A Jacksonville pastor who was charged with sexually molesting at least one girl under the age of 12 has been sentenced after negotiating a guilty plea.
For years, Southern Baptist Convention leaders refused to listen to abuse survivors, ignoring their concerns and labeling them as enemies of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Five women in California have filed a lawsuit alleging that the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) perpetrated a “systemic scheme of abuse” that included the sexual abuse of children as young as three years old ...
A San Diego pastor who pleaded guilty to bilking homeless people out of almost $100,000 in SNAP benefits received his sentence Friday.
Former Celebration Church Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, have settled with First Citizens Bank after a claim stating they defaulted over $700,000 in unpaid debt.
Last week, a New Jersey youth pastor pleaded guilty to coaxing underage boys on social media into sending him nude pictures, then blackmailing his victims by threatening to share the photos if they didn’t do ...
Last month, police arrested a Montana pastor on sexual abuse charges that allegedly occurred on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation near Lame Deer.
A former youth pastor who a judge called "a danger to society" and who sexually groomed and abused 14 girls at a North Texas megachurch will be released from prison next month after serving a ...
A federal judge has sentenced a church volunteer in Joplin, Missouri, to six years in federal prison without parole for two counts of distributing child pornography.
Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead was back at his multi-million-dollar New Jersey home last week after being arrested by federal agents Dec. 19 for allegedly scamming a member of his congregation out of $90,000.