Officials: Ex-Baptist Leader Mishandled Separate Rape Claims

FORT WORTH (AP) — The president of a leading Baptist seminary in Texas was dismissed because of his response to two rape allegations made years apart by students, according to officials at the Fort Worth-based school.
Kevin Ueckert, board chairman for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in a statement Friday criticized the actions of former President Paige Patterson.
(credit: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Ueckert said Patterson sent an email to the head of campus securi