MISSISSIPPI
Watch Keep
Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, MS hosted a sex abuse awareness training on Tuesday. I planned to attend but wasn’t able to make it. Thanks to our Jackson SNAP leader, Mark Belenchia, for attending and providing some feedback.
Mark was impressed by the presentation of Ministry Safe founder and director, Greg Love. According to the bio on his website, Mr. Love litigates sexual abuse cases across the country, and consults with entities regarding the design and implementation of sexual abuse safety systems. Mark highlighted the section of Love’s presentation on the “train wrecks” of gross mishandling of child sex abuse allegations within churches.
Is Mr. Love aware of the train wreck in the building he was speaking in at Morrison Heights Baptist Church? Throughout the entire conference John Langworthy’s name was never mentioned, not even by Morrison Heights pastor Greg Belser. If he refuses to acknowledge and address the train wreck of the past, how can we expect him to behave differently in the future? Morrison Heights cannot whitewash its abysmal conduct in the Langworthy scandal by simply hosting an awareness training. In early March, I found the link to the abuse conference at the Baptist Children’s Village website.
I was excited to see them partnering with Morrison Heights to host such an important event. I immediately tweeted the link to promote this conference. Later that day, I received a call from someone affiliated with the conference who had received a call from Celeste Cade in the public relations office at the Baptist Children’s Village. I’m told that Celeste is a long time member of Morrison Heights Baptist Church. Apparently, Celeste and Morrison Heights were bothered by my promotion of this abuse awareness event, not wanting any connection made whatsoever to the train wreck of the Morrison Heights/Langworthy child sex crimes debaucle.
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