The SC school shuts down after registered offender’s access to children sparked arrests.
Pawleys Island Christian Academy is closing after 25 years following a controversy over a registered sex offender’s access to children. Church and school leaders have been charged, and multiple lawsuits have been filed.
Parents sue SC church, academy and denomination over registered offender's access to children.
The Southern Baptist Convention and its Executive Committee are now named defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit tied to the Pawleys Island Church investigation.
Five civil lawsuits accuse Pawleys Island Community Church leaders of concealing a registered sex offender's access to children.
Authorities have made additional arrests, and civil lawsuits have been filed, related to allegations that leadership at a South Carolina church concealed that a registered sex offender was volunteering in a custodial role and interacting ...
Former pastor, wife and academy director among those criminally charged.
Three leaders of a South Carolina church and its affiliated Christian school have been charged after authorities alleged they concealed a registered sex offender's work around children. The former pastor and other leaders have since ...