Source: Associated Press By TIM SULLIVAN TALUSTUSAN, Philippines (AP) — The American priest’s voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Pennsylvania’s legislature hasn’t decided if it will join the growing number of states to lift the statute of limitations on victims of childhood sexual […]
Source: Associated Press By VERENA DOBNIK and DAVID KLEPPER NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University sued […]
Source: Palm Beach Post By Sam Howard PALM BEACH GARDENS — Preacher Tullian Tchividjian told his congregation on a recent Sunday that he sees himself in a story from the Gospel of […]
Source; Associated Press By MICHAEL BIESECKER AGAT, Guam (AP) — Walter Denton wanted to grow up to be just like Father Tony Apuron, until the night he says the parish […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Since they were first offered an opportunity to pool their resources and buy background checks on volunteers and employees at a discount […]
Source: The New Yorker By Eliza Griswold Last week on Instagram, Sharath Jois, a grandson of Pattabhi Jois, the hugely influential founder of Ashtanga yoga, which has millions of followers worldwide, finally responded to several years’ worth of claims of sexual misconduct against his grandfather, who died in 2009, at the age of […]
Source: BBC News By Adam EastonBBC News, Warsaw Image captionMonika, now 28, has spoken of years of abuse as a teenager at the hands of priests Marek Mielewczyk was a […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The archbishop of Canterbury has thrown his weight behind calls for the government to make the reporting of sexual abuse of children and […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett SCRANTON, Pa.—Four decades ago, Jimmy Pliska says, he was sexually assaulted by his local parish priest on an overnight fishing trip. Now, he has […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN) – Officials have substantiated multiple accusations of child sexual abuse by a preschool teacher at a prominent synagogue in Washington, DC, according to […]
Source: The New York Times By Kai Schultz NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Monday convicted six men over the kidnap, rape and murder of a Muslim nomadic girl […]
Source: The New York Times By Elizabeth Dias Evangelical churches have long distanced themselves from the sexual abuse crisis that has consumed the Catholic Church. But a reckoning has arrived. HURST, Tex. — Christi Bragg listened in disbelief. It was a Sunday in February, and her popular evangelical pastor, Matt Chandler, […]
Source: Associated Press By David Crary As the Roman Catholic church’s sex abuse scandal grows ever wider in scope in the U.S., bishops convene for a national meeting in Baltimore […]
Source: Associated Press By DAVID CRARY The Southern Baptist Convention gathers for its annual national meeting Tuesday with one sobering topic — sex abuse by clergy and staff — overshadowing […]
Source: NBC News By Corky Siemaszko The U.S. Catholic Church spent $10.6 million on lobbyists to prevent victims of clerical sex abuse from suing for damages. According to a new report, […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD HOUSTON (AP) — The cardinal leading the U.S. Catholic Church’s response to the sex abuse crisis has been accused of mishandling a case alleging […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — Southern Baptists hope to take steps at their upcoming annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., to address continuing reports of sexual […]
Source: NPR By LAURA BENSHOFF When Patricia Cahill was 15, she received an unexpected request. A nun who taught at a Catholic high school near her home in Ridgewood, N.J., […]
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — For nearly a year, Pope Francis remained mostly silent in the face of a searing accusation by a former papal ambassador to […]
