Days after Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear demanded greater scrutiny of 10 churches for their handling of sexual abuse, an SBC committee called on convention leaders to refrain from publicly criticizing churches without giving them an opportunity to respond, and it announced that “no further inquiry” was needed for seven of the 10 churches on Greear's list.
"We understand it is difficult, if not impossible, to issue a report on sexual abuse that will be met with satisfaction by everyone," Ken Alford of Valdosta, GA, chairman of the SBC's bylaws work group, said in a message released Saturday evening.
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