Was Frank William Sizemore Named in SBC Abuse Database?
Frank William Sizemore, of the Dallas, TX area and a former pastor of a Baptist General Convention of Texas affiliated church, was exposed in 1994 for indecency with a 12-year-old girl. He is listed in the Texas DPS sexual offender database and has since died.
Guidepost Solutions SBC Report
According to the Washington Post, a 300-page report was released on Sunday, May 22, 2022. The file contains terrible brand-new specifics regarding particular abuse instances and clarify how denominational authorities actively opposed abuse prevention and change for many years.
Southern Baptist Convention leaders have actually revealed a comprehensive and independent third-party examination that revealed that abusers were typically disregarded, forgotten, and even condemned by upper-level church officials from within this religious denomination of more than 16 million individuals. In addition, it revealed these leaders often lied to their own members to stop them from knowing the prevalent sexual abuses.
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A History of Disregarded Mishandling
For almost 2 decades, survivors who were sexually abused sought to contact the administration of the “SBC” with regards to the pastors and congregation staff members. Just about all of these reported occurrences fell outside of the SOL, making it unclear precisely how many perpetrators were in fact incriminated. According to the document, an in-house record was kept. However, survivors’ cries for justice went unheeded as leaders from organizations and churches attempted to secure themselves instead of those who have been victimized by sexual abuse.
The report alleges that a key Southern Baptist leader was credibly implicated of sexual abuse only one calendar month after completing his two-year term as the convention’s president. The report also names 3 previous presidents of the SBC, a former vice president, and the previous head of the SBC’s administrative arm as well-known SBC leaders who assisted in covering and even encouraged believed abusers.
One victim described being treated with hostility as she alleged she was sexually assaulted by a youth pastor. The accused pastor served in numerous Southern Baptist churches in numerous states. During a meeting with the SBC leaders in 2007, a member of the Executive Board “turned his back to her during her speech and another chortled.”
Accountability in the Southern Baptist Convention
Russell Moore, the previous head of the SBC’s policy branch, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, mentioned ‘this is not all Southern Baptists, look at all the good we do.’ The bombshell report shows a pattern of stonewalling, retaliation, coverup, and intimidation.” He desires this report will bring much-needed change and hold those liable for their misconduct.
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