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Herman Paul Pressler III (June 4, 1930 – June 7, 2024) was an American politician and judge who was a justice of the Texas 14th Circuit Court of Appeals in his native Houston, Texas. Pressler was a key figure in the conservative resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention, which he initiated in 1978. He was accused of sexual misconduct or ...
Paul S. Pressler (born 1956) is an American business executive. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors of eBay. He was previously held executive positions at companies such as Gap, Inc., The Walt Disney Company, and was a partner at the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. [1]
Herman Paul Pressler, III, was born in Houston on June 4, 1930, to Herman P. Pressler, Jr. and Elsie Townes Pressler, according to his obituary. He was a sixth-generation Texan.
Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. A funeral ...
Pressler, Paul. A Hill on Which to Die: One Southern Baptist's Journey. B&H Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8054-2634-2. (Pressler was an architect of the Takeover/Resurgence."Succinct, accurate portrayals of complex circumstances—a readable, journalistic summary that caught the flavor as well as the facts.") Robison, James B., editor.
Former Judge Paul Pressler, who played a leading role in wresting control of the Southern Baptist Convention from moderates in 1979, poses for a photo in his home in Houston May 30, 2004.
Rollins met Pressler in high school and was part of a Bible study Pressler led. Rollins claims he was raped two to three times a month while at Pressler's home. [8] According to the Chronicle, Pressler agreed in 2004 to pay $450,000 to Rollins for physical assault. The SBC settled the Rollins case out of court in December 2023.
In 2007, Louisiana College announced plans for a law school named for Judge Paul Pressler, a leading figure in the Southern Baptist Convention, which would open in 2009. [37] In 2010, the college announced that the law school would be located in Shreveport, and Mike Johnson would be its inaugural dean.