Much of the lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries tossed on a technicality

Peter Lumpkins — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:51:36 PDT

According to Christianity Today, much of the pending lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) was tossed out due to a technicality: A judge has dismissed most of the civil lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), days after it was amended to add names and charges... The judge ruled that victims didn't sue in time before the statute of limitations had expired" (//link) Below is ABC's Greta Kreuz's report: What's not clear is the way forward for the plaintiffs. According to Susan Burke, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, they knew in advance the legal hurdles they faced in getting around the statute of limitations applicable to most of their clients. While it was possible, it apparently had a high probability of failure: We (the victims and the lawyers) all knew about the statute issue at the outset. But fighting for justice means doing so even against known obstacles. We had a conspiracy theory to overcome the statute but the Court rejected it. The victims are all brave and courageous people whose willingness to fight against evil has already made a difference in the world. Also, please realize going forward with a civil lawsuit does not in any way prevent criminal actions – perhaps may even make it more likely. And please keep praying, as we think the Court erred, and will be appealing her ruling" (//link) In addition, since two of the plaintiffs are reportedly still well within the borders of an expired statute of limitations, the suit is not...

Joe Aguillard exonerated? Yes, says Louisiana editor

Peter Lumpkins — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:32:54 PDT

Kelly Boggs, Message Editor, for Louisiana Baptists just hurled a fastball at approximately 101 mph. He hit the mit hard pertaining to what we had right and didn't pertaining to the low batting average of the struggling Louisiana College president, Joe Aguillard. In his latest editorial entitled "Leaked reports, ballot votes, and being Baptist," Boggs offers no hesitation in calling "foul" on all of us who thought Aguillard should have been sent to the showers never to have returned to the playing field again. Consider the following: trustees leaked the confidential information to the news press a file containing exculpatory information existed and all the trustees had access to the entire file (not a "secret file" and not a supposed "get out of jail free card") the file was also given to the law firm doing the investigation before they gave their final report, the report leaked to the media which concluded Aguillard was guilty (Boggs quotes the email that proves it) while trustees leaked the investigatory findings to the media they did not leak the exculpatory information which trustees also considered in exonerating the president Boggs examined all the articles in the file and concludes not only did the documents assist him in "understanding the vote of those who decided to exonerate the president," but the information in the folder also casts "doubts on the allegations brought against the LC president" Aguillard refused to meet with the investigatory team at the counsel of his defense attorney since he'd just...

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Much of the lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries tossed on a technicality

Joe Aguillard exonerated? Yes, says Louisiana editor