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Documents related to that case, released recently to the public, have unleashed a torrent of activity on social media, a lot of it coming from Megan Basham.
Other SBC-related defendants seek summary judgment in defamation case
Michael David Sills and his wife Mary are no longer seeking damages against the estate of the late Jennifer Lyell in a lawsuit stemming from Lyell’s accusation of sexual abuse against Sills.
SBC’s Executive Committee has spent millions defending itself against former leaders accused of abuse.
Jennifer Lyell, a former Christian publishing executive, alleged sexual and spiritual abuse in a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by her former mentor David Sills.
Lyell’s life was upended after telling her story—but her bravery has encouraged other survivors
Jennifer Lyell, an editor and author whose promising career in Christian publishing was derailed when she accused a former Southern Baptist leader of abuse, has died.
Series of lawsuits by pastors accused of abuse has left SBC unable to pay its legal bills
In mid-February, Southern Baptist Convention leaders received grim news. The denomination’s Executive Committee was essentially broke.
The former seminary professor claims in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee that he was made a scapegoat for the denomination’s sex abuse crisis.
(RNS) — David Sills, a former seminary professor and missionary who was fired after admitting sexual misconduct, has filed a second lawsuit against a group of Southern Baptist Convention leaders and entities, claiming they conspired ...
A former seminary professor and missionary who admitted sexual misconduct has sued a group of Southern Baptist Convention leaders and entities, claiming they conspired with an abuse survivor to ruin his reputation.
Instead of reporting she had been abused, Nashville-based Baptist Press, which is overseen by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, reported in March 2019 that Lyell, then a vice president at Lifeway Christian Resources, had ...
