Jessica Eturralde – Author – MinistryWatch
Parish had protocols when employee embezzled over $800K. Here’s what they learned.
In November, a federal judge sentenced church employee Heather Darrey, 45, to 27 months in federal prison for wire fraud after she pleaded guilty to stealing from the parish she worked for. The investigation revealed ...
Churches Respond to Concerns About Lifetime Sex Offender Leading Ministry
A lifetime registered sex offender once listed on "America's Most Wanted" for running away with a 15-year-old is making headlines for his leadership roles in two Dallas-area churches.
While not a purchase, the absorption means changes in operating structure
Educational Media Foundation (EMF), the parent organization behind the Christian noncommercial networks K-LOVE and Air1, is set to acquire Radio Nueva Vida—a Spanish-language Christian radio network—from the Association for Community Education (ACE).
Plea deal shaved off decades of prison time
A presbytery employee in Idaho Falls, Idaho, who was accused of embezzling over $330,000 from a church organization has received her sentence.
Agreement may end decade-long dispute over Heritage Tower, which remains unfinished after nearly 40 years
A decade-long dispute between MorningStar Fellowship Church and a South Carolina county over a building formerly owned by the now-bankrupt PTL Ministries is possibly over.
MinistryWatch reported on one survivor last year. Now, there are four more.
A California pastor arrested last year for allegedly molesting a minor has pleaded guilty to forcible rape and child molestation. The plea now involves 19 charges and five underage victims. Last December, MinistryWatch reported on ...
Church leaders claim sexual activity on youth trip was consensual.
A North Texas family is suing First Baptist Dallas and two of its pastors over alleged sexual abuse that occurred during a church-sponsored youth missions trip.
Shocking Developments in the Investigation of Missionary Killing
Investigators suspect the wife of a slain missionary in the West African country of Angola was the "mastermind" of his killing and was having an affair with one of the men she hired to kill ...
Court rules sexual abuse claims fall within scope of enrollment contract clause
On October 18, a Florida court dropped four of five felony charges after a lawsuit filed against a teacher charged with sexually abusing a teenage student was dropped due to a clause in the school's ...
Perpetrator has been registered sex offender since 2006
Authorities have sentenced a former youth pastor to 50 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing four minors, including impregnating a 14-year-old girl.
