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August 2020

August 05, 2020

Adulation and rose petals for teen who murdered a ‘blasphemer’

THE Pakistani teenager who shot dead alleged 'blasphemer' Tahir Ahmad Naseem last week is fast...

August 03, 2020

Victims of wealthy paedophile vicar invited to claim from his estate

WHEN convicted paedophile Michael Studdert, above, died in 2017 aged 78 a Church of England...

August 03, 2020

Holy smoke! Hundred of cannabis plants found in an English church

IT'S a far leap from an ancient temple in Israel to a disused church in...

August 01, 2020

JW’s shunning practices led to yet another violent death

THERE'S no knowing how many lives are left in ruins by as a result of...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

‘Enemy of religion’ shot dead in a Pakistan court

A GUNMAN entered a court in city of Peshawar on Wednesday, accused Tahir Ahmed Naseem, above, ...

July 29, 2020

Catholic paedophile, 96, jailed again for abusing boys

IN 2017 retired UK priest John Kevin Murphy, above, was sentenced to three years for...

July 27, 2020

Trump’s chum & convicted felon Roger Stone has found Jesus

ALL together now, brothers and sisters in Christ, hallalujah! Spared a 40-month jail term...

July 21, 2020

Evangelical church ‘shocked’ after ex-pastor admits abusing kids

RESPONDING to news that its former pastor, Ben Thomas, above, had pleaded guilty to 40 sex...

July 19, 2020

Rabbi who survived horrific shooting pleads guilty to cheating IRS

RABBI Yisroel Goldstein, above, who became 'a global symbol of courage and religious freedom' after...

July 04, 2020

Child porn: ‘deeply religious’ ex-ambassador avoids jail in Hungary

ANGER is being expressed in Hungary after Gábor Kaleta, above – who served as the country's ambassador...

June 2020

June 27, 2020

NY Christian ‘revolutionary’ arrested for binning rainbow flag

AFTER using YouTube in March to call for the violent overthrow of the US government,...

June 17, 2020

Kenyan orphanage was a cover for missionary’s abuse

AMERICAN Christian missionary Gregory Dow, above, went to Kenya in 2008 with his wife to...

June 15, 2020

N Ireland pastor arrested for posting a racist video online

THE MAN pictured above is Northern Ireland pastor Barrie Halliday, who is complaining on his...

June 09, 2020

Egyptian doctor faces jail over girls’ genital mutilation

A HUMAN rights lawyer in Egypt – Reda el-Danbouki, above – has revealed that a doctor...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Australian paedophile priest has two years added to his jail time

GERALD Ridsdale, above, sentenced to 34 years in 1994 for abusing at least 69 children...

April 2020

April 19, 2020

Investors in a faith-based charity scheme lose $33-million

PROMISES made to potential investors in a God-centred scheme operated by the Church of the...

April 09, 2020

Like father, like son: fanatic arrested outside family planning clinic.

IN 2018 North Carolina pastor Phillip 'Flip' Benham, above, was arrested after he was accused...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Florida pastor arrested for unlawful assembly at The River church

IN a round-up headed 'Coronavirus and the Christian crazies', published on March 17, I included...

March 12, 2020

Predatory pastor’s new Florida church appointment sparks fury

THE recent appointment of Darrell Gilyard, above, a convicted sex offender, to the post of preacher...

March 07, 2020

Part-time church treasurer in Pennsylania alleged stole thousands

MELANIE L Kummerer, above, former treasurer of Calvary Lutheran Church in Laureldale, Pennsylvania, was charged...

March 03, 2020

Pastor attempted to hire a hitman to kill a church leader & a judge

AFTER Pennsylvania youth pastor Jacob Malone, above, was jailed for impregnating a 16-year-old girl he...

February 2020

February 25, 2020

Op-ed: Job requirements

How about that Harvey Weinstein, huh? Found guilty on two counts, in spite of all...

February 22, 2020

Christian university in California fined $1.25 million for fraud

DR TRACY Davis, above, President of Olivet University – a California-based Christian college – found herself...

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 08, 2020

Florida preacher arrested for alleged rape of a male prison inmate

ANTONIO Carlisle, above, a senior pastor of Greater True Vine Missionary Baptist Church in Lake...

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...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

French Cardinal convicted of clerical abuse cover-up wins appeal

OUTRAGE is being expressed in France and beyond following news today (Thursday) that Cardinal Philippe...

January 20, 2020

Woman tests faith in God by causing a crash that injured two

BELIEVERS in imaginary gods do incredibly stupid and dangerous things. A Pennsylvanian woman – Nadejda Reilly,...

January 17, 2020

Panama: seven dead after church targets an indigenous group

TEN members of a Christian sect known as The New Light of God were arrested...