SBC Reckoning Turns Backward

Four years ago, a damning report exposed how Southern Baptist leaders buried abuse claims and silenced survivors — yet in 2022, they promised reform and even apologized. Now, top figures like new president Willy Rice are calling that report a “snipe hunt,” insisting abuse never amounted to a “crisis” — a claim that deeply wounds survivors and echoes political rhetoric. The promised database of accused workers vanished, reforms were gutted, and survivors still have nowhere safe to report abuse — even as the denomination shifts focus to prevention, ignoring the unique trauma of clergy abuse and the systemic failure to protect victims. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/8dee3766edf15515