XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc, soc.culture.usa   
   XPost: alt.politics.republicans, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.tv-show   
   From: nowomr@protonmail.com   
      
   Why do Rightists Protect The Right Wing Pedophiles of The Baptist Church?   
      
   Are they rapists themselves?   
      
      
   Southern Baptist Convention sex abuse list includes at least 30 from N.C.   
   By Charles Duncan North Carolina   
   PUBLISHED 2:30 PM ET May 31, 2022   
      
   A list of sex abuse cases involving people connected to Southern Baptist   
   churches includes at least 30 names from North Carolina.   
      
   The list has numerous redactions, so there could be more preachers,   
   teachers and volunteers from North Carolina on the list released last   
   week. The Southern Baptist Convention released the list following a   
   damning investigation by the Houston Chronicle.   
      
   The list includes more than 700 details on people associated with the   
   church accused or convicted of sex crimes. The crimes include molesting   
   children, rape and soliciting prostitutes.   
      
   "This list is being made public for the first time as an initial, but   
   important, step towards addressing the scourge of sexual abuse and   
   implementing reform," Southern Baptist Convention CEO Willie McLaurin and   
   executive committee chair Rolland Slade said in a joint statement.   
      
   "Each entry in this list reminds us of the devastation and destruction   
   brought about by sexual abuse. Our prayer is that the survivors of these   
   heinous acts find hope and healing, and that churches will utilize this   
   list proactively to protect and care for the most vulnerable among us,"   
   they said.   
      
   An investigation into abuse allegations by Guidepost Solutions criticized   
   the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee. Abuse survivors,   
   the report said, were "met, time and time again, with resistance,   
   stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC." Church   
   leaders were more concerned about avoiding legal liability, according to   
   the report.   
      
   "In service of this goal, survivors and others who reported abuse were   
   ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could   
   take no action due to its polity regarding church autonomy - even if it   
   meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or   
   warning to their current church or congregation," the report said.   
      
   The company that compiled the report for the Southern Baptist Convention   
   set up a hotline for survivors to report abuse and get help: 202-864-5578   
   or SBChotline@guidepostsolutions.com.   
      
   Here's the list and details on each person with North Carolina   
   connections, provided by the Southern Baptist Convention:   
      
   2019   
      
   Phillip Jerard Buckson, pastor, Cleveland Chapel Baptist Church, SC, gave   
   a full confession and was charged with four counts of criminal sexual   
   conduct with a minor. The Associated Press reported that Buckson had   
   preached across Georgia, Chicago, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.   
      
   2019 - Four Oaks, North Carolina   
      
   Stephen Morris, pastor of Oliver's Grove Baptist Church, Four Oaks, N.C.,   
   was arrested, July 5, 2019, and charged with five counts of statutory rape   
   and five counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. Alleged abuse   
   of the 13-year-old victim occurred between June 2013 and June 2014.   
      
   2018 - Ruffin, North Carolina   
      
   In 2018, Kevin Scott Heffner, pastor at Victory Baptist Church and private   
   school principal in Ruffin, N.C., was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years   
   in prison without the chance of parole after pleading guilty to performing   
   inappropriate sex acts and sending a dozen of nude pictures to one of his   
   minor female students, who was also a member of his congregation.   
      
   2017 - REDACTED   
      
   REDACTED, pastor, REDACTED, charged with 13 counts of felony sexual   
   offense with a child.   
      
   2016 - Avery County, North Carolina   
      
   Jude Dayton Hughes, 50, pastor of Jonas Ridge Baptist Church and Avery   
   County High School custodian sent pornographic photos of himself to a 17-   
   year-old girl. Registered sex offender in North Carolina for 2016   
   conviction of taking indecent liberties with a student, aged 17. Sentenced   
   to 12-months probation.   
      
   2015 - Boone, North Carolina   
      
   Larry Edward Elliott, 50, Baptist pastor for 20 years, (Church Name   
   Unstated), Boone, NC, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 15-year-old   
   student and was sentenced to 2 years in prison.   
      
   2013 - Cherryville, North Carolina   
      
   Brandon James Carter was convicted in 2012 for abusing a 13-year-old girl   
   in 2004. Carter was a youth and music minister at Mt. Zion Baptist Church   
   in Cherryville, NC. He accepted a plea agreement and was sentenced to less   
   than two years in prison. Once released, Carter will be on probation for   
   nearly three years and be added to the Sex Offender Registry for 30 years.   
      
   2013 - Waynesville, North Carolina   
      
   Dallas Sherman Surrett, former youth pastor, Cove Creek Baptist Church,   
   Waynesville, N.C. (Southern Baptist), was arrested for a lewd and   
   lascivious act on a young girl, which allegedly took place in 2005. He was   
   convicted of sexual offenses in 2014 and sentenced to seven years;   
   incarcerated from Aug. 4, 2014 to March 25, 2018.   
      
   2013 - Caswell Beach, North Carolina   
      
   In 2015, Clyde Wesley Way pleaded guilty to charges regarding youth he had   
   taken to camp at North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell while   
   serving as volunteer student ministries team leader for the Stanly Baptist   
   Association. North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell is a   
   conference center for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. In   
   1990, he attended FBC, Glen Burnie, Md., which is affiliated with the SBC.   
   He also planned to chaperone another group from Richfield Baptist Church,   
   which is associated with the CBF. Multiple victims complained of   
   inappropriate behavior by Way at a church camp, according to news reports.   
   His convictions involved a plea deal.   
      
   2012 - Union County, North Carolina   
      
   Robert Gibson Warrick, deacon, convicted of four counts of indecent   
   liberties with a minor in 2012. Sentence and convictions upheld on appeal.   
   Released from prison in 2015. Registered sex offender in North Carolina.   
      
   2011 - Dunn, North Carolina   
      
   Abuse Against an Adult. Paul Burke Johnson, pastor, was arrested on charge   
   of sexual battery. The abuse happened at a nursing home.   
      
   2011 - Edenton, North Carolina   
      
   Jonathan Winfield Rose, music and youth minister, Rocky Hock Baptist   
   Church, Edenton, N.C., was arrested when his church group arrived at   
   Ridgecrest Boys Camp in Black Mountain. He was charged with solicitation   
   of a child by computer to commit illegal sex acts.   
      
   2010   
      
   REDACTED, bus director and assistant pastor, REDACTED, arrested for child   
   sex abuse.   
      
   2010 - Roseboro, North Carolina   
      
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)