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Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years
Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for yearsA Southern Baptist task force on the issue. “It at least begins to demonstrate a level of transparency and accountability.” The SBC has long sought to distinguish itself from the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal by saying its churches were independent from one another. But University of Pennsylvania professor MARCI HAMILTON, an expert on laws aimed at preventing child abuse, said the SBC has no standing in distinguishing itself legally from the Catholic Church in terms of its responsibility to victims, be they minors or adults when incidents happen. The SBC, she said, is the “governing body of the whole church, so they are responsible for the policies and for the coverup, which is evident.” As penalties including billions of dollars have been levied in the past 20 years against the Catholic Church, Hamilton said, other non-Catholic religious groups have. argued that their structure and beliefs make them different when it comes to liability.
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