Midwest church figures on Southern Baptist Convention list of accused sex abusers

The church’s report names pastors and youth ministers who have been convicted of child pornography, sodomy, solicitation and other crimes.

The Southern Baptist Convention on Thursday released a once-secret and lengthy list of accused sex abusers — several of whom are in the Midwest — within the denomination.

The 205-page list is a compilation of ministers and other church workers who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse. The list is described as a “fluid, working document” that was also incomplete but largely pulls information about abusers from published news reports.