AUSTIN (KXAN) – For decades, Dr. Helen Maidment carried mixed memories of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in North Austin. On one side, there was the joy of a fulfilling spiritual and social life centered around the church. Her husband started a…[Continue Reading...]
TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- A Japanese Buddhist nun has stepped forward to allege that she was brainwashed and sexually violated by the chief priest of a major sect's temple for over a decade, shocking the country's religious establishment. The news made…[Continue Reading...]
An American minister of a global secretive sect who was outed as a paedophile and sexual predator after his death had visited New Zealand multiple times to attend the religious group's annual gatherings. Amy Williams has the story. Listen to…[Continue Reading...]
Warning: This story discusses details of sexual abuse An American minister of a secretive global sect who was outed as a paedophile and sexual predator after his death visited New Zealand multiple times to attend the religious group's annual gatherings.…[Continue Reading...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to…[Continue Reading...]
At a hearing for a criminal trial in France, a priest of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) who spent six years in the U.S. has admitted to sexual misconduct with French minors over a period of 15 years,…[Continue Reading...]
A Texas man is suing a local Hindu temple, alleging it branded his son with a hot iron during a cultural ceremony. Vijay Cheruvu, of Fort Bend County, said he did not give his consent for his son to participate…[Continue Reading...]
Following more than 250 lawsuits alleging abuse against the Diocese of Sacramento, Bishop Jaime Soto announced on Monday that the diocese will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. California’s Child Victims Act, signed in 2019 and enacted at the beginning of…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO - One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye. The woman, reportedly now…[Continue Reading...]
One of Japan's largest Buddhist sects is currently under scrutiny following serious allegations made by a nun, who claims she was sexually assaulted by a monk over a span of 14 years. The accusations, which also implicate a high-ranking priest…[Continue Reading...]
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