Soon after, Gilyard was called to a meeting near his Dallas church, where Simpkins, Dixius and others confronted him with a half-decade of allegations. His mentors were not there, and Gilyard appeared nervous as he was told why there was a video camera pointed toward him. Vines would like to be in on this meeting, and Dr. Vines would like to see the tape and he told me he would appreciate having one sent to him. As the meeting continued , Gilyard repeatedly said that none of the allegations are new.
The tape also indicates that Gilyard had planned to resign long before he was confronted. Months earlier, he had said as much to Victory members, and on the tapes he defended that decision by saying that preaching was never his calling — he much preferred traveling the country, establishing churches on behalf of the SBC and then leaving for a new city every few months, he said. A month after that confrontation, Gilyard resigned with Patterson at his side.
Gilyard promised to stay out of the pulpit while he sought professional help. He started a new church not affiliated with the SBC near Dallas days later. And in , he was named in a civil lawsuit by a woman who alleged that he raped and impregnated her during counseling after the sudden death of her husband.
Gilyard denied the claims in the lawsuit, which was settled and voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff after mediation. Soon after, Gilyard was charged with molesting one teenage girl and sending lewd texts to another. She said in an interview she was never told about the videotapes. It might have persuaded more victims to come forward and could have affected the willingness of prosecutors to have his two teenage victims — who Schlax said were terrified — testify in the case.
Gilyard ultimately received a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to both charges. After his release in , he was able to serve as pastor of an SBC church in Jacksonville because a judge altered his probation terms. The local Southern Baptist association eventually disassociated with the church after it was reported that children were barred from attending services there so that Gilyard would not be in violation of his parole terms.
Thigpen, meanwhile, says her faith in God has never wavered, but she is less trusting of church leaders such as Vines, whom she blames for worsening her trauma. Thigpen said Vines has yet to reach out. Help us investigate Southern Baptist sexual abuse. Part 1: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders reject reforms. Part 2: Southern Baptist churches hired ministers accused of past sex offenses. Part 3: All too often, Southern Baptist youth pastors take advantage of children.
Part 4: Missionaries left trail of abuse, but leaders stayed quiet. Part 5: Southern Baptist churches harbored sex offenders. Part 6: Survivors of Baptist sexual abuse come forward to help others. Prior to that, he worked as a business reporter in Albany, New York, and as the managing editor of a group of six newspapers in Illinois. He is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University.
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