Prominent Christian writers and speakers who have spoken out against sex abuse slammed on Twitter Patterson's remarks in the latest sermons. The SWBTS board of trustees insisted that he lied about the situation, which led to his ousting. Patterson, who at the end of May lost his title of President Emeritus at SWBTS, was also accused of failing to report a rape allegation by a female student in 2003 to local law enforcement.

After all, the furor that led to his demise was partially sparked by a sermon in which he objectified a 16-year-old girl's physical appearance,' he added, referring to further comments that Patterson was criticized for earlier this year. 'But it is an especially inappropriate, even befuddling, choice of material for Patterson (who was coincidentally speaking in a state with the nation's third-highest obesity rate). Merritt argued that body-shaming women is not uncommon in American evangelical Christianity. 'She literally could have played guard for the Green Bay Packers.' I mean to tell you what: I think she pumped iron probably an hour or so a day,' he added. Patterson, who said that he was able to persuade the woman to convert to Christianity, made several jokes about her weight, such as that she 'filled the door,' and that when she came to his church for baptism, they had to 'fill the baptistery half full.' Merritt also took aim at what he said was Patterson 'body-shaming' a woman in another anecdote, where the former Southern Baptist leader talked about meeting a parishioner's mother. Merritt, son of former SBC President James Merritt, criticized Patterson for focusing on the latter, noting that studies have shown that false accusations of sexual assault make up only two percent against the 98 percent epidemic of real abuse.

She runs the risk of causing sorrow unknown when the person is, in fact, innocent,' he added, however. 'By the same token, I have nothing good to say about a woman who falsely accuses a man. 'I'm all in favor of the #MeToo movement when there is a guilty party,' Patterson said, insisting that men who abuse women are cowardly.

The 75-year-old preacher then talked about the current movement in society where various male leaders in church, in politics, in Hollywood, and other institutions are being accused of abusing women. Last week, he preached on the biblical story of Joseph, who was falsely accused by an Egyptian woman of sexually abusing her. Patterson resigned from his position as president of SWBTS in May following numerous controversies, including comments made in 2000 about how the Bible sees women and why spousal abuse isn't grounds for divorce. Writing for The Washington Post, journalist Jonathan Merritt reported on Patterson's return to preaching last week at a revival in Pisgah, Alabama, months after he was ousted from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas over allegations of mishandling sex abuse. Ousted evangelical leader Paige Patterson returned to the pulpit last week, where he blasted women who falsely accuse men in the #MeToo movement. Paige Patterson, 75, speaks at the AWAKEN Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in January 2014.

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