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May 2018

May 15, 2018

Cult leader Hopeful Christian, a 'dirty old man', dies aged 92

The founder of a New Zealand cult who changed his name from Neville Cooper to Hopeful...

May 12, 2018

Outrage as teenage rape victim gets Islamic death sentence

Human rights groups around the world have expressed outrage over the fact that that a...

May 09, 2018

Abuse case: 'crap' sentences imposed on two Catholic friars

Pennsylvanian Franciscan friars Robert D’Aversa, 70, left, and Anthony Criscitelli, 63, have each been fined...

May 09, 2018

Glitzy Catholic fashion event in US attacked from all sides

On Monday night New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's 70th Met Gala made Catholic fashion...

May 01, 2018

Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on sexual abuse charges

Australian magistrate Belinda Wallington ruled today that there was enough evidence to proceed with a...

April 2018

April 29, 2018

Hondurans ask 'who will rid us of these Catholic scoundrels?'

The priests pictured above are Auxiliary Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, left, and Cardinal Oscar...

April 08, 2018

UK doctor faces prosecution over Islamic circumcision

The mother of a boy who was circumcised against her wishes is seeking to challenge...

April 04, 2018

'Get up for Jesus' mum used stun gun on her teenage son

Phoenix mum Sharron Dobbins, 40, has been arrested and charged with child abuse after police...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Homophobic pastor arrested on charges of child molestation

Nashville pastor Matthew Dennis Patterson has been arrested for allegedly molesting a number of children...

March 28, 2018

Boy, 11, punched a priest in a bid to avoid sexual assault

A 51-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons claims that he was punished...

March 26, 2018

Pastor jailed for causing death of a 'demonic' two-year-old boy

Aracely Meza, above, pastor at a Texas church called Iglesia Internacional Jesus es el Rey,...

March 25, 2018

NSS names its Secularists of the Year at a London ceremony

Phil Johnson and Graham Sawyer, left, a serving vicar, were yesterday named Secularists of the...

March 24, 2018

Bavarian authorities were right to rescue 40 kids from a cult

A German decision to remove children from a Christian cult was upheld this week by...

March 17, 2018

Faith-based probation order led to teenager's abuse by priest

After a 17-year-old Michigan teen had been ordered by a court to complete community service...

March 17, 2018

'Historic' judgment sees priest jailed in Mexico for 63 years

Legal history was made in Mexico this week when Carlos López Valdez, above, became the...

March 16, 2018

Sheltered religious upbringing warped pervert's judgement

Manchester paedophile Luke Simpson, 23, was spared a jail sentence this week after a court...

March 13, 2018

Kansas missionaries' penalty for vicious abuse: 32 months!

Jim and Paige Nachtigal, a pair of missionaries from North Newton in Kansas, tomorrow begin...

March 12, 2018

UK judge prevents girl from being taken to India for FGM

A UK court has banned an Indian-origin family from flying their baby daughter to India...

March 10, 2018

Tennessee pastor allegedly abused three young boys

Ronnie Gorton, above, a married father and lead pastor of The Awakening Church in Atoka, Tennessee,...

March 05, 2018

N Ireland priest resigns over association with a paedophile

Dr John McAreavey, Catholic Bishop of Dromore, above, has resigned 'with immediate'' effect after it...

March 04, 2018

Torture of young boys a feature of this Hindu religious festival

Friday, March 2, saw the culmination of the Attukal Pongala festival in Kerala – and...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Pope's 'special envoy' blunder infuriates Scranton Catholics

There was uproar among Catholics in Scranton, Pennsylvania, when it was announced last week that...

February 06, 2018

Voodoo in the US: five-year-old girl 'permanently disfigured'

Sisters Peggy LaBossiere, 51, and Rachel Hilaire, 40, pictured in a Massachusetts court, were arrested after...

February 04, 2018

Banned priest defends alleged abuser & insults women clergy

A row has broken out over the presence this week of disgraced Anglican priest Jules...

February 03, 2018

Suspected of being gay, man is brutally beaten in SA church

Members of the Ebuhleni Nazareth Baptist Church in South Africa stand accused of beating Dumisani...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Pakistani Newsweek editor slammed over abuse tweet

The brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari triggered massive protests across Pakistan –...

January 24, 2018

Nun in tears over 'horrifying' abuse at Catholic orphanage

Sister Ellen Flynn, a nun in charge of a Catholic order, broke down in tears...

January 21, 2018

Clerical abuse: sour start to Pope's Chile visit ends in fury

After commiserating with abuse survivors in Chile, Pope Francis – to the astonishment and fury...

January 19, 2018

'Good Christians' in court over abuse of their 13 children

The father of David Turpin, 56, says he does not believe that his son and...

January 17, 2018

Abuse scandals put a damper on Pope's first visit to Chile

Pope Francis is in Chile – and the country is less than ecstatic about his...