.@jackngraham Why are you silent in the face of extreme pain from child sex crimes by #Langworthy? http://t.co/6XKNHEtYN7 #Prestonwood
— Amy Smith (@watchkeep) January 16, 2015
Church Fighting Plano’s LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance Was Once Home To Minister Caught in Underage Sex Sting http://t.co/OMLdm8nEAe
— Burnt Orange Report (@BOR) January 14, 2015
Prestonwood church, which has a history of sex abuse, is opposing Plano ordinance http://t.co/5YhKwAB9EW
— David Taffet (@DavidTaffet) January 16, 2015
While that was the most famous case of child abuse, there have been other allegations.In the late 1980s, minister John Langworthy was dismissed after charges of child abuse. Langworthy moved to Clinton, Miss. where he served at Morrison Heights Southern Baptist for two decades“There, he recently received a 50-year suspended sentence for molesting multiple boys as young as 6,” according to Baptist News Global. “But Langworthy avoided prison time because, in the plea bargain process, prosecutors were concerned about the statute of limitations.”A Facebook group has formed called People Against Prestonwood’s Silence on Allegations of Sexual Abuse.In December, referring to Langworthy, they posted:“It still seems unbelievable that Jack Graham was a 2-term President of the Southern Baptist Convention and has been given a complete pass (so far) for his role in allowing a predator to go on a multi-decade rampage raping children across Mississippi. Truly jaw dropping when you think about it.”
