FORT WORTH — A former head of the Southern Baptist Convention was removed Wednesday as president of a Texas seminary following allegations of ‘‘unbiblical teaching’’ through sexist and demeaning comments to women who he suggested should tolerate abuse.

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees said in a statement that 75-year-old Paige Patterson was dismissed following a 13-hour meeting ‘‘to move in the direction of new leadership for the benefit of the future mission of the Seminary.’’

Patterson is accused of remarking on a teenage girl’s body, saying female seminarians should work hard to look attractive, and saying abused women should almost always stay with their husbands.

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