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The development of certain cancers and adverse birth outcomes have been linked to Camp Lejeune drinking water. Families who lived at Camp Lejeune between 1950 through 1987 and ingested drinking water during that time, may now have access to justice through a new law. Unknown…
This past Thursday three sexual abuse lawsuits were filed against the Diocese of Portland in Maine. These are the first lawsuits filed that are a direct result of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a law last year that allowed victims to bring civil lawsuits about…
According to KCTV5 News, local St. Thomas Aquinas High School choir director, Joseph Heidesch, now faces sex crimes charges after several students allege they were taped by the 45-year-old, without their consent, at the school. Heidesch Facing 24 Felony Breach Of Privacy Charges On Top…
Was John Henry Stone Named in Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Investigation Report? John Henry Stone, a deacon and youth group leader at Grandview Baptist Church in Grandview, Missouri, pleaded guilty to child molestation and will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his…
Was Travis Smith Listed on SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Travis Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church in Stover, MO, and former youth pastor of Pilot Grove Baptist Church, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016. According to Missouri court and prison records, he…
Was James R. Niederstadt Listed in SBC Abuse Database? James R. Niederstadt, former pastor of the Vinson General Baptist Church in Malden, MO, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2000 for abusing a 15-year-old girl who lived with the Niederstadt family in 1992…
Was Terry McDowell Named in the SBC List of Abusers? Terry McDowell, pastor of Gateway Southern Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, was convicted of child molestation of a 3-year-old victim in 2012. According to court and sex offender records, his 10-year sentence was suspended…
Was Dale Gregory Johnson Named in Southern Baptist Convention List of Abusers? According to court records, Dale Gregory Johnson, youth director at the Parkade Baptist Church in Columbia, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory sodomy and one count of possession of child pornography.…
Was Shawn Davies Named in the Southern Baptist List of Abusers? Shawn Davies, a music and youth minister at the FBC in Greenwood, Missouri, pleaded guilty and was convicted of 25 counts of child abuse in 2005. In 2007, he was sentenced to 20 years…
Was Michael Alan Crippen Listed In SBC Abuse Investigation Report? Michael Alan Crippen, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Duenweg, Missouri, admitted to being a pornographic addict and was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison without the possibility of parole for…