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September 2017

September 07, 2017

'Biblical economist' jailed for 'end of the world' cash scam

'Fine Christian man' Larry Bates, 73, former House of Representative for Tennessee and ex-Chairman of...

September 04, 2017

In Pakistan, Muslims beat a Christian schoolboy to death

A campaign of bullying and harassment of Sharoon Masih, 17, culminated last week in the...

September 02, 2017

Minister at 'freaky' Yorkshire church guilty of sexual assaults

Pastor John Wilson, 70, who sexually abused six vulnerable women has been warned by a...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Priest's anger with God caused him to download child porn

Kevin Gugliotta, above, a former Catholic priest in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, reportedly told authorities that he...

August 26, 2017

Guru's rape case: religious sects must be better controlled

In the wake of deadly riots this week in India by followers of celebrity godman...

August 21, 2017

'Cowardly, evil' Catholic brother jailed in Brisbane for 8 years

Francis Brophy, 87, above, began an eight year jail sentence today (Monday) after Brisbane District...

August 18, 2017

Racial hatred: This message got a Newcastle man arrested

Jimmy Lamb, 24, was arrested earlier this month for appearing in public with the slogans,...

August 12, 2017

Imam charged for inciting violence against … Muslims

Muslims who neglect to pray in a local Islamic community in Switzerland should be killed,...

August 08, 2017

Yet another 'whoops' moment for the Roman Catholic Church

At the beginning of July, Marcin A Nurek, 37, above, was ordained a priest –...

August 04, 2017

Suffolk rector used cellphone to film men in a public toilet

The Very Rev Martin Thrower, above, has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence for...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Congregation asked to pray for priest who procured a girl of 13

Following the arrest in the Philippines of Monsignor Arnel Lagarejos, above, for procuring a 13-year-old...

July 30, 2017

Worshipping an evil god

In Pakistan a village council ordered the rape of a 16-year-old girl because her brother...

July 29, 2017

Connecticut rabbi, 77, arrested on sexual assault charges

A prominent Connecticut rabbi and hard-line morality campaigner, Rabbi Daniel Greer, has been charged with...

July 28, 2017

Muslim 'surprised' that wife-beating is illegal in Canada

An Iranian immigrant who systematically brutalised his wife, and was subsequently given a light prison...

July 27, 2017

Islamic thugs jailed thanks to actions of courageous Muslim

When Edris Nosrati, above, saw a gang of drunken thugs attack strangers in Liverpool for...

July 23, 2017

Pastor's wife was treated as a 'sex slave' and frequently raped

In a harrowing TV interview, Australian Joy Harris, 63, above, spoke for the first time...

July 08, 2017

Sadistic Muslim teacher caged for 13 years for child sex abuse

Mohammed Haji Sadiq, 81, who taught Koran studies at a mosque in Wales, was sentenced...

July 04, 2017

Rabbi among those arrested in NJ benefits fraud investigation

Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin, 39, who runs the Congregation Lutzk synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey, was...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

UK mum forces investigation into son's circumcision

A British mother has set up a petition calling on the authorities to prevent an...

June 22, 2017

Flaming June proves a harsh month for Church of England

First, came an accusation in mid-June from two Anglican churches in the UK that an...

June 21, 2017

Ex-pastor lived high on the hog in Australia on stolen cash

David Owen Parkinson's lavish lifestyle, funded by $3-million (£1.7-million) stolen in property investment scams, came...

June 19, 2017

Terror attack was UK's 'worst example of Islamophobia'

Following a terrorist attack in London that targeted Muslims near a mosque in the early...

June 17, 2017

Woman arrested over beach exorcism of her daughter, 11

Police in Ferndale, California, have commended the actions of a man who intervened when Kimberly Felder,...

June 16, 2017

Connecticut pastor charged with stealing a $1.5-m church

'Bishop' Franklin L Fountain, 55, above, has been charged with first-degree larceny and second-degree forgery...

June 14, 2017

Vicious Christian jailed for exorcism assault on daughter

William Ellis Watt, above, a Michigan man with a long history of violence, has been...

June 09, 2017

Prominent Boston pastor arrested in prostitution sting

Back in 2013, 'Bishop' Archie Livingston Foxworth, 68, gave a blessing to Massachusetts' Republican Governor...

June 04, 2017

Jesus Christ tells preacher not to help save a Ghanaian soldier

Controversial Ghanaian cleric 'Bishop' Daniel Obinim, above right, claims that he could have prevented a soldier...

June 03, 2017

Governor's 'pray away crime' idea disgusts Kentucky pastor

Reverent Clay Calloway, above right, of the West Louisville Ministers Coalition, said he wanted to...

June 02, 2017

Washington youth pastor rapist handed a five-year jail sentence

Christopher Lee Trent, 37, a former Baptist youth pastor whose duties included advising adults on...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Muslims raise $500,000 for victims of white supremacist

In the wake of a murderous attack last Friday on three men who tried to...