“Yeah, “repentance,” that’s the ticket. No jail time, just “repentance”!”
Here is the big difference between what has gone on (mostly in the past, BTW - decades in the past) in the Catholic church and evangelical ones:
“Since then, Matthew Tonne, who was the church’s associate children’s minister, had been investigated by the police, indicted and arrested on charges of sexually molesting Ms. Bragg’s daughter.”
Sexual abuse is wrong. It is a crime. And should be handled as such. The NY Times can attack baptists and evangelicals, but a common theme in evangelical abuse cases is “arrest”. Baptists simply don’t have a hierarchy that CAN shift predators around.
BTW: For a long time now, the SBC has recommended background checks of everyone working with kids. Our church adopted it as a standard rule some 10 years ago on the advice of the SBC.
“BTW: For a long time now, the SBC has recommended background checks of everyone working with kids. Our church adopted it as a standard rule some 10 years ago on the advice of the SBC.”
Perfect! It’s what your church’s children should expect from the adult members.