The school, located in Honolulu, is affiliated with the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention. Shiira’s father, Ron Shiira, has been president of Hawaii Baptist Academy since July 2016. The elders asked the congregation to join them in “praying for anyone who has been impacted, courage for anyone who needs to see a counselor, Andrew, and the Shiira family.”

“We take this matter very seriously,” the Lakeshore Church elders said in the email, “and will cooperate with appropriate parties throughout any further investigation or review.” The elders said they would make private counseling available to any church member and would address the situation during their service Sunday (May 16). The elders said Shiira “had completed Ministry Safe training,” as is required to serve at the church, and that “currently, we have no evidence of any physical harm or sexual harassment pertaining to our church congregation by Mr. According to an email from the church’s elders to church members, Shiira was not part of the pastoral staff, “had no contact with children or students at Lakeshore Church,” and his role ended April 30. Shiira had also served at Lakeshore Church in New Orleans, helping to plan the order of worship. The school said Shiira had resigned a part-time staff position as a recruiter earlier, before any allegations had been made. If anyone has any information of this nature, we encourage you to notify the Dean of Students office at and Campus Police at. Currently, we have no evidence of any physical harm or sexual harassment pertaining to our campus population by Mr. We offered any assistance we might provide to complete the investigation.

He said the school would “continue to cooperate with law enforcement,” and said they were grieved for and praying for “those who are often overlooked as victims of online sexual crimes.”Īccording to the NOBTS statement, “s soon as NOBTS was made aware of criminal online sexual misconduct allegations against Andrew Shiira, we were in complete cooperation with law enforcement and will continue to cooperate with them as requested. NOBTS President Jamie Dew said in the statement he was “shocked and grieved” at the news. While declining to discuss the specific degree, a seminary spokesman said Shiira had not met degree’s requirements and that it would not be conferred. Shiira would have earned a Master of Divinity. The statement also indicated that Shiira, who had been set to participate in commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 15), was no longer a student. NOBTS released a statement saying the seminary had provided “complete cooperation” to law enforcement officials. Andrew Shiira was being held at the Orleans Parish Prison on 10 counts of pornography involving juveniles. NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) was arrested today (May 13) on child pornography charges. Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to add additional comments from elders at Lakeshore Church.

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