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An independent investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention found its leaders mishandled allegations of sexual abuse

Here’s what we know about the report that says Southern Baptist Convention leaders mishandled sexual abuse allegations

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN An independent investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention found its leaders mishandled allegations of sexual abuse, intimidated victims and resisted attempts at reform over the course of two decades. Abuse survivors and others “made phone calls, mailed letters, sent emails, appeared at SBC and EC (executive committee) meetings, held rallies, and

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Buffalo’s Black residents receive warm embrace after mass shooting but worry about what happens ‘when the hugs stop’

By Amir Vera, CNN Photographs by Malik Rainey for CNN Julie Harwell and Lamont Thomas were treated like celebrities as they weaved through the makeshift marketplace in Buffalo, New York. Their East Side neighbors greeted them with hugs and words of support. Perfect strangers handed them bags of groceries. Vendors passed them crates full of

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Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled allegations of sexual abuse

Southern Baptist Convention leaders mishandled sexual abuse allegations, report says

By Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Emma Tucker, CNN Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) mishandled allegations of sexual abuse, intimidated victims and their advocates, and resisted attempts at reform over the course of two decades, according to an explosive report released Sunday by a third-party firm. “Survivors and others who reported abuse were

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‘Traumatizing’ Buffalo massacre strikes a chord with families who have lost loved ones to racist mass shootings

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Tito Anchondo, the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, reopens wounds that never completely healed. Anchondo lost his brother and sister-in-law to the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The Latino couple was victimized by the same racist-fueled gun violence that left 10 people

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