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1 mar 2012 · Four women have accused popular Nashville pastor Bishop Joseph Walker III of Mount Zion Baptist Church and five other church leaders of sexual misconduct and violating their trust over the past 10 years. The women allege contact with Walker led to sexual assault, and in one case, a forced abortion.
14 gru 2012 · A Nashville judge on Thursday morning dismissed allegations levied against Mt. Zion Baptist Church’s Bishop Joseph Walker III by a former parishioner.
30 mar 2012 · Joseph Walker III, leading pastor of one of Nashville's largest churches, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, faces a second lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct involving a congregant and violating the trust of another church member, it emerged Thursday.
5 cze 2024 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, Mount Zion Baptist Church (MZB) has agreed to pay $70,464.39 to settle civil claims that it...
Bishop Joseph Walker was hit with an amended lawsuit Monday by a former church member who is accusing the charismatic preacher of sexual abuse. Valencia Batson's earlier lawsuit against Walker, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Nashville, was essentially dropped after her attorney filed a voluntary nonsuit in November.
5 cze 2024 · NASHVILLE – Mount Zion Baptist Church (“MZB”) has agreed to pay $70,464.39 to settle civil claims that it misused a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan.
Batson alleges she and Walker had sex at Mt. Zion’s locations at 1112 Jefferson St. in Nashville and 7594 Old Hickory Blvd. in Whites Creek. She says she was coerced into group sexual encounters with Walker and other church leaders in his office, sometimes after Bible study.
