Two Churches Sued for Negligence, SNAP Responds

SNAP
October 3, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/tx_two_churches_sued_for_negligence_snap_responds

Parents of a girl who was groomed by a former youth pastor are suing two Texas churches. We applaud the bravery of these parents for seeking justice and exposing wrongdoers.

According to the suit , officials at the two Houston churches - Second Baptist Church and Community of Faith Church- were negligent in their supervision of Chad Foster. Foster was part of a recruitment scheme that allowed him into schools to recruit children into the church. It is there that he met a young girl and began to sexually assault her.

Foster plead guilty to the charges and in 2013 was sentenced to five years behind bars.

We urge church officials at Second Baptist and Community of Faith to reach out to anyone else who may have been hurt by Foster. They should also make immediate changes to their child protection policies to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again.

We hope anyone who saw, suspects or suffered abuse will speak up, call secular officials, and start healing.