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  • Patterson denies claims in former student's lawsuit
    by BP Staff, posted Thursday, August 29, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    SHERMAN, Texas (BP) -- Paige Patterson, former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has denied allegations of negligence, violation of privacy and liability in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former seminary student.

    In a court document filed Aug. 26, Patterson responded to the lawsuit in which he is a co-defendant with Southwestern in allegations filed in March, and amended in May, by a student identified by the pseudonym Jane Roe. Read More

  • SWBTS denies liability in sex abuse lawsuit
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, August 08, 2019 (5 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 (5 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

  • 'Cordial' meeting: Patterson, SEBTS divide documents

    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, January 23, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- After two days of meetings, representatives of Paige Patterson and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary say they have determined, with no disagreements, the rightful ownership of 89 boxes of documents related to Patterson's 1992-2003 presidency at Southeastern.

    Southeastern said it recovered "student" and "personnel" records from Patterson. Patterson's representatives said he maintained all but about one-third of a box out of the documents at issue. Both sides agreed the meetings -- held Jan. 7-8 on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary -- were cordial. Read More

  • Candi Finch confirms termination by SWBTS
    by David Roach, posted Friday, October 19, 2018 (5 years ago)

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Candi Finch, a former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, confirmed via Twitter she was terminated by the seminary's trustees Oct. 17.

    "Yesterday the @swbts trustees voted to fire me," Finch tweeted Oct. 18. "Tough day but I trust in God. It has been a great privilege to serve at swbts for over 15 years & receive my MDIV & PHD degrees there. Would you pray for swbts as they continue training students & for me as I seek God's next step?" Read More

  • SWBTS trustees move forward, uphold Patterson firing
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (5 years ago)

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    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- In a meeting characterized by unity despite differences of opinion, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees voted to uphold the trustee executive committee's decision in May to terminate former president Paige Patterson.

    Trustees revisited Patterson's termination at their Oct. 15-17 meeting based on a motion, referred to Southwestern by the Southern Baptist Convention in June, "that the whole board of trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary consider revisiting their original decision concerning Dr. Paige Patterson."

    The board also heard a report from its presidential search committee and affirmed an administration decision to discipline a faculty member -- though the faculty member was not named during the board's one public session. Read More

  • SWBTS appoints 9-member presidential search committee
    by SWBTS & BP Staff, posted Friday, August 24, 2018 (6 years ago)

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- A search committee comprising nine Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees has been appointed to recommend the seminary's next president.

    Led by chairman Danny Roberts, an at-large trustee and executive pastor of North Richland Hills (Texas) Baptist Church, the search committee was appointed by trustee chairman Kevin Ueckert and announced to the full board Aug. 23.

    In addition to Roberts, the committee includes: Denise Ewing (Ill.), Jamie Green (at-large, search committee secretary), Guy Grimes (Calif.), Todd Houston (N.C.), Tom James (Ky.), Philip Levant (at-large), Andre Palmer (N.Y.) and Calvin Wittman (Colo., search committee vice chair). Ueckert and board vice chair Connie Hancock are ex officio members of the committee. Read More

  • Messengers make 20 motions, debate SWBTS trustee action
    by Brian Koonce, posted Wednesday, June 13, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    DALLAS (BP) -- Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention proposed 20 motions during two 15-minute scheduled segments of the 2018 annual meeting in Dallas June 12.

    Messengers debated then defeated June 13 a motion by Tom Hatley of Immanuel Baptist Church in Rogers, Ark., that messengers dismiss Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustee Executive Committee. The debate included comments from two current SWBTS trustees, a former convention president and a laywoman. Read More

  • Patterson denies mishandling 'reported abuse'
    by David Roach, posted Friday, June 08, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    DALLAS (BP) -- In a letter to the "Southern Baptist Family," Paige Patterson has defended himself against "accusations that I ever knowingly ignored or failed to follow appropriate protocols in cases of reported abuse of women, students, or staff at any institution where I have served."

    Patterson's letter, released to media June 8, also conveyed to Southern Baptists his decision -- announced minutes earlier in a letter to Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines -- not to preach the convention sermon June 13 in Dallas. Patterson, former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, added, "In a few days, for the first time in 66 years I will not attend the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention." Read More