WAKE FOREST, N.C. — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee met on Tuesday to discuss an almost 300-page investigation about its organization, and released a statement vowing to listen to abuse survivors. 

The report from Guidepost Solutions issued on Sunday details how SBC lawyers and leaders mishandled sexual abuse victims' claims.

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On Sunday, Guidepost Solutions released a 288-page report investing the Southern Baptist Convention

The report says SBC leaders and lawyers ignored or belittled victims' sex abuse claims for more than two decades

The SBC Executive Committee met on Tuesday to discuss the allegations in the report and released a statement on Twitter 

Sexual abuse victims repeatedly shared allegations with the executive committee, but were only met with "resistance, stonewalling and even outright hostility," the report said.

The executive committee kept a list of ministers accused of abuse, but there was no indication anyone “took any action to ensure that the accused ministers were no longer in positions of power at SBC churches," the report said.

Danny Akin is the president of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest. The college was formed in 1950 after a vote from the SBC Convention meeting in Chicago.

Akin said after reading the report he felt chastened.

I know that we cannot assure that sexual abuse will never happen again. But we can take steps that will certainly make it less likely."Sad, but determined more than ever to move forward and do the right things and get our house cleaned up, so that things like this don't happen again," he said. "And I am not naive. I know that we cannot assure that sexual abuse will never happen again. But we can take steps that will certainly make it less likely."

Starting this fall, all students at his school will be required to take a class "dealing with sexual abuse and prevention," Akin said.

The seven-month investigation was lead by Guidepost Solutions. The independent firm was contracted by the executive committee after delegates to last year's national meeting pressed for answers.

In a quote, the report says sexual abuse victims were "ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain ... even if it meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or warning to their current church or congregation."

Guidepost Solutions also added a list of key recommendations for the SBC, including forming "an Independent Commission and later establish a permanent Administrative Entity to oversee comprehensive longterm reforms concerning sexual abuse and related misconduct within the SBC​​," the report stated.

Since the report was released several top executive committee leaders from the SBC have resigned. 

The SBC Executive Committee met on Tuesday to discuss the report. They released a statement on Twitter shortly after saying in part that, "The SBC seeks to make it clear that it views engaging with survivors as a critical step toward healing our convention from the scourge of sexual abuse."