Patterson attorney claims 'misrepresentation' of facts
An attorney for terminated Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson issued a media release late Monday afternoon (June 4) defending Patterson against alleged "wide-spread misrepresentation and misinformation."
Among Fort Worth, Texas, attorney Shelby Sharpe's claims:
-- "No reasonable reading of" correspondence from Patterson's personal archives suggested former Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary student Megan Lively "reported a rape to Dr. Patterson" in 2003 when he was Southeastern's president "and certainly not that he ignored" such a report, "as is alleged."
-- "Dr. Patterson first learned of the charges that he allegedly did not report a rape at SEBTS during the May 22 board meeting" of Southwestern's trustees. "Dr. Patterson's response was that he had no recollection of a rape being reported to him."
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