“While some denominations like the SBC and the Roman Catholic Church have implemented safety measures including background checks for staff and volunteers, reporting protocols, and prevention training, the AOG has languished. The General Council previously debated making these anti-abuse protocols and policies mandatory, but ultimately decided against it after their lawyers warned it would expose their national office to lawsuits and litigation.”
(Protestia) A deep dive into the Assemblies of God has revealed a “50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination,” according to NBC News, which has been investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God as part of their Pastors and Prey series:
- A children’s pastor was caught filming girls in a church bathroom in Arkansas. Elders suspended him for a few weeks.
- In Illinois, a preacher was accused of sexually abusing children. Church leaders sent him to therapy rather than call police.
- In California, a worship minister went to prison for molesting boys. His congregation threw him a party when he returned.
- All of these men remained in ministry in the Assemblies of God, the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. All went on to abuse more children.”
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