There's also the Trump quid pro quo...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2025/03/12/southern-baptist-convention-sbc-federal-investigation-clergy-abuse/82277973007/
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/southern-baptist-sex-abuse-investigation-20221698.php
Buying evangelical votes by sweeping their sexual abuse of children under the rug. Playing favorites
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1117362904/southern-baptists-doj-investigation-sexual-abuse
While the Catholic Church is taking accountability & paying settlements
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-02-18/new-jersey-catholic-diocese-agrees-to-180-million-settlement-of-clergy-sexual-abuse-allegations
Covering up the sexual abuse of children is a powerful tool for extortion. Evangelicals are now obligated to curry favor with Trump or risk investigation for their crimes
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