Four Decades of Predatory Sexual Abuse by Prominent Southern Baptist Leader and Judge
A complete investigative report on the life of Paul Pressler, the former judge and Southern Baptist Church leader who died on June 7, 2024 at the age of 94, was just published in the TexasMonthly detailing four decades of predatory sexual assault within the Southern Baptist Church. The author is Robert Downen, one of the primary reporters that broke the story of rampant sex abuse in the Southern Baptist Churches by its Pastors and leaders back in 2019 in the Houston Chronicle. In his newly released TexasMonthly essay on the life of Paul Pressler, titled: “He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Allegations of Abuse.” – Downen revises the reforms to shield victims of sexual predators in the Southern Baptist Convention since his article rocked the very foundations of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), where […]
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