R: Hey, did you see the list?
P: Which list was that?
R: The list of "allegations of grievous misconduct" by Southwest Baptist University officials that Marie would like the Missouri Baptist Convention to investigate.
P: No, I don't think so. Now, who did what exactly?
R: Well, it says that:
... Southwest Baptist University President Dr. C. Pat Taylor and the Southwest Baptist University Trustees, administration, nursing and legal staff and other personnel have maintained a perpetual pattern of deceptive, unethical, unprofessional, and illegal mismanagement ... and have continuously neglected and obstructed the thorough investigation of allegations of grievous misconduct, including ...
P: May I see that, please?
R: Sure, here's the list:
1. the sexual battery, molestation, predatory sexual
harassment and hazing of Southwest Baptist University
students.
2. the conspiracy to deceive and withhold relevant information
from government and court officials, students, parents, and
the general public pertaining to repeated indoor, daytime
fumigation of highly toxic pesticides applied by an admittedly
uncertified applicator;
3. the depraved indifference of SBU and Missouri Baptist
officials to the health and safety of students, faculty, and
their progeny and the refusal of SBU officials to warn of
the potential hazards of pesticides and solvents used on the
SBU campus;
4. the collaboration of SBU officials with local businesses
and city,county, and state officials in attempting to malign,
menace, defame and injure individuals (and their families
and friends) who oppose SBU's unethical and illegal policies;
5. insurance irregularities, conspiracy, and fraud;
6. suborning perjury;
7. document falsification, forgery and/or tampering;
8. witness tampering and/or bribery;
9. obstruction of justice;
10. denial of due process;
11. the invasion of privacy and confidentiality;
12. the violation of civil rights;
13. extortion and/or blackmail;
14. intimidation and coercion;
15. the abuse of power and political influence by elected
officials associated with SBU;
16. the abuse of administrative, faculty, and pastoral authority
in order to humiliate, defame, intimidate, or injure individuals
within the community;
17. the willful and perennial endeavor to deprive a disabled
student of disability insurance benefits, energy assistance,
and other community and governmental aid or entitlements
through fraudulent community coercion and threatened or
actual defamation, criminal conspiracy and physical violence;
18. deliberate release of false, falsified, inaccurate,
incomplete and/or fabricated “medical information”
of a student, with the intent of causing alienation,
humiliation, emotional distress and physical injury
to the student;
19. various and flagrant incidents of conflict of interest,
including appointments to the Self-Assessment
Committee for the Higher Learning Commission
of the North Central Association of Colleges
and Schools;
20. the harassment of female, minority and disabled students;
21. unequal administration of disciplinary procedures, with
extraordinary favoritism shown to student athletes
(particularly male);
22. the improper use of state and federal grant and loan programs;
23. probable criminal violations of the Missouri Pesticide Use
Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentcide
Act (FIFRA); the Federal Educational Right to Privacy Act
(FERPA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990,
and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act (RICO) and other state and federal laws concerning
the fraudulent and abusive mistreatment of individuals,
disabled or otherwise;
24. severe restriction of academic and intellectual freedom,
including gender-based discrimination and harassment;
25. intentional use of slander and defamation against students
or staff who disagree with questionable SBU policies;
26. the irresponsible, pernicious, and self-serving influence
of several local, Missouri and out-of-state churches, pastors
and deacons in SBU business, political and community affairs;
27. and the denigration and retaliatory intimidation of
individuals who have reported the above conduct.
P: Wow, that's quite a list, but as I understand it, that is just an early draft and that's not all ...
R: That's not all?!
P: No, the last draft I saw, there were more ... maybe ten to a dozen more items on the list.
R: You're kidding! When does all this go before the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention?
P: Marie has written Missouri Baptist Convention officials to let them know that -- if she cannot get a written commitment from FBC-Bolivar to handle the matter properly -- she will allow the process to go to the Missouri Baptist Convention on June 1.
She is asking that there be a "substantive resolution" by Thursday, July 10 -- before the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board meeting on July 14-15.
R: Do you think that the First Baptist Church of Bolivar will actually do something about all the harm that they have done? Will they do what is right ,,, this time ... finally?
P: I don't know, but if they don't ... it is going to be an interesting summer for the rest of us. ...
R: Isn't it kind of bizarre that after all this suffering, the First Baptist Church of Bolivar should end up playing SBU's ... and the Missouri Baptist Convention's ... "Angels of Justice" -- angelos, messenger, from the Greek?
P: Yes ... Wondrously bizarre. God certainly has a sense of humor. ...
Additional posts to follow this week, including:
The Art and Science of Justice: The Letter to Longtime Missouri Baptist and Southwest Baptist University Trustee, Rebecca Randles
(details here)
*PLEASE NOTE: *Because of the need to await the decision of First Baptist Church of Bolivar (see details here), Marie's letter to Rebecca Randles (see details here) will likely not be sent until at least June 1, although this is subject to change if the circumstances should require.
Yes, Marie will be communicating with the First Baptist Church of Bolivar extensively this week and next -- throughout the rest of May and June 2008.
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