Paul Pressler, 94, was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics and that alliance’s ...

Pressler was a symbol for both the Religious Right’s marriage with Republican politics and that alliance’s vulnerability to ...

Paul Pressler III, a Texas appeals court judge and leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the ...

But at least seven men accused him of sexual abuse. By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Paul Pressler, a former Houston appeals court judge who spent decades helping conservatives gain control of the Southern ...

FILE – Former Judge Paul Pressler poses for a photo in his home in Houston May 30, 2004. Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexual abuse and later ...

Paul Pressler, shown in 2004, was a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was accused of sexual abuse and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations. (File Photo/The Associated ...

Longtime Southern Baptist Leader Paul Pressler, Who Was Accused of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 94 HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of ...

Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94.