Monte Lavelle Chitty is accused of drugging and assaulting a 15-year-old girl
Just two weeks after the Southern Baptist Convention announced a new sexual abuse prevention and response curriculum for member congregations, new allegations have rocked a small SBC church in the Florida Keys.
Utah passed a bill providing protection for clergy who report abuse, but a similar bill failed in Washington
The Utah state legislature passed a bill last week allowing legal protections for pastors who report abuse or neglect they learn about during a religious confession.
David and Rachel Wakefield coached girls basketball at Damascus Christian School in Oregon
A husband and wife have been charged with sexually abusing a student under their care while they were both employees of Damascus Christian School in Oregon.
The jury found Mark Hatcher guilty on 10 counts related to assaulting children
A Philadelphia pastor has been been found guilty of sexually assaulting three children and raping one of them.
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Ponzi Scheme, United Methodist Church, Wheaton College, Bill Gothard
Ponzi Scheme, United Methodist Church, Wheaton College, Bill Gothard
A misconduct complaint claims Boer engaged in inappropriate communication with a member of the campus community.
(RNS) — The president of a prominent evangelical university has resigned after admitting he engaged in inappropriate communication with a member of the campus community. In a statement Monday (February 26), the Calvin University Board ...
Pastor was an advocate for addiction recovery—and a supplier to those he was supposed to help
A Seattle pastor arrested last year for living a “double life” as an addiction recovery advocate and a high-level drug dealer is serving a sentence in a Washington penitentiary.
After months of allegations that it lacks a credible process for disciplining its bishops, the Episcopal Church is taking steps to make it simpler to report misconduct, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said in an announcement ...
Michael Geilenfeld is accused of sexually abusing four boys from St. Joseph’s Home for Boys
The American founder of a Haitian orphanage has been arrested for allegedly abusing four boys more than a decade ago.