More than 40 former residents of a children's home run by a controversial "cult" are suing the authorities for allegedly putting them in the care of abusers. The Red House in Buxton, Norfolk, took in hundreds of children over 14…[Continue Reading...]
American preacher and televangelist Bishop Thomas Dexter Jakes has denied allegations of sexual assault against two pastor brothers decades ago. TheNewsGuru reports that a former pastor Duane Youngblood, 58, had accused the Megachurch pastor in 2024, of targeting him over…[Continue Reading...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would retain legal fees earned from litigation against drugmaker Merck if he is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a federal ethics disclosure…. Kennedy, who…[Continue Reading...]
HE was the infamous cult leader whose followers - dubbed The Family - killed nine people including the pregnant Hollywood actress Sharon Tate. Now a contentious legal battle to claim the estimated $1million fortune of mass murderer Charles Manson has…[Continue Reading...]
An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $12 million over the past three years, causing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to put its Nashville, Tennessee, headquarters…[Continue Reading...]
Two victims of alleged child sexual abuse by a MorningStar Ministries volunteer youth leader filed separate civil lawsuits this week, bringing the number of lawsuits alleging MorningStar leaders mishandled reports of sexual abuse to three. A similar lawsuit against Morningstar…[Continue Reading...]
Earlier this month, the fifth such 'copycat' lawsuit filed since October thundered down on the desk of church leaders in Salt Lake City earlier this month. Gene and Michelle Judson, a Mormon couple from California who have both been members…[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...]
Officials with the Los Angeles Archdiocese declined to comment on the terms of the settlement. But in a statement church officials noted that one of the accused priests was at a parish that was under the control of the Archdiocese…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology should be labelled a “criminal enterprise” due to its “pattern of racketeering activity,” say the plaintiffs in the civil harassment case against the David Miscavige-led organization and Danny Masterson. With three more rape claims against the…[Continue Reading...]
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