Comments on: if he had been Catholic this would be completely different http://www.defendingcatholictruth.com/news/if-he-had-been-catholic-this-would-be-completely-different Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:10:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christa Brown http://www.defendingcatholictruth.com/news/if-he-had-been-catholic-this-would-be-completely-different/comment-page-1#comment-450 Christa Brown Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:34 +0000 http://deigratia.defendingcatholictruth.com/news/if-he-had-been-catholic-this-would-be-completely-different#comment-450 You ask a good question: Why do molesting Baptist ministers get less press coverage than priests? And for anyone who doubts that Baptists have as big of a problem as Catholics, take a look at all the published cases compiled here. www.StopBaptistPredators.org. If Baptists made determinations on "credibly accused" preachers, as Catholics do, that would give reporters still more cases to write about. But of course, Baptists don't even bother to look at "credible accusations." A Baptist minister can remain a minister until he's convicted...and even then, he can sometimes continue. You ask a good question: Why do molesting Baptist ministers get less press coverage than priests? And for anyone who doubts that Baptists have as big of a problem as Catholics, take a look at all the published cases compiled here. http://www.StopBaptistPredators.org. If Baptists made determinations on “credibly accused” preachers, as Catholics do, that would give reporters still more cases to write about. But of course, Baptists don’t even bother to look at “credible accusations.” A Baptist minister can remain a minister until he’s convicted…and even then, he can sometimes continue.

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