SGM-Mahaneygate: Mahaney's #2 Man Steps Down

C. J. Mahaney, President of SGM
Co-defendant in class action lawsuit in child sex abuse coverup


Another word comes from Brent Detwiler about C.J. Mahaney.  Last week, Mahaney's flagship church with about 4000 members , Covenant Life, Gaithersburg, MD dumped Mahaney and Sovereign Grace Ministries.  Two days later, Mahaney's number two man at Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) stepped down. 

SGM-Mahaneygate: Home Church Dumps Mahaney & SGM

Mahaney and SGM have been dumped by Mahaney's home church, his flagship church, Covenant Life in Gaithersburg, MD.  After nearly two years of leadership problems with Mahaney--known to us as "Old Baldy"-- along with the recent class action lawsuit against Mahaney and several SGM clerics over sex abuse coverups, the parent mega-church split ties.  Those who've followed the SGM-Mahaneygate debacle

SGM-Mahaneygate: (Detwiler) The Drama Continues in Baptacostal Land

C.J. Mahaney, Co-defendant in Child Sex Abuse Case Against Sovereign Grace Ministries



http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/11/9/my-appeal-to-the-pastors-of-covenant-life-church-for-biblica.html

My Appeal to the Pastors of Covenant Life Church for Biblical Transparency

Friday, November 9, 2012 at 10:58AM

 

On Wednesday, I wrote the Covenant Life pastors appealing for

SGM-Mahaneygate (World Mag, 2 Nov 12): Megastar's "Troubled Ministry"

http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/troubled_ministry

 

 

Troubled ministry

 

Religion | Lawsuit claims leaders at Sovereign Grace Ministries covered up sexual abuse



James Thompson
C.J. Mahaney


 

Troubles continue to mount for Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), an evangelical association with about 90 churches and 28,000 members worldwide. The SGM

SGM-Mahaneygate (Detwiler): Flagship Church Leaving SGM

C. J. Mahaney, Founder and President of Sovereign Grace Ministries
Co-defendant in Child Sex Abuse Case of Coverup



http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/11/5/flagship-church-of-sovereign-grace-ministries-announces-plan.html

Flagship Church of Sovereign Grace Ministries Announces Plans to Leave

Monday, November 5, 2012 at 1:23PM

 

No church has loved C.J. and Sovereign

SGM-Mahaneygate: Brief Roundup of News Re: Child, Sex, & Leadership Abuses

Co-defendant, C.J. Mahaney in class action lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries about sexual abuse, child abuse and the mediated, communicated, underlying, pervasive, governing and controlling culture of abusiveness


The Associated Press article on SGM-Mahaneygate has literally gone nearwise everywhere.

It is in local newspapers from New York Newsday to Dallas Morning Post. TV

SGM-Mahaneygate: Updated (26 Oct 2012) SGM Statement on Class Action Suit

Co-defendant, C. J. Mahaney, President of Sovereign Grace Ministries






No doubt written by SGM lawyers.  We'll wait for discovery and a jury trial.

http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/blogs/sgm/post/Updated-Statement-on-Reported-Lawsuit.aspx

Updated Statement on Reported Lawsuit


October 26, 2012 by SGM Staff
Categories: General


Please be aware of

SGM-Mahaneygate: Challies, Mohler, Duncan, Piper, Sproul, Carson, Dever, MacArthur, Grudemn, DeYoung, Trueman, Chandler

Co-defendant, C. J. Mahaney, in Child and Sex Abuse Lawsuit



Sage and orbital musings by Brent Detwiler about SGM-Mahaneygate.

http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/10/26/random-thoughts-on-recent-events.html

Random Thoughts on Recent Events

Friday, October 26, 2012 at 11:03AM

 

Church Polity: This Sunday the Board of Directors will send the polity proposal they adopted

(Detwiler) SGM-Mahaneygate: CJ Mahaney, Sex Abuse Lawsuit, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, Romanism

C. J. Mahaney, one of several co-defendants in class action lawsuit alleging coverup in child sexual abuse


http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/10/22/sexual-abuse-and-spousal-abuse-in-sovereign-grace-ministries.html

Sexual Abuse and Spousal Abuse in Sovereign Grace Ministries

Monday, October 22, 2012 at 5:44PM

 

Last Wednesday, Associated Press reporter Eric Tucker broke

SGM-Mahaneygate: Wartburg's Bio of SGM Co-Defendants & Silence at Gospel Coalition

http://thewartburgwatch.com/2012/10/22/is-the-gospel-coalition-ignoring-the-elephant-in-the-room/

Is The Gospel Coalition Ignoring the Elephant in the Room?




Posted on Mon Oct 22, 2012 by deb

 

 



“There's a phrase, "the elephant in the living room", which purports to describe what it's like to live with a drug addict,

SGM-Mahaneygate: Sovereign Grace Ministries Accused of Covering Up Child Sexual Assaults

Co-Defendant, C.J. Mahaney


Radio interview with the Plaintiffs' attorney in SGM v. Sex Abuse Victims at:  http://www.janetmefferdpremium.com/2012/10/18/janet-mefferd-radio-show-20121018-hr-1/


Christian Post is posting this, as per below.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/sovereign-grace-ministries-accused-of-covering-up-child-sexual-assaults-83561/


Sovereign Grace Ministries Accused of

SGM-Mahaneygate: Mohler backs Mahaney, dismisses claims of abusive leadership

Although dated, this was Al Mohler's (and Ligon Duncan's) hasty, unexamined, premature and uninvestigative response to allegations of Mahaney's abusiveness. 

 

http://blogs.courier-journal.com/faith/2011/07/12/mohler-backs-mahaney-dismisses-accusations-of-abusive-leadership/

Mohler backs Mahaney, dismisses claims of abusive leadership

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Peter Smith