Dale Chamberlain

As SBC Abuser Database Is Put on Ice, Advocates Are out of Patience and Executive Committee Is out of Money

“It’s the end of an era,” said survivor advocate Tiffany Thigpen following the announcement that the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee is no longer pursuing the implementation of an abuser database.

Arkansas Pastor Charged With Animal Cruelty Against Cats

Two men are in custody after allegedly assaulting a pastor, robbing him, and driving away in the pastor’s car. David Harris, 36, and Jaddin Norris, 20, are in custody and face several charges. 

Jerry Nickerson was the youth pastor at the Frisco West campus of Hope Fellowship Church, a non-denominational multisite church in Texas.

Arturo Laguna of Casa de Adoracion in Phoenix was arrested after a woman said that a camera fell out of a dryer in the church's bathroom while she was changing her baby’s diaper. 

A former South Carolina youth pastor has pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing child sex abuse material (CSAM). Daniel Kellan Mayfield faces numerous other charges related to voyeurism. 

A former West Virginia youth pastor is facing a staggering 191 child sex abuse charges. John Radcliff has been charged in four different counties for crimes that allegedly occurred between 1987 and 2003. 

A former Arkansas pastor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping three of his own children.

Little more than a week after securing his re-election, President-elect Donald Trump has announced a slew of nominations for his new Cabinet, some of which are controversial. Among them is Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman, whom Trump has nominated for Attorney General.