Sexual Abuse

The Dallas Morning News reported last week on two Baptist ministers in the Dallas area accused of sexual abuse. Larry Reynolds, pastor of Southmont Baptist Church in Denton, confessed to molesting a 15-year-old girl. He still pastors the church. Read more about it as well as the BGCT's secret file from Ethics Daily.

Next, the paper reported on Dale Amyx, pasotor of Bolivar Baptist Church near Denton. Here is the story on WFAA. Apparently, Amyx has not admitted his alleged wrongdoings.

I really do not know what to say. There are few more crimes that do as much damage to young people, to faith, to the spirit and to the body/Body as sexual molestation. The Roman Catholic Church has suffered for decades, and I wonder how many active pastors are in the BGCT's secret file. I know there are issues of legality, but there is also the issue of faith and being faithful, countercultural, and right.