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  • Illinois church knowingly placed convicted sex offender in pulpit

    08/27/2007 2:33:24 PM PDT · by Santa Fe_Conservative · 18 replies · 643+ views
    Associated Baptist Press ^ | 8/27/07 | Michael Leathers
    ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (ABP) – Despite warnings from a denominational official as well as another church, a Southern Baptist congregation near Chicago allowed a convicted child molester to preach for years. In the end, it took media inquiries for Jeffrey Hannah, 42, to relinquish his leadership positions at, and resign as a member of, First Baptist Church of Romeoville, Ill. The news about Hannah comes at a time when the Southern Baptist Convention is under heightened scrutiny about its role to protect children from sexual predators in the ministry. Unlike in more hierarchical denominations, Southern Baptist congregations have had few methods...