The self-styled leader of a wealthy spiritual community in western Canada has been charged with sexually assaulting several of his followers after telling them a 'spirit' instructed him to engage in sexual activity with them, police in Edmonton have said.…[Continue Reading...]
Police say the 36-year-old, from East Geelong, confessed after handing himself in at a local police station earlier this week. He is up on charges including sexual penetration of a child under 16,sexual assault and possession of child abuse material.…[Continue Reading...]
A South Carolina priest who served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston has been charged with federal sex crimes stemming from allegations that he abused an 11-year-old child. Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, known in church as "Father Gonzalez," was arrested…[Continue Reading...]
Sometimes ministers and church volunteers make mistakes. Usually, these can be corrected, and the adults who made them can learn how to be better and continue their ministry. As many evangelicals proudly assert, forgiveness and reconciliation are important in the…[Continue Reading...]
Nearly 200 Kansas clergy are suspected of committing criminal acts against children, according to a long-awaited probe into clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Kansas, released Friday, that reviewed five decades-worth of materials. No charges have been filed,…[Continue Reading...]
NEARLY TWO DECADES after a judge abruptly cleared pop diva Gloria Trevi of charges she lured minors into a secret sex ring in Mexico, the singer is facing a new civil lawsuit in Los Angeles that revives claims she procured…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of lawsuits are hitting the Roman Catholic Church across California, made possible by a 2019 law that opened a three-year window for victims of child sexual abuse to file claims, regardless of when the abuse occurred. Most of the…[Continue Reading...]
TOPEKA — Susan Leighnor expressed frustration on Wednesday state law enforcement agencies had yet to release findings of an investigation launched nearly four years ago by the attorney general into alleged sexual misconduct by members of the Catholic clergy in…[Continue Reading...]
Two more people have filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic clergy member and a nun — both deceased — raising the number to over a dozen since Maine loosened the statute of limitations last year. One of…[Continue Reading...]
Naomi Bistline and Donnae Barlow, alleged wives of FLDS breakaway sect leader Samuel Bateman, were charged with kidnapping. Both of them remain in federal custody. Naomi Bistline, the wife of alleged polygamist cult leader Samuel Batemen, is “relieved, at the…[Continue Reading...]
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