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Aug 22 2023
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Baltimore Catholic Church abuse: Judge orders most redacted names in AG report can be made public
Former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark and former Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer, who were indicted last week along with former President Donald Trump, have filed paperwork to transfer the case to federal court. Lawyers for Clark argued in a court filing Monday that he was a high-ranking Justice Department official and the actions described in the indictment “relate
The Herald-Palladium
Aug 22 2023
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Baltimore Catholic Church abuse: Judge orders most redacted names in AG report can be made public
Hastings Tribune
Jun 15 2023
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Baptists oust women-led churches
NEW ORLEANS -- Southern Baptists took the first step Wednesday toward amending their constitution so that churches with female pastors would no longer qualify to be part of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Baptists also expelled two congregations that have female pastors. Saddleback Church, the southern California megachurch founded by Pastor Rick Warren in 1980, was deemed "not
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jul 18 2023
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Suspect in trooper shooting killed near coal city church
An Ohio man who was on the lam after shooting a West Virginia State Patrol officer earlier in the day was shot and killed Monday night running from a wood line near Sunset Hills Missionary Church on Independence Road near Coal City. Scott O’Brien was still armed as troopers gave chase, according to a press release from state police. Troopers were able to identify and visually confirm that the
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jul 18 2023
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Suspect in trooper shooting killed near Raleigh County church
An Ohio man who was on the lam after shooting a West Virginia State Patrol officer earlier in the day was shot and killed Monday night running from a wood line near Sunset Hills Missionary Church on Independence Road near Coal City. Scott O’Brien was still armed as troopers gave chase, according to a press release from state police. Troopers were able to identify and visually confirm that the
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jul 28 2023
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Citing jurisdiction, Oklahoma United Methodist Conference appeals First Church ruling
State United Methodist leaders have appealed a judge's ruling against them in a disaffiliation dispute with an Oklahoma City church. Oklahoma United Methodist Conference leaders said their First Amendment rights were violated when a judge ruled that they intentionally prevented First United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City from disaffiliating in April alongside 55 other churches. They are
Jul 27 2023
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Well-known church pastor fatally struck by police officer responding to call
A police officer responding to a call struck and killed a well-known church pastor in Connecticut, authorities said. Stamford Police Officer Zachary Lockwood, 24, was driving a police sport utility vehicle when he hit 69-year-old Tommie Jackson shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Connecticut State Police accident report. Jackson, a pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith
Fox News (Online News)
Jul 11 2023
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Historic flooding damages Vermont churches, prompts DR response
BARRE, Vt. (BP) – A generational rainstorm that put downtown streets under two feet of water stopped inches short of the steps to Enough Ministries. “We were just high enough to avoid it,” Pastor Dan Molind told Baptist Press. Many others weren’t as fortunate. At least 10 Southern Baptist churches have sustained damage, said Molind, who is also the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief and Send
Baptist Press
Jul 10 2023
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Church of England votes to bring back ‘defrocking’ as punishment for clergy
Clergy who are guilty of serious misconduct may be stripped of their holy orders after the Church of England’s ruling body voted to reinstate “defrocking”.
All priests, from newly ordained curates to the archbishop of Canterbury, could be defrocked under new disciplinary measures backed by the General Synod, which is meeting in York.
The power to defrock clergy was abolished more
The Guardian
Jul 24 2023
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Former pastor arrested in 1975 murder of young girl walking to his church
On. Aug. 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was walking to Bible camp in a township outside Philadelphia when she was kidnapped and murdered. On Monday, authorities announced a man who was the pastor of one of the camp's host churches at the time has been arrested and charged with Harrington's murder. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office said David Zandstra, 83, recently
NBC News (Online)