HOUSTON (TX)
Houston Chronicle
February 14, 2019
By Robert Downen
Al Mohler, a leading Southern Baptist figure, on Thursday apologized for supporting a religious leader who was accused of helping conceal sexual abuses at his former church.
A leading Southern Baptist figure on Thursday apologized for supporting a religious leader who was accused of helping conceal sexual abuses at his former church, and for making a joke that he said downplayed the severity of the allegations.
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Al Mohler said for the first time publicly that he regrets his embrace of C.J. Mahaney, the former leader of the non-Southern Baptist group Sovereign Grace Ministries, now known as Sovereign Grace Churches.
Mahaney and his former organization were sued in 2013 by 11 people alleging that their abuses were concealed by leaders, at least one of whom was later convicted.
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