Missouri Convention faces mistreatment charges

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) faces an investigation by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for possible mistreatment of an employee.

Former MBC controller Carol Kaylor said the EEOC will soon file formal discrimination charges against the convention. Kaylor notified the EEOC of her intent to file charges after MBC Executive Director David Clippard fired her April 10. “Our basic contention is that she was forced out of her position because she opposed practices that were demeaning to her and to other employees of the Missouri Baptist Convention as women,” Kaylor’s attorney Michael Berry said.

A news release from the convention, however, denied Kaylor was mistreated and said she was fired for “her involvement in the unauthorized tampering with the executive director’s computer and e-mail files,” which reportedly occurred Feb. 19.

Kaylor was immediately confronted in February about her involvement in the incident. MBC President Monte Shinkle appointed a committee to investigate the facts surrounding the misconduct and considered other matters raised by Kaylor. The committee concluded April 10 that the termination was justified.