(Opinion) For the past several years, I have wondered why Daily Wire journalist and author Megan Basham consistently supports sexual predators, while attacking their victims. This week, I found out, thanks to a recently released email Basham sent to a source in 2022, explaining her motives.
Basham’s email reveals a stunning lack of objectivity on her part and suggests that her sympathy for abusers stems from her desire to protect her father, not an impartial assessment of the facts.
The email is included in recently unsealed court documents. Former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) professor David Sills is suing the Louisville, Kentucky, school, its president Al Mohler, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Guidepost Solutions and others. Sills claims the defendants falsely labeled him a sexual abuser for what he contends was a consensual relationship with a former student and family friend, Jennifer Lyell.
Lyell claimed that Sills, who was 23 years older than her, exploited her vulnerability as a 26-year-old student with a history of childhood sexual abuse. She says Sills set himself up as her surrogate father and used his position to manipulate her into years-long, non-consensual sexual contact.
Though the abuse allegedly began in 2004, Lyell didn’t go public with the allegations until 2019, when she was working as an executive at Lifeway, the publishing arm of the SBC. When she did, Baptist Press framed the abuse as a “morally inappropriate relationship,” implying consent. This harmed Lyell’s reputation, prompted her to resign from Lifeway, and damaged her health.
Megan Basham reveals her sympathy for abusers started with her dad | The Roys Report
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