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August 2021

August 25, 2021

Pastor who declared ‘in the name of Jesus lockdowns are over’ is fined $5,000 and his church is now shut

CHRIST Embassy Church in Blacktown near Sydney was raided on Sunday, just hours after its...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

‘Build a bitch’ Anglican school lesson: head apologises

BOYS taking part in a religious studies class at St Luke’s Grammar School near Sydney...

June 20, 2021

Pastafarians’ ‘Old & New Testicle’ biblical references make it a ‘hoax’

LET'S face it: Pastafarianism is as credible as any other religion, so it's a crying...

June 14, 2021

In Australia, Anglicans have a serious domestic abuse problem

IT'S been known for years that a shockingly high rate of domestic violence among practicing...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

Too close for comfort: Catholics protest LGBT show outside a church

A PUBLIC square outside a cathedral in Sydney, Australia, has become the focus of Catholic...

February 07, 2021

Quelle horreur: American Girl doll has lesbian relatives

AT THE end of December, Mattel unveiled its 2021 Girl of the Year – Kira...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

‘Church has changed’ says archbishop after abuse victim gets $2.45-m

AFTER agreeing to pay out a record $2.5-million to an altar boy who was raped...

January 05, 2021

Tanzania faces increasing pressure to free Muslim apostate Zara Kay

HUNDREDS of media outlets, human rights organisations and bloggers around the world are demanding the...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

Meet the Christian couple who believe they can ‘fix’ gay foster kids

A TRIBUNAL in Australia is scheduled to hear a 'persecuted Christians' case early in December...

November 22, 2020

Teacher & ex-Salvation Army pastor faces multiple sex charges

DESPITE objections voiced by the family of an alleged victim of sexual abuse, an Australian...

August 2020

August 21, 2020

Holy cow! Hindu fanatic gets yoga lessons in a pasture banned

FOREVER on the lookout for things he regards as harmful to Hinduism, Nevada-based Rajan Zed...

August 20, 2020

Fundraiser launched for ‘vindicated’ cardinal Pell’s legal expenses

FALSELY claiming the Pell was 'completely vindicated' of charges relating to sexual abuse – he...

August 18, 2020

Ex-jailbird Pell: Vatican has swept out ‘most, if not all of its crooks’

CARDINAL George Pell, above, who spent 400 days in an Australian prison before having his...

August 11, 2020

Businesses run by a UK cult get a massive COVID-19 cash bonanza

PROMOTIONAL YouTube videos created by the Exclusive Brethren – a wealthy subset of the Plymouth...

August 04, 2020

Exclusive Christian college forced to remove ‘vile’ sex-ed book

AN abhorrent faith-based 'sex education' booklet, written by a fundamentalist Christian sexologist, Dr Patricia Weerakoon,...

July 2020

July 02, 2020

Child sex abuse: JWs risk sanctions for not joining redress scheme

THE Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia have refused to sign up to the National Redress Scheme...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

Odd bedfellows: an Orthodox Greek prelate & a gay rights champion

BACK in 2017, ahead of Australia's plebiscite to legalise gay marriage, the Greek Orthodox Church...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

Israel to extradite ultra-Orthodox child sex abuser to Australia

A FORMER headmistress of an ultra-Orthodox school – Malka Leifer, above, is to be sent back...

May 13, 2020

Church, told to stop selling COVID-19 bleach, screams ‘persecution’

A MESSAGE posted on the Australian website of the Genesis II Church of Health and...

May 09, 2020

Victory for Jewish group: ‘Miss Hitler’ contest website taken down

WHEN Australia's Anti-Defamation Commission – a Jewish group aimed at fighting against anti-Semitism and racism...

May 07, 2020

Pell’s reputation further shredded as hidden details emerge

EVIDENCE showing that Cardinal George Pell had systematically covered up clerical child abuse finally emerged...

April 2020

April 11, 2020

Cardinal Pell claims RCC has cut out ‘moral cancer’ of child abuse

IN a letter published today (Saturday) in The Australian Cardinal George Pell, 78, released this...

March 2020

March 17, 2020

Coronavirus and the Christian crazies: today’s round-up.

FIRST off, South Korea: A church in Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul, sprayed salt water...

February 2020

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...

November 2019

November 10, 2019

Australia to extradite alleged abusive priest to Scotland

FOR years, former Catholic monk Fr Denis "Chrysostom" Alexander, 83, has been fighting attempts by the...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

Christian teacher forced to resign over her support for gay marriage

AN Australian LGBT advocacy group has taken up the case of a teacher who was...

August 2019

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 13, 2019

Leading Christian songwriter says he’s happier without religion

AUSTRALIA'S Hillsong, a charismatic Christian megachurch which began life in Australia, is reeling from the...

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...

June 2019

June 07, 2019

Rugby, religion and a $10 million dollar lawsuit

SACKED Australian rugby player Israel Folau is seeking up to $10 million in damages, claiming...