A former Ligonier Ministries executive, who was recently excommunicated by St. Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Florida, has revealed the real reason behind his exit: He accused the church’s former youth minister of sexually abusing his daughter.
The accusation is the latest of several scandals involving St. Andrew’s Chapel, the Reformed church founded by the late R. C. Sproul.
Stephen Nichols, former chief academic officer at Ligonier and president of Reformation Bible College, was simultaneously ejected from all three institutions last week. Nichols and his wife, Heidi, posted a long statement about their “season of transition” on X Thursday.
“At the heart of this issue is the suspected sexual abuse of our daughter,” the couple wrote. “We reported suspicion of sexual abuse of our daughter, we ended up indicted, and we ended up excommunicated.”
According to the Nicholses, their 17-year-old daughter’s counselor told them in January 2024 that he thought the girl had been abused when she was 11 or 12. The girl has struggled since that age with serious mental health issues, including repeated instances of self-harm that resulted in hospitalization.
Ligonier executive was excommunicated for reporting sexual abuse
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