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177: Matt Baker

Murder, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
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Matt Baker was a widely respected Baptist minister in Waco, TX. Waco, home of Baylor University, is for Southern Baptists a sort of center of faith. In 2006, his wife Kari Baker died. It was ruled a suicide and there was no autopsy. He claimed she was depressed over the death of their daughter and wanted to be with her.

Her parents did not believe she killed herself and hired a detective who found a motive for murder. Her body was exhumed and her death was ruled a murder by asphyxiation. It was discovered that Baker was a serial predator with a series of accusations of molesting underage women, sexual assault, and attempted rape. He also was in love a young parishioner.

176: Darrell Gilyard

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Assault
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Darrell Gilyard was a successful mega-church preacher. So famed was he, there was a film about him “The Darrell Gilyard” story that had Jerry Falwell. one of his mentors, give a testimonial saying he was one of “most brilliant men in the pulpit.”

This is all in spite of him being fired in 1991 for child molestation. His main mentor, the former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, knew but since he forgave him, he promoted his career. At least the first time.

That all ended when he was convicted of sexually molesting a 15-year-old girl. He served three years and has been released but has been barred from being in the presence of minors.

So a church hired him anyway and barred children from the church. That’s right. The convicted sex offender was chosen over the children. He is welcome, they are not.

168: Kenneth Adkins

Child Molestation
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Kenneth Adkins was active in anti-gay politics in Jacksonville, FL, and someone the Republican party thought they could use to gain Black votes. After the Pulse Massacre, he tweeted “Been through so much with these Jacksonville Homosexuals that I don’t see none of them as victims. I see them as getting what they deserve!” Jacksonville.com June…

150: Ralph Lee Aaron

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sexual Torture
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Ralph Lee Aaron was a conservative Southern Baptist pastor at Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Covington County, Alabama. He previously served at two other churches. When he was arrested he was charged with more than 150 offenses, most involved possession of child exploitation materials. He was also charged with sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual torture of four boys between eight and twelve years old. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four consecutive life terms.

139: Franklin Graham

Enabling
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Franklin Graham has a long history of protecting abusers from Roy Moore, Donald Trump, and Brett Kavanaugh. He said Ford’s accusation of Kavanaugh was not relevant even if it were true. He defended Roy Moore’s sexual misconduct as no worse than others in DC. He also refuses to protect women from their abusers such as…

115: Ronald William Brown

Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Ronald William Brown was a ventriloquist puppeteer on Joy Junction, a Christian Television Network program before he was caught when investigators in another state arrested a child pornographer and investigated his connections, finding him. The facts are too disturbing for words. In fact, a content warning is necessary. Cannibalism. BDSM with children. The details are…

102: Leonard Ray Owens

Rape
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Leonard Ray Owens was a anti-gay pastor in Fort Worth, Texas, when a woman who attended his church had a miscarriage. She went to her pastor for counseling and he accused her of having demons inside her. So he raped her. My Plainview: Pastor accused of rape under guise of casting out demons Religion News…

99: Paul Williams

Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest
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Paul Williams was the minister of prayer and special projects at Bellevue Baptist Church, a Tennessee mega-church. He molested his son for 12 to 18 months before stopping and claims he has never done anything similar since. His son spoke about it as an adult which led to Williams confessing it to his pastor. Baptist…

89: Cardinal Bernard Law

Enabling, Organizational Cover-Up
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Cardinal Bernard Law wanted to be the first American pope. He was a Republican partisan, more politician than a priest, he even had his own foreign policy. He placed anti-abortion activism above all else. But was it ambition or cowardice that led him to cover up pedophile priests and sexual abusers? Boston Globe: The Cardinal’s…