Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida (photo by Dwayne Walker)

Who knew what and when did they know it?

• Founding pastor Bob Gray is jailed on child sex charges. Church service makes no mention of arrest or accusations.
  
  
• "She said the church knew what happened in Gray's office decades ago, years that the victims suffered silently."
  
  
• Woman says "the church has known about the allegations against the pastor for years." She reads her email to pastor Tom Messer. (video)
  

  Tom Messer

• Woman claims "church leaders knew of the sexual abuse but covered it up."
  
  
• Tape recording said to show Trinity cover-up. "The victims are vindicated. The kids are vindicated. Tom (Messer) knew and covered it up for years."

• Bob Gray reported to have molested kids as far back as 1949, before he left the Southern Baptist Convention. Did SBC leaders know?
  

  Founding pastor, Bob Gray

• Leaders reported to have known for years that pastor Bob Gray was a pedophile.
  
  
• Jerry Falwell says serial sex-abuse case at Trinity is a mere "bump in the road."
  
  
• Former Southern Baptist president Jerry Vines sings the praises of Trinity Baptist Church even while numerous allegations of child sex abuse and cover-ups are being reported.
  

  Tony Denton

  
  
• ANOTHER Trinity leader, Tony Denton, is charged with child sex crimes dating to when he was music minister in North Carolina. He was doing counseling for a brain-injury support group at the time of his arrest.
  
  
• Don Boys says pastor Tom Messer knew. "I have observed a cover-up mentality in many large Baptist churches that seems to be systemic."
  
  
• Civil suit claims Trinity Baptist covered-up Gray's sexual abuse of kids.
  
  
• More of the documents from the civil suit and more of the testimonies
  
  
• Bob Gray dies just before his criminal trial is set to start. The civil suit against Trinity Baptist goes forward. Suit proceeds despite statute of limitations challenge.
  
  
• "Truth will come out," says Don Boys, "and expose the disingenuousness, deviousness and dishonesty -- all euphemisms for a simple word -- cover-up."
  
  
• Bob Gray talked openly with police. "Gray told the officer he did it because he was having problems with his first wife." Read Bob Gray's own words.
  
  
• Trinity graduate and Christian School Confidential blogger, Dwayne Walker, hosts event for clergy victims to seek healing and speak out.
  
  
• Former Trinity leader, Tony Denton, pleads guilty to child molestation charges in North Carolina.
  
  
• Listing of First Coast News articles on the Trinity saga.

Note:  Trinity Baptist Church is not an SBC-affiliated church. However, one of the many reported victims is alleging abuse dating to a time before Bob Gray left the Southern Baptist Convention. Also, since Southern Baptist leaders Jerry Vines and Jerry Falwell chose to sing Trinity's praises at a time when leaders should have been calling for accountability, this is a scandal that carries an additional connection to Southern Baptists.