While churches have made progress in recent years toward addressing abuse, including contacting law enforcement when learning about allegations of sexual abuse, they can still be reluctant to inform people in the pews about abuse ...
Child victim was abused and filmed in pornographic videos
Austin Wray Perkins, a Georgia youth pastor, was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison for child molestation and possessing child sex abuse material.
A former South Carolina pastor has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting his two daughters.
Prosecutors say the man used church as “his hunting ground for his victims.”
A church music teacher and school bus driver in Colorado has pleaded guilty to three felony counts of sexual misconduct with three young victims and may spend more than a decade in jail.
His death follows the church’s discovery of criminal investigation into sexual abuse
The youth and worship pastor at Nashua Baptist Church in Nashua, New Hampshire took his life five days after his church discovered he was under criminal investigation for child sexual abuse.
Abilene Christian University is revisiting its sexuality policy after over 2,000 students, alumni and friends of the university voiced concerns about Holy Sexuality Week, a school event on relationships and sexuality.
A pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia, has been arrested for stalking, according to court documents.
Former Hillsong founder Brian Houston announced that he and his wife Bobbie will launch a new church in 2024.
The pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, apologized to his congregation Sunday for failing to inform them of sexual abuse allegations made against a former children’s ministry worker. According to the Arkansas ...
Mike Bickle, founder of the international around-the-clock prayer movement and charismatic minister, apologized Tuesday (Dec. 12) for past misconduct that caused “pain, confusion, and division in the body of Christ.”