NASHVILLE (The Baptist Paper and local reports) — Guidepost Solutions, the independent firm contracted to investigate alleged mishandling of sexual abuse complaints by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee, has submitted its official report to the Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force.
The Task Force, which was authorized by the Executive Committee last fall and appointed by SBC President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., now has seven days to review the report before its scheduled public release on May 22.
“Next week the task force will be meeting to process the report and prepare recommendations to be presented to the SBC [Annual Meeting] in Anaheim [Ca., on June 14-15],” said task force co-chair Marshall Blalock, pastor of First Church, Charleston, S.C. “These will be released for publication along with the full, un-redacted, and unedited Guidepost report after noon [on May 22].”
The cost of the Guidepost investigation since its commission has reportedly topped $1.7 million. John Damon, chief executive officer of Canopy Children’s Solutions in Jackson and member of Broadmoor Church, Madison, is one of seven members of the Task Force appointed by Litton.
