmonth investigat­ion, contained several explosive revelation­s.

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