Polygamous cult leader Sam Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet awaiting trial on kidnapping and other charges, “brazenly” used the jailhouse phone system to “engage in sexual discussions with children,” federal prosecutors allege. One of the girls, identified in court papers as…[Continue Reading...]
In 1993, teenager Stefanie Hinrichs was dreaming of owning a horse, leaving school, and marrying Hollywood heart-throb Keanu Reeves. But God had other plans for the dreamy 13-year-old. Stefanie's devout German family belonged to a controversial Doomsday cult led by…[Continue Reading...]
A former Utah city mayor and one-time bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Thursday for child sexual abuse at a hearing in which…[Continue Reading...]
Last week, a video of a controversial religious guru, who is serving long jail sentences for rape and murder, went viral in India. It showed Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, out of prison on…[Continue Reading...]
The Catholic religious order that runs Marmion Academy in Aurora is acknowledging for the first time that one of its members had “established allegations” of child sex abuse in the 1970s and remained at the school for years. During that…[Continue Reading...]
An NBC Bay Area analysis of nearly 700 lawsuits filed against Catholic institutions across Northern California over the past three years suggests the church’s child sexual abuse scandal in the region is significantly worse than the public previously knew. More…[Continue Reading...]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego indicates it may soon have to file for bankruptcy protection, as it faces about 400 clergy abuse lawsuits alleging it failed to address credible incidents and enable known predators. On February 10, the…[Continue Reading...]
A federal bankruptcy court on Wednesday approved a plan calling for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg to establish an $18 million trust to pay settlements with victims of clergy sex abuse. The so-called reorganization plan approved by the U.S.…[Continue Reading...]
When Larry Ray was convicted of having physically, even sexually, and psychologically abusing his daughter's college roommates, the story was almost too much to believe: He had moved into her dorm and brainwashed her roommates to the point they cut…[Continue Reading...]
Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts. Thousands of reports of paedophilia within the Catholic Church have surfaced around the world and Pope Francis…[Continue Reading...]
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