Stories tagged with: lawsuits

• Sheriff defends Halloween sex-offender-warning signs

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, October 24, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  MACON, Ga. (BP) -- A Georgia sheriff was in federal district court Thursday (Oct. 24) defending his decision to post signs in front of sex offenders' homes warning trick-or-treaters not to approach.

  Three sex offenders have filed suit against Butts County, Ga., sheriff Gary Long because he posted signs in front of 200 registered sex offenders' homes in 2018 warning trick-or-treaters not to approach the properties. The plaintiffs are trying to prevent Long from posting the signs again in 2019 and beyond. Read More

• SWBTS denies liability in sex abuse lawsuit

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, August 08, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  SHERMAN, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) says it is not liable for any monetary damages to a former student who claims in a lawsuit she was raped on campus at gunpoint by a student SWBTS employed.

  SWBTS filed legal documents Wednesday (Aug. 7) answering the lawsuit by plaintiff "Jane Roe," according to the Eastern District of Texas federal court in Sherman. Read More

• SWBTS responds to sexual abuse lawsuit

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, June 24, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is committed to protecting survivors of abuse and being a safe place for the vulnerable, SWBTS President Adam W. Greenway said in response to a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleges being raped by a fellow student.

  "While we cannot address issues in ongoing litigation, it is important that the Southwestern Seminary community know that we take these matters seriously and are committed to our campus being a safe place for the vulnerable and for survivors of abuse," Greenway told Baptist Press today (June 24). Both Southwestern Seminary and former SWBTS President Paige Patterson are named as defendants. Read More