After nearly three years of pressure and outrage, the summer of 2022 revealed the darkest and best-kept secrets of the United States’ largest Protestant denomination. On February 10, 2019, speculation heightened regarding the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) upon the release of an investigation by the Houston Chronicle titled “Abuse of Faith.” The report claimed that, within 20 years, 380 leaders within the denomination have left over 700 victims of sexual abuse. According to the Washington Post, “A wave of outrage in response to the series rocked the Southern Baptist Convention, prompting its Executive Committee to hire an outside firm to investigate.”