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August 2019

August 02, 2019

Fury expressed after a ‘sexual abuse enabler’ gets a $2.45-m payoff

FORMER Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon, who was charged in November 2018 with...

August 01, 2019

Four wives of abusive Jewish cult leader form a political party

BACK in 2013, ultra-Orthodox Jewish singer and and performer Daniel Ambash, above, was sentenced to...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

Sadistic Catholic priest receives an 18-year jail sentence

AT the conclusion of his second trial – the first was 2017 – Father Michael...

July 19, 2019

Religion is for suckers: priest exorcised demons with oral sex

THREE men have accused Rev Dr William Weaver, 69, of Linden Presbyterian Church in New...

July 14, 2019

Pastor at a homophobic church had an ‘affair’ with an underage boy

AUTHORITIES in Florence, Alabama, believe that more children may have been abused by John Martin,...

July 13, 2019

Baptist pastor’s wife faces underage sex and grooming charges

SHANNON Griffin, 49, a teacher at Jordan Baptist School in Burbank, Illinois, appeared in court...

July 08, 2019

Priest ‘shocked’ by hostile reaction to his paedophile sermon

Ulrich Zurkuhlen, above, a retired Roman Catholic priest in Germany, faced a 'screaming mob' after...

July 05, 2019

Pope accused of ignoring sex abuse priest’s ‘terrifying dossier’

THE Vatican’s third most powerful prelate, Archbishop Peña Parra – pictured above with Pope Francis...

July 02, 2019

Priests owe it to God not to report abuse confessions

AN intransigent Vatican is digging its heels in over pressure to have priests report sexual...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Bare-butt beatings & naked massages at evangelical sessions

THE reputation of Rev Jonathan Fletcher, 76, an 'influential figure' among evangelicals in the Church...

June 29, 2019

Toledo pastor gets life sentence for illicit sex with a teen

NOT only did Ohio Anthony Haynes, above, groom a girl aged 14 for sex, he...

June 22, 2019

Leading UK Catholic excoriated in latest abuse inquiry report

BACK in 2003 the then Cardinal Vincent Nichols, above – who is now Archbishop of Westminster...

June 10, 2019

Report alleges an ‘epidemic’ of abuse in Southern Baptist churches

A REPORT, to be presented during the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting starting today (Monday) in...

June 09, 2019

Sex pest Catholic bishop lived high on the hog, using church funds

HERE'S something I guess not a lot of people know: the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Jesus Army brought down by sexual and financial abuse allegations

A UK-based cult known as the Jesus Fellowship Church – formerly the Jesus Army headquartered...

May 28, 2019

Catholic Church is in a tight spot, but Poles still cling faithfully to it

THERE are two things that the Catholic Church is pretty good at: blaming victims for...

May 25, 2019

Sexual abuse charges filed against five former US Catholic priests

A COMPREHENSIVE investigation into Catholic sexual abuse in Michigan resulted in charges being filed this...

May 16, 2019

C of E sex abuse: ‘bewildered’ Bishop of Lincoln suspended

The Bishop of Lincoln, Christopher Lowson, above, today expressed his bewilderment over a decision by...

May 14, 2019

Devout Christian spared heavy sentence for raping his daughter

PROSECUTORS wanted Tennessee pastor David Richards, 41, to be jailed for 72 years for sexually...

May 11, 2019

Prince Charles and other bigwigs supported abusive bishop

AN inquiry has concluded that the Church of England put its own reputation above the...

May 08, 2019

Ex-Muslims will target Brunei’s London Embassy over Sharia law

DESPITE the fact that the Sultan of Brunei – Hassanal Bolkiah, above – has done a...

May 04, 2019

UK to investigate child sexual abuse in more faith organisations

The UK's Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) is to widen its probe to...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Activities of ‘evil paedophile’ cost Church of Scotland £1-million

IN what is reported as the largest settlement paid by a religious institution in Scotland,...

April 19, 2019

Bangladeshi actress forced to apologise for ‘no afterlife’ remarks

IN devoutly Muslim Bangladesh, outrage culture is deeply ingrained, and one has to choose one's...

April 18, 2019

Top US attorney files sexual abuse lawsuit against a Jewish school

MICHAEL Dolce, above, a prominent US attorney specialising in sexual abuse cases, has filed a...

April 15, 2019

News outlets charged with contempt over Cardinal Pell’s trial

IN what has been described as an unprecedented attack on press freedom in Australia, 23...

April 12, 2019

Trial of alleged serial rapist pastor will resume next week in S Africa

LAST year South Africans were shocked and angered by the aggressive tactics used to cross...

April 12, 2019

‘Gay cure’ courses: Catholic Church accused of breaking Spanish law

SPAIN has tough anti-homophobia laws, and promoting or carrying out so-called 'conversion therapy' is banned...

April 10, 2019

Raped Indian nun: Catholic bishop charged after a lengthy delay

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, above, was arrested in India last September, but it was not until...

April 04, 2019

Holy smoke! Book-burning priest fined for illegal bonfire

THE Rev Rafal Jarosiewicz, a Catholic priest who recently led a book-burning ceremony in Gdansk,...