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September 2016

September 08, 2016

NY tabloid accused of 'spewing hatred' against Catholics

This week the New York Daily News reported that the Archdiocese of New York had...

September 05, 2016

Pastor accused of operating a brothel at a Nigerian church

Following news last week that a Nigerian pastor, Chukwuemeka Nwocha, General Overseer of the Tongue...

September 03, 2016

Pastor claims that the Devil sent young girls to tempt him

Nigerian pastor Chukwuemeka Nwocha, above, General Overseer of the Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry in...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Catholic archdiocese accused of negligence in lawsuit

Parents of a young boy who claim their son was inappropriately photographed by a Roman...

August 27, 2016

Homophobic pastor in Georgia arrested over abuse allegations

Anti-gay pastor Kenneth Adkins, above, who caused outrage when he celebrated the Pulse club massacre...

August 23, 2016

Church members cheered as a cleric flogged a young couple

Police in Ghana are reportedly investigating an assault on a young couple who were flogged...

August 20, 2016

Religious freedom victory for cruel rooster-killing priestess

Despite being convicted on three counts of animal cruelty, 'high priestess' Mercy Carrion, above, will...

August 19, 2016

In Texas, a 'good Christian' used Scripture to abuse girl

Dell Ivan Godkin, 48, above, has begun a life sentence after he was found guilty...

August 16, 2016

Slaves abused and threatened with hell by Texas woman

Olga Murra, above, convinced two Mexicans she held in captivity for 14 years that she...

August 16, 2016

Jail for Christian Brothers school pair who abused boys

John Farrell, 73, above left, and Paul Kelly, 64, have been jailed for a total...

August 14, 2016

Priest sent picture of his penis to a pool maintenance man

Catholic priest Monsignor Larry McGovern, above, is being sued by a pool maintenance contractor for...

August 10, 2016

Lengthy jail term imposed on 'wolf in shepherd's clothing'

Paedophile Catholic priest Philip Temple, 66, above, was today jailed in London for 12 years...

August 06, 2016

Anti-gay Catholic cleric faces lawsuit over abuse in Guam

A while back, Anthony Sablan Apuron, above, then Catholic Archbishop of Guam warned that the...

August 06, 2016

Devout California Mayor played strip poker with a boy aged 16

Mayor Anthony Silva, above, is a very godly man – so much so that last...

August 03, 2016

Child abuser should be spared jail … because she's a Muslim

Despite a plea by her lawyer that she should not be jailed for sexually abusing...

August 02, 2016

Muslim Father 'cages' his Welsh daughter in Saudi Arabia

A High Court judge in London is expected to rule this week in a bizarre...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Cleric claims a girl aged six was 'a religious offering' to him

Afghan Muslim cleric Mohammad Karim has been arrested after marrying a six-year-old girl. According to this...

July 30, 2016

God told Florida man to baptise boy in a filthy swimming pool

Henry L Love, inset, is in police custody following the forced baptism of an 11-year-old...

July 29, 2016

Woman of God screamed Bible verses as she beat her children

A court heard this week that Odalis Sharp, above – a mother of ten from...

July 29, 2016

Nude swimmers abused by Muslim gang in Germany

A gang of Muslim men threatened to ‘exterminate’ a group of nudists after storming a...

July 24, 2016

Boy was held in chains for weeks in a Nigerian church

The shocking picture above was taken shortly after the nine-year-old was rescued on Friday by...

July 19, 2016

Police urged to investigate Lord Carey, former C of E head

A lawyer representing victims of an abusive Church of England bishop has called for an...

July 14, 2016

Violent Christian school head banned from teaching

Following the closure last year of a London school established to 'educate children with sound...

July 13, 2016

Girls at C of E house of horrors were drugged and abused

The Church of England was today forced to apologise 'unreservedly' for the cruelty meted out...

July 10, 2016

More jail time for Ireland's 'singing priest', Tony Walsh

Walsh, 63, above, who gained fame in Britain and Ireland in the 1980 with his...

July 05, 2016

Jail for Catholic student priest who sought sex with infants

Former student priest, Joel Alexander Wright, above, has been sentenced to almost 16 years in...

July 02, 2016

Church tries to 'out' underage victims of Bible school abuser

Angered by a sexual abuse lawsuit brought against it by the victims of a former...

June 2016

June 26, 2016

Mom who whipped kids gets praised by Louisiana officials

Louisiana’s Attorney General and its State Treasurer have condemned the arrest of 30-year-old Schaquana Spears,...

June 21, 2016

NY's Child Victim Act was an attempt to 'rape' the RCC

A bill that would have made it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek...

June 04, 2016

Pope inches towards a tougher handling of clerical abuse

Pope Francis has approved measures to sack bishops who mishandle child sexual abuse cases, a...