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Southern Baptists Grapple With Their #MeToo Moment

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Published June 12, 2018 at 11:11 AM CDT

As thousands of Southern Baptists gather for their annual meeting, leader Paige Patterson will not be speaking. The once-powerful seminary president was ousted recently after he made several controversial statements about domestic violence and rape.

Christopher Connelly (@hithisischris) of KERA reports.

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