Commentary by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
Earlier this year Health Impact News investigative reporter John P. Thomas began a series of articles on child sex trafficking within the Roman Catholic Church. See:
The Catholic Church and Pedophilia: Trafficking Children as Sex Slaves
Whistleblowing Priests Killed to Prevent Exposing Pedophilia Problem in the Catholic Church?
Pedophilia in Non-Catholic Churches
Other Christians who are not part of the Catholic Church might be tempted to believe that such horrible crimes could never happen in their particular church or denomination.
However, the Star Telegram in Fort Worth, Texas has recently published a series of articles covering an 8-month investigation in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches across the U.S. showing that sexual abuse against children has been rampant and covered up for years. See:
Hundreds of sex abuse allegations found in fundamental Baptist churches across U.S.
These ‘men of God’ sexually abused children. Then they found refuge at other churches
‘My earliest memory of being molested was when I was 4 years old. It was Sunday school’
According to their investigative team:…… Read More