Oklahoma Pastor Proposes Database to Fight Sexual Abuse in Churches

KOCO-TV
June 14, 2018

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Emmanuel Enid reverend minister Wade Burleson wants to put an end to sexual abuse inside places of worship.

"When you hear the story of people who have been through abuse that involves ministers," Burleson said, "it breaks your heart."

While at the Southern Baptist convention this week, Burleson proposed a database that would warn churches if a potential employee has a dark past.

"It would include confessions, where there's no legal conviction," he said. "Possibly, including "possibly the credibly accused."

Burleson believes sexual predators are often able to hop from church to church while flying under the radar because law enforcement wasn't notified