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Justices rule church leaders can't be forced to report abuse disclosed in confession.
Arizona's Supreme Court ruled that church leaders can't be forced to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession. Critics are concerned the ruling could let predators use a "confessional loophole to escape justice." The case stems ...
More than 45 congregations consider joining new Westminster Association of Churches.
More than 45 Evangelical Presbyterian Church congregations are considering leaving the denomination after June's controversial pastoral letter on ordination. Some plan to join the newly formed Westminster Association of Churches, while others seek reform from ...
Popular pastor Kenny Baldwin arrested on 13 counts involving sexual exploitation of PA minor.
Baptist churches and colleges moved swiftly to distance themselves from Kenneth Baldwin, 47, after his arrest on 13 counts related to sexual exploitation of a minor. The charges span Pennsylvania, Virginia, and another state.
Five civil lawsuits accuse Pawleys Island Community Church leaders of concealing a registered sex offender's access to children.
Authorities have made additional arrests, and civil lawsuits have been filed, related to allegations that leadership at a South Carolina church concealed that a registered sex offender was volunteering in a custodial role and interacting ...
Jacob Barnett posed as a teenage boy to solicit explicit images from girls as young as 12.
On Monday, July 27, a judge sentenced a former Virginia youth pastor who posed online as a teenage boy to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to sexually exploit a 15-year-old girl.
Kelsey's exit follows months of financial disputes and unanswered transparency questions.
Fount Church founding pastor Josh Kelsey has left the NYC megachurch and relocated permanently to Australia — four months after an investigation cleared him of financial wrongdoing. Questions about the church's board and finances remain.
Barna research shows vocational satisfaction at its lowest point in more than a decade.
DALLAS (BP) – Vocational satisfaction, mental health and relational wellbeing continue to challenge pastors despite growing assurance in their calling, newly released State of the Church research found, with many pastors under 45 also citing ...
The Village Church in Colorado Springs launches Aug. 23, more than a year after Boyd's resignation over Morris scandal.
Former New Life Church pastor Brady Boyd, who resigned in June 2025 amid the Robert Morris abuse scandal, is helping launch a new church in Colorado Springs. The Village Church plants Aug. 23 with lead ...
Leaders calling the abuse crisis a ‘hoax’ makes it harder to address abuse in churches, survivors say.
A group of abuse survivors, advocates and pastors have called on a pair of Southern Baptist leaders to apologize for calling the denomination’s abuse crisis a hoax.
After a brief rebound in 2025, trust in the church dropped back near record lows.
Trust in the church hit 68% in 1975. Today it's 33%. Gallup's new survey shows the decline isn't unique to religion — it's part of a decades-long erosion of trust across American institutions.
