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March 2020

March 04, 2020

Pupils branded ‘sluts’, ‘harlots’ and ‘faggots’ at Christian college

PUPILS at an 'elite' private Anglican boarding school in Ontario were subjected to extreme physical...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Catholic abuser Vanier advised: ‘Accept the realities of your body’

THERE are many videos on YouTube that present Canadian Jean Vanier, above, founder of L’Arche...

February 16, 2020

LA woman sues church, alleging decades of sexual abuse

SOCHIL Martin, above, claims in a lawsuit launched last Wednesday in California that she was...

February 14, 2020

NJ seminary professor arrested for death threat against reporter

7 Eyewitness News reporter Charlie Specht won state and national awards for his investigations of...

February 12, 2020

‘Paedophilia doesn’t kill anyone,’ says Rhode Island Catholic priest

WHEN you're in a hole, keep digging yourself in deeper. That seems the thinking of...

February 07, 2020

‘Ex-gay’ Australian pastor charged with molesting a boy aged 13

RON Charles Brookman, above, once a leading advocate for 'pray-away-the-gay' programmes in Australia, this week...

February 05, 2020

JWs, in complete denial over child sexual abuse, are to be sued

AS A consequence of its refusal to acknowledge child sexual abuse within its ranks, and...

January 2020

January 01, 2020

Lawsuit claims Mother Teresa shielded a predatory priest

A LAWSUIT filed in California yesterday (Tuesday) alleges that Mother Teresa vigorously defended her 'spiritual...

December 2019

December 28, 2019

Victims of sadistic evangelical priest want police to investigate

BACK in June we reported on the kinky behaviour of the Rev Jonathan Fletcher, above,...

December 08, 2019

Lawyer asks US judge to consider abusive rabbi’s ‘good works’

A LAWYER representing a prominent Connecticut rabbi convicted of repeatedly abusing a teenage boy over...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Anglican church founder abused trainee priests & other young men

A DAMNING investigative report released in the US this week reveals that Eric Dudley –...

November 27, 2019

Two priests and a lay employee jailed for abusing deaf children

CATHOLIC priests Nicola Corradi, 83, Horacio Corbacho, 59, along with a lay employee, gardener Armando Gomez,...

November 23, 2019

What’s with princes and their friendships with sexual abusers?

STORY of the week in the British press was the 'train wreck' of an interview...

November 17, 2019

LEETHAN Bartholomew, above, who heads the UK's National FGM Centre – an organisation that monitors witchcraft-related...

November 07, 2019

Christian comedian John Crist used his status to prey on women

RELIGIOUS website Charisma News is truly pissed off with US comedian and YouTuber personality John...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

US Senator: ‘Stop persecuting Christian paedophile’

EVANGELIST Dr Faiz Rehman, above, is currently in jail, awaiting trial in India for alleged sexual...

October 27, 2019

UK Catholic priest who wanted to abuse a two-year-old boy is jailed

UK PRIEST Fr Matthew Jolley, 32, above, has received a jail sentence of over three...

October 14, 2019

‘Devout Christian’ paedophile murdered in a British jail

RICHARD Huckle, above, a regular churchgoer who infiltrated Christian communities in Malaysia and used his...

October 09, 2019

Boy, 7, died after a beating at a Catholic school, abuse inquiry told

ALDO Moroni, a pupil at a prestigious Catholic school in Scotland, was beaten so viciously...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Russian ‘celebrity’ priest detained for alleged child sexual offences

FATHER Nicolay Stremsky, above, who heads the largest family in Russia – he has 70...

September 18, 2019

Former Catholic priest likely to die in prison for child abuse

ARTHUR Perrault, 81, has been handed a 30-year prison sentence for multiple sexual assaults on...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

NY Child Victims Act opens way for Jewish university to be sued

YESHIVA University High School for Boys is being sued over sexual abuse allegedly suffered by...

August 23, 2019

World’s oldest living archbishop stands accused of sexual abuse

ARCHBISHOP Bernardino Piñera, 103, the uncle of Chile’s billionaire President Sebastian Piñera, is being investigated by...

August 23, 2019

Utah teens who refused to go to church got beaten with a guitar

A BOY, aged 14, suffered a broken arm after he was allegedly assaulted by his...

August 22, 2019

Christian couple who ran a ‘gay cure’ camp face trafficking charges

GARY Wiggins and his wife, Meaghan, who operated the Joshua Home – 'a haven of...

August 21, 2019

Elated crowds cheer as Cardinal Pell loses High Court appeal

'A wonderful day for survivors' is how one woman greeted news today that Cardinal George...

August 20, 2019

Preacher abused a drag queen and threatened kids with hell

AN evangelical preacher who gatecrashed a Drag Queen Story Time event in Ottawa got short...

August 16, 2019

Leading US abuse lawyer launches two lawsuits against JWs

A LAW that came into effect in New York this week temporarily lifts the statute of...

August 15, 2019

Priest who joked about the sexual abuse of deaf kids is put on trial

BACK in 2017, Nicola Corradi, above, was filmed in Italy by an undercover reporter joking...

August 08, 2019

Australian victim of homophobic abuse awarded A$2,500

BACK in 2017, when Australian voters approved same-sex marriage, Daniel Comensoli celebrated the result by displaying...