Baptist Pastor Sues Texas Baptists

Otto Arango is suing the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The pastor who’s been involved with starting churches in the Rio Grande Valley claims he was defamed by the group when it investigated allegations of misspent money. Some 250 new churches in south Texas were given received more than $1 million in funds but many of those churches never existed except on paper. Some of the money went into Arango’s personal bank account, according to the investigation launched by the General Convention. But he’s never faced any formal charges and calls the allegations nothing more than rumors. The Baptist organization says the lawsuit has no merit.