Southern Baptist Convention leaders published Thursday a list of accused abusive ministers that previous staff maintained in secret for more than a decade.

The list’s release is seen as an important first step in response to a historic report from investigative firm Guidepost Solutions into SBC leaders’ failure to address sexual abuse for more than two decades. 

The list contains the names of nine individuals who remain in ministry, two of whom reportedly are at SBC affiliated churches. 

Read the list on SBC’s site:List of ministers accused of abuse

Guidepost report:‘Ignored, disbelieved’: Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse report details cover up, decades of inaction

Releasing the list is “an initial, but important, step towards addressing the scourge of sexual abuse and implementing reform in the Convention,” Rolland Slade, chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, and Willie McLaurin, the committee’s interim president and CEO, said in a statement accompanying the release.



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