Jennifer Lyell, another SBC abuse survivor, posted on social media that she too can “confirm that yesterday [she] was personally and proactively contacted by one of the primary DOJ agents leading this investigation,” who informed her of the “erroneous statement made by the EC regarding the state of the investigation” and reiterated that “their investigation is ongoing.”
Likewise, Hannah-Kate Lee Osborne posted, “I just got off the phone with someone who can confirm the @SBCExecComm statement on the DOJs investigation is FALSE and that there IS STILL AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.”
When Religion News Service reached out to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for clarification on the matter, the news outlet was informed that the the U.S. Attorney’s Office could not comment on investigations. The office also declined to comment when asked if it disputed the SBC announcement that the DOJ’s investigation had concluded.
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Religion News Service reported that it also reached out to an attorney representing the SBC and that the attorney also declined to comment.
An article published by the Baptist Press late Thursday afternoon stated that “legal counsel for the SBC has since confirmed that the investigation into the SBC as a whole remains open and ongoing, however, the DOJ has never made a public statement about the investigation.”
Baptist Press said that its requests for comments from the DOJ were not returned on March 5 and March 7.
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