I don't know if the claims are "hyped" or not, but David Cloud -- another IFB pastor whom I disagree with on many issues but consider a man of integrity -- doesn't think it's hype.
http://www.wayoflife.org/index_files/the_women_who_knew_jack_hyles.html
http://www.wayoflife.org/database/another_warning_about_unquestioning_loyalty.html
A string of assaults and sexual crimes committed by pastors across the country have one thing in common: The perpetrators have ties to the megachurch in Hammond, Indiana.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-M...-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/