The clergy sex abuse scandal mentioned in the linked article is an embarassing saga of cover ups to protect prominent, well known, prestigious pastors and denominational leaders who either used their power to cover up for their good buddies who got caught, and it has exposed an ugly attitude among Southern Baptists that tends to blame the victims and accuses them of being feminists for standing up to defend those who were victims of rape and assult by pastors and church leaders. The whole attitude sucks. It like they are OK with a pastor taking advantage of his position in a congregation to get a little on the side, because, after all, boys will be boys, and the victims are "just women." That is exactly the attitude that denominational leaders have expressed about this scandal and efforts to stop it. There's a group of denominational leaders working behind the scenes to give the appearance of doing something while sabotaging every effective proposal.
It's a scandal that has the potential, along with all of the extreme right wing politics, to bring the denomination down completely, and evidence shows it is well on its way to that fate.
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