Parents file class-action lawsuit against Pawleys Island church, academy over registered sex offender's access to children

Parents file class-action lawsuit against Pawleys Island church, academy over registered sex offender's access to children

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) - Parents of a former Pawleys Island Christian Academy student have filed a proposed federal class-action lawsuit alleging church and school leaders knowingly allowed a registered sex offender to work around children while failing to disclose the situation to families. The complaint, filed Aug. 4 in U.S. District Court for the [...]

SBC Named Co-Defendants In New 'Pawleys Island Community Church' Pedophile Lawsuit

(Church Leaders) The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the SBC Executive Committee (EC) are named as defendants in a new, federal lawsuit against Pawleys Island Community Church (PICC), Pawleys Island Christian Academy (PICA), and certain church and school leaders. The class action lawsuit is the sixth suit to be filed since it came to light that a convicted sex offender was volunteering on the South Carolina church and school’s campus. It i…