KENTUCKY
The Courier-Journal
Matthew Glowicki, @MattGlo
April 11, 2016
The leader of a local church who had been associated with allegations of sex abuse cover-ups is scheduled to speak this week at a religious conference for preachers, drawing the criticism of a support group for clergy sexual abuse survivors.
C.J. Mahaney, the current senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Louisville, is set to speak at the Together for the Gospel conference, a gathering expected to draw thousands to town Tuesday-Thursday at the KFC Yum! Center.
Leaders with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests plan to protest outside the conference Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. by speaking out about the allegations against Mahaney and the church he formerly pastored, Sovereign Grace Ministries. It was a denomination comprised of a network of dozens of churches now known as Sovereign Grace Churches. The denomination moved its headquarters from Maryland to Louisville.
A 2012 civil lawsuit filed in Maryland accused Mahaney of helping to cover up sex abuse by both church leaders and members in the Maryland church, the Courier-Journal previously reported.
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