Bible study leader gets 10 years for repeated assaults on young girl at Pennsylvania church
East Drumore Township, PA – As she sat in a church classroom at just 7 years old, a girl was repeatedly assaulted by the man trusted to teach her Bible lessons. Michael…
Major University Restricted A Church Elder’s Speech. He Says There’s More To The Story
Major University Restricted A Church Elder’s Speech. He Says There’s More To The Story Alexa Schwerha on December 19, 2022 Laramie Faith Community Church Elder Todd Schmidt claimed that University of Wyoming…
‘Unacceptable:’ State Lawmaker Aims To Defund University After It Suspends Church Elder
‘Unacceptable:’ State Lawmaker Aims To Defund University After It Suspends Church Elder Alexa Schwerha on December 15, 2022 Republican state Rep.-elect Jeanette Ward of Wyoming is turning her attention to higher education…
University’s Ban Of Church Elder From ‘Public Forum’ Raises Free Speech Questions, Lawmakers And Legal Experts Say
University’s Ban Of Church Elder From ‘Public Forum’ Raises Free Speech Questions, Lawmakers And Legal Experts Say Alexa Schwerha on December 14, 2022 The University of Wyoming’s (UW) decision to ban a…
Meta’s Oversight Board restores Nigeria church attack video on Instagram
By MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) – Meta’s Oversight Board on Wednesday overturned a decision to remove a video that was shared on Instagram showing the gruesome aftermath of an attack on a…
Norfolk Church Youth Group Leader Convicted of Sexual Abuse
NORFOLK, Va. – A federal judge convicted a Norfolk man today on charges of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. According to court records and evidence…
Pastors of defunct church plead guilty to car loan and COVID-19 fraud
HOUSTON – Three locals associated with Jesus Survives Ministries have admitted to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. William Dexter Lucas aka Bill Lucas, 60,…
Caught on Camera: Police investigating church break-in
Gaithersburg, MD – A burglary was reported at the Scotland AME Zion Church in the 10900 block of Seven Locks Rd. in Potomac by officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police –…
Man shot and killed on church steps in Paterson
PATERSON, NJ – A shooting outside a Paterson church left one man dead Sunday morning. Police responded to the Greater Bethel Church of Christ on Jelsma Place at around 8 am. When…
Brick Township church donates $2500 to buy ballistic vest for police K-9 Diesel
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick Township’s K9 officer Diesel was presented with a $2500 check from St. Paul’s United Methodist Church this week. According to Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio, that…
Two teens sought for armed robbery on Church Street
BROOKLYN, MD – Two teens are being sought for an armed robbery at gunpoint that took place Wednesday evening on Church Street. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 30, 2022, officers responded…
Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Fraud Scheme Targeting Church Funds
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 45 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role…
$25,000 stolen from Philadelphia church
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating after an unknown suspect stole as much as $25,000 from the Philadelphia ENON Tabernacle Church on Cheltenham Avenue. The robbery took place back…
Mormon Church Comes Out In Support Of National Gay Marriage Bill After Backing Campaigns Against Same-Sex Marriage
Mormon Church Comes Out In Support Of National Gay Marriage Bill After Backing Campaigns Against Same-Sex Marriage Trevor Schakohl on November 16, 2022 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints indicated…
Syrian Refugee Gets 17 Years For Plotting To Bomb Church To Avenge ISIS
Syrian Refugee Gets 17 Years For Plotting To Bomb Church To Avenge ISIS Micaela Burrow on November 9, 2022 The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday sentenced a Syrian refugee living in…
Taco Rock Opens Third Location in Falls Church With More DMV Locations in the Works
Photo Credit: Connor Reed Restauranteur Mike Cordero and Team Cordero Introduce Their Largest Fast-Casual Taqueria and Tequila Bar at Birch & Broad Falls Church, VA (-) Chef Mike Cordero is on fire…
U.S. judge blocks New York from banning guns in church
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday barred the state of New York, at least for now, from enforcing the part of a closely watched gun law that bans…
Japan PM orders probe into Unification Church links to ruling party members
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close…
Georgia Officials Are Probing Raphael Warnock’s Church
Georgia Officials Are Probing Raphael Warnock’s Church Laurel Duggan on October 14, 2022 Georgia is investigating a charity run by the church where Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock is a pastor…
Suspect Sought in a Third Degree Sexual Abuse Offense: 1700 Block of Church Street, Northwest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in reference to a Third Degree Sexual Abuse offense that…
Raphael Warnock’s Church Evicted Poor Tenants As He Railed Against Evictions
Raphael Warnock’s Church Evicted Poor Tenants As He Railed Against Evictions Laurel Duggan on October 11, 2022 Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock is senior pastor, moved to…
Portugal panel gathers over 400 testimonies of church sex abuse victims
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – A commission investigating child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Tuesday it has already gathered more than 400 testimonies of…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Charleston church gunman Dylann Roof’s appeal
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear white supremacist Dylann Roof’s bid to overturn his conviction and death sentence for fatally shooting nine Black people…
Japan Kishida’s support hits low on his party’s ties to controversial church
TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government slid to the lowest of his one-year tenure on doubts about his party’s disclosure of ties to the controversial Unification Church,…
Newcastle Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling from Local Church
OKLAHOMA CITY – Last week, DARLA BRALLEY, 58, of Newcastle, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a two-count felony information charging her with wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, announced…
Tulsa Man Charged After Attacking a Church Employee and Throwing Two Molotov Cocktails at the Church
A Tulsa man who allegedly attacked a church employee then threw two Molotov cocktails at Holy Family Cathedral Church in Tulsa has been charged in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.…
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