A Granbury youth pastor is accused of sexually assaulting a child.
Luke Cunningham was arrested near Lubbock, where he worked before coming to Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury.In a statement to its members, Lakeside said it received information June 2 from outside the church that Cunningham was accused of inappropriate conduct with a minor at another church. Lakeside said it immediately launched an investigation and suspended Cunningham.
“We believe that, if the Southern Baptist Convention had a working database for offenders, we would likely have never been exposed to Mr. Cunningham,” the church said. “We plan to do everything possible to encourage national leaders to exercise their spiritual responsibility, identify perpetrators in the churches, and stop this from happening again.”
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., has faced scrutiny for its handling of sexual abuse allegations.that found the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled, and ignored survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost 20 years. A few months later,, Staff writer. Sarah Bahari is a trending news reporter. She previously worked as a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she covered a bit of everything.
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