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Portal:Current events/2019 February 10

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;Law and crime

  • Sexual abuse scandal in Southern Baptist churches, Religious abuse, Baptists in the United States
  • An investigation by Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News found that since 1998, about 380 Southern Baptist church clerics, laypersons, and volunteers have faced credible accusations of sexual abuse and that of those, roughly 220 were convicted of sex crimes or received plea deals, in cases involving more than 700 victims. Many accusers were young men and women, who allegedly experienced everything from molestation to rape and impregnation at the hands of church members. [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php (Houston Chronicle)] [https://projects.houstonchronicle.com/2019/southern-baptist-abuse/ (Houston Chronicle2)] [https://www.expressnews.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php (San Antonio Express-News)]
  • President of the Southern Baptist Convention J. D. Greear condemns the sexual abuse committed by the clergy, laypersons, and volunteers and calls it "pure evil". [https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/02/10/pure-evil-southern-baptist-leaders-condemn-decades-sexual-abuse-revealed-investigation/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b7a520318d0e (The Washington Post)]
  • Three people are killed in Gandhinagar, India, by a serial killer. The alleged killer, who is later identified as a eunuch, remains at large. [https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/gnagar-terrorised-by-serial-killer-on-prowl/articleshow/67920922.cms (Ahmedabad Mirror)]

;Politics and elections

;Sports

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