In the US, Southern Baptists see ‘judgment of God’ in #MeToo reckoning
RNS One day after the removal of a prominent seminary president following a series of contentious remarks about women, Southern Baptists have begun a public reckoning. The forced retirement of Paige Patterson, the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has broken a dam of anger, resentment and recrimination both for his […]
Paige Patterson removed as head of Southern Baptist seminary in #MeToo shake-up
RNS Paige Patterson, the embattled president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest seminary, was asked to step down after an outpouring of criticism for his comments on women, including advice he gave to a woman to stay with her abusive husband and new reports he asked another woman not to report a rape. The departure […]
“A watershed moment”: Southern Baptist women sign petition against Paige Patterson
RNS More than 2,000 Southern Baptist women have signed a letter asking the trustees of a Fort Worth, Texas, seminary to take action against its embattled president after audio and video clips emerged in which he counseled physically abused women to quietly pray and described a 16-year-old’s body as “built.” The letter does not explicitly demand a resignation, retirement […]