“Thinking that clergy sex abuse is about sex is like thinking the Bataan death march was about marching.”
— Christa Brown
2023
- Five things Southern Baptists should do now to address clergy sex abuse
– Baptist News Global, May 24, 2023
- Open the courthouse to child sex abuse survivors
– San Antonio Express-News, March 24, 2023
- What we know and don’t know about the SBC’s sexual abuse hotline
– Baptist News Global, February 10, 2023
- SBC’s sexual abuse hotline raises ethical issue
– Baptist News Global, January 6, 2023
2022
- Skepticism holds seeds of hope: The SBC and clergy sex abuse
– Baptist News Global, August 12, 2022
- Devil in the Details: The SBC and Sexual Abuse Reforms
– Good Faith Media, August 2, 2022
- Progress on sexual abuse in the SBC? Not so fast
– Baptist News Global, June 24, 2022 (with David Clohessy)(reprinted on bishopaccountability)
- What Southern Baptists must do now to address clergy sex abuse
– Baptist News Global, June 6, 2022
2021
- Justice for SBC sexual abuse victims: A call for an investigatory commission
– Religion News Service, May 20, 2021 (reprinted in The Washington Post, May 20, 2021)
- What the SBC should learn from the Ravi Zacharias tragedy
– Baptist News Global, February 25, 2021
2020
- Sexual abuse at Bellevue: No consequences
– Good Faith Media, August 6, 2020 (with David Clohessy)
- Open letter to the people of First Baptist Orlando: Do you know that Tommy Gilmore molested me?
– The Wartburg Watch, July 1, 2020
- There’s a new Baptist sex abuser database, but SBC action is still needed
– Religion News Service, May 4, 2020 (reprinted by Black Christian News Network, Word & Way, and Ministry Watch, 5/5/2020)
2019
- SBC’s new reporting process again fails clergy sex abuse survivors. What’s needed is an independent review panel
– Baptist News Global, December 17, 201
- An accused pastor’s suicide: The pain we see and the pain we don’t
– Religion News Service, November 5, 2019
- Clergy sex abuse: the damage done when faith is weaponized
– Baptist News Global, July 29, 2019
- Remarks at the For Such a Time as This Rally
– Birmingham, June 14, 2019
- Sexual abuse in the SBC: what will it take to prompt meaningful action?
– Baptist News Global, June 10, 2019
- What Southern Baptists must do to fight clergy sex abuse
– Houston Chronicle, June 8, 2019
- Open letter to Tommy Gilmore, the SBC pastor who sexually abused me as a kid
– The Wartburg Watch, June 7, 2019
- SBC’s sexual abuse study should include a probe of its own files on reported abuse
– Baptist News Global, April 29, 2019
- What’s wrong with the proposed sexual abuse amendment to the SBC constitution
– Baptist News Global, March 8, 2019
- Beyond #ChurchToo: A Path Forward for Evangelicals
– EthicsDaily, February 15, 2019
- To Baptist clergy sex abuse survivors: 10 tips from the trenches
– Religion News Service, February 11, 2019 (with David Clohessy)(and reprinted in Baptist News Global)
- Another alarm sounds on clergy sex abuse: Will Southern Baptist leaders just hit snooze again?
– Baptist News Global, January 17, 2019
2018
- Southern Babtoys Corporation: a satirical look at the pervasive problem of clergy sexual abuse
– Baptist News Global, December 28, 2018
- Clergy sex abuse: Why the SBC’s “studying it” response isn’t enough
– Baptist News Global, December 7, 2018
- Clergy sex abuse: Why a national all-faiths inquiry is needed
– Religion News Service, November 15, 2018 (with David Clohessy)(reprinted in the Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 2018, and Sight Magazine, November 16, 2018)
- Why I didn’t report my sexual assault; what happened once I did
– EthicsDaily, September 26, 2018
- Advocating for safety of Southern Baptist church kids
– EthicsDaily, September 17, 2018
- Evangelicals: The single most important change for #MeToo
– Child-Friendly Faith Project, February 7, 2018 (reprinted in Baptist News Global)
- Left Behind: When will Baptists catch up with #MeToo?
– Child-Friendly Faith Project, January 11, 2018
2017
- An open letter to the Alabama Baptist Pastor Group
– Child-Friendly Faith Project, December 5, 2017
- Sex abuse victims not safe in Baptistland
– Baptist News Global, November 27, 2017 (letter to the editor)
- Why not a standing committee to deal with clergy sex abuse reports?
– Baptist News Global, November 16, 2017 (letter to the editor)
2016
- Why Ted Cruz should see “Spotlight”
– Baptist News Global, March 3, 2016– Real Clear Religion, March 7, 2016– My Christian Daily, March 8, 2016
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– Baptist News Global, February 26, 2016
2015
- Frankly, this ruling is appropriate
– Baptist News Global, November 20, 2015
- Yoga as a Practice of Restorative Justice
– in Restorative Justice in Practice: A Holistic Approach, July 2015
2014
- Change is coming to Baptistland
– Associated Baptist Press, January 23, 2014
2013
- Why Paige Patterson’s anti-outsider stance is wrong
– Associated Baptist Press, October 28, 2013
- When will SBC address clergy sex abuse?
– Associated Baptist Press, April 12, 2013 (re-run)
- Baptists should heed mother’s plea
– Associated Baptist Press, January 30, 2013
- Clergy sex abuse and the ‘silence of the many’
– Associated Baptist Press, January 21, 2013
2012
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When will SBC address clergy sex abuse?
– Associated Baptist Press, June 19, 2012
2011
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Words alone won’t stop Baptist predators
– Associated Baptist Press, November 30, 2011 -
Cancer awareness and hell-wishing
– Associated Baptist Press, October 19, 2011 (and reprinted in the Knoxville Daily Sun) -
Prestonwood saga shows clergy abuse database is overdue
– Associated Baptist Press, August 19, 2011 -
John Jay report holds lessons for Baptists
– Associated Baptist Press, May 27, 2011 -
Pontius Pilate holds lesson on clergy sex abuse
– Associated Baptist Press, April 18, 2011 (and reprinted in the Knoxville Daily Sun)
2010
- Two kinds of Baptists, same kind of problem
– EthicsDaily, December 30, 2010 - Would Tyler Clementi Be Loved by SBC Churches?
– EthicsDaily, October 27, 2010 - Eddie Long: The Real Scandal Is Even Bigger
– Religion Dispatches, September 27, 2010 (reprinted by Bishop Accountability) - Mosque’s name isn’t code for Islamic conquest
– EthicsDaily, August 26, 2010 - How long until Southern Baptists stop abusive clergy?
– EthicsDaily, June 13, 2010
2009
- Oregon Protects Kids from Sexual Predators. Why Can’t Churches?
– EthicsDaily, March 25, 2009 - What the Ted Haggard scandal is really about
– Religion News Service, January 27, 2009 / EthicsDaily (RNS), January 29, 2009
2008
- Spending God’s money
– Associated Baptist Press, December 11, 2008 - It’s Not About Sex
– EthicsDaily, January 22, 2008
2007
- Good Samaritan holds lesson for treatment of clergy abuse victims
– EthicsDaily, November 30, 2007 - The inbred, overbred autonomy doctrine
– EthicsDaily, September 4, 2007 - TYC sex scandal should be lesson for Baptists
– OpEdNews.com, April 2, 2007 - Clergy child molesters should not be kept secret: Are we clear?
– OpEdNews.com, February 7, 2007 - Biblical blasphemy of Baptist clergy sex abuse,
– OpEdNews.com, January 19, 2007 - Baptist leaders must take action for protection of kids,
– EthicsDaily, January 11, 2007
2006
- Menorahs’ lights bring thoughts on denial and evil,
– EthicsDaily, December 14, 2006 - Language of Foley report might also apply to Baptist leaders,
– EthicsDaily, December 13, 2006 - Baptist autonomy ignored in investigating gays, but not clergy child molesters,
– EthicsDaily, November 20, 2006 - SBC Clergy-Predators “Wolves” in the Church,
– EthicsDaily, October 26, 2006 - Baptistgate parallels Foleygate,
– OpEdNews.com, October 20, 2006 - Clergy predators are as crafty as cyber-predators,
– EthicsDaily, October 20, 2006 - Baptist leaders blind to their responsibilities,
– EthicsDaily, October 6, 2006 - Clergy predators lurk like online predators
– OpEdNews.com, June 24, 2006 - No more church secrets about sex abuse
– Dallas Morning News, April 28, 2006
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