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 ...