By Erin Rook
The Western district of the United Methodist Church elected its first openly gay bishop Friday night, bucking the denomination’s ban on
Methodists defy ban and elect first openly lesbian bishop
Canadian priest allegedly gambled away $500,000 of Syria refugee aid
Amer Saka of the Chaldean Catholic church allegedly collected money to support refugees arriving from the war-torn nation
A Canadian priest has been charged over stealing more than $500,000 intended for the resettlement of Syrian refugees, and then gambling it
Priest sex abuse victim angered by lack of recourse: ‘None of them are registered sex offenders’
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Shaun Dougherty’s story begins on page 66 of the grand jury report into widespread child sexual abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese.
That page – one of 147 pages in the report detailing accusations against more than 50
Pope accepts resignation of Brazilian bishop in sex abuse case
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop who was accused of turning a blind eye to suspected pedophile priests in his diocese, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
The Vatican said Francis had accepted the
Just Imagine…
Deep pocketed interests denied justice to church abuse survivors
By Sister Maureen Paul Turlish
I have said it before and I will say it again:
Accountability and transparency for the crimes of childhood sexual abuse today and in the future absolves no one from the accountability and transparency for
Remarried couples should abstain from sex, Philadelphia Catholic church says
File Under: AS IF!
Archbishop Charles Chaput also stated that gay Catholics should also ‘live chastely’ in new rules issued after Pope Francis urged more acceptance of others
Altoona man abused by priest kills himself just days after defeat of reform measure in bill
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He was 10 years old, the product of a devout Catholic family that worshipped at Holy Name Catholic Church in Ebensburg.
An altar boy, Brian Gergely should have been preoccupied with the task of assisting his priest
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MOVES TOWARD ACCEPTING HOMOSEXUALITY WITH NOMINATION OF 3 GAY BISHOPS
BY KELLY FRAZIER
THE NOMINATION OF THREE OPENLY GAY MINISTERS GOES AGAINST THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH’S RULES ON HOMOSEXUALITY.
Three ministers of United Methodist Church, Rev. Karen Oliveto, Rev. David Meredith and Rev. Frank Wulf- have been nominated for Bishop
Sexual acts involving Catholic priests not worst of sins – Archbishop
Archbishop Emeritus of the Kumasi Arch Diocese Most Reverend Peter Akwasi Sarpong has taken a swipe at persons accusing the clergy especially priests of the Catholic Church of engaging in sexual intercourse indicating that it is not the worse form