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Defense Asks for Venue Change in Ex-Preacher’s Murder Trial
Attorneys for a former Kentucky preacher accused of killing three people are seeking a change of venue for their client’s trial.
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Third lawsuit filed against Baptist church, youth pastor convicted of sex abuse
A third lawsuit has been filed by someone claiming to be a victim of Jeff Eddie, the convicted child molester who was formerly children’s minister at a Baptist church in Muscle Shoals.
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Catholic priest faces invasion of privacy charges in Council Bluffs
A retired Catholic priest is suspended from ministry and facing invasion of privacy charges after an alleged incident at a high school track meet in April, according to a news release from the Diocese of Des Moines.
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McLoud Pastor Denies Child Abuse Allegations
A McLoud pastor and his wife have been charged with crimes against a child.
Law enforcement arrested the couple Sunday but now, they are fighting back on the allegations against them calling them simply untrue.
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Case Involving Abuse By Lincoln Priest Headed Back To Trial Court
A man abused by a priest at Holy Family Parish in Lincoln in the 1990’s will have his day in court.
Monsignor Norman Goodman was a pedophile that abused children at the church over several years. A lawyer for one victim says the Diocese of Peoria turned a “blind eye” to that ongoing abuse.
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Woodstock man files sex abuse lawsuit against Norwich Diocese
A 37-year-old Woodstock man has filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Norwich alleging he was sexually assaulted hundreds of times by a priest while serving as an altar boy during the 1990s.
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Former priest scheduled in court today
The former priest accused of killing a McAllen teacher and beauty queen is set to make another appearance in court Thursday for a scheduled pre-trial hearing.
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Supporters attend first appearance backing local pastor accused of assaulting three women
Dozens of supporters attended a first court appearance for a China Grove pastor accused of inappropriately touching three women, all of whom filed private warrants through the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.
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Allegheny County priest charged with DUI after running car into his church
More than a month after a driver crashed his car into an Allegheny County church, authorities have charged a priest with driving under the influence in connection with the incident.
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NJ priest suspended for supporting gay groups
The Catholic archbishop in New Jersey has barred a gay priest from ministry because the cleric supports gay advocacy groups and has backed a Catholic high school counselor who was fired when church officials discovered the woman was in a same-sex marriage.
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First Baptist bookkeeper rang up $250K in charges on Carrollton church’s credit cards, police say
A bookkeeper at a Carrollton church is accused of using church credit cards to ring up more than $250,000 in personal charges over the course of five years.
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Bond revoked for midstate pastor charged with murder
Bond has been revoked for a Houston County pastor charged with fatally shooting his fiancée last year at his townhouse off Macon’s Stinsonville Road.
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Joseph Presley: 23-Year-Old Youth Minister Gets 30 Days In Jail
Joseph Presley is being called the next Brock Turner by lots of people on social media, after learning about Presley’s plight. As seen in the below YouTube video with news footage from KSPR, Joseph received 30 days in jail for molesting the 8-year-old boy who was in Presley’s care.
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A decade after his death, a beloved and eccentric Jesuit priest who taught Zen at Loyola University has been accused of repeatedly raping a young girl on campus more than 30 years ago, allegations that prompted church officials to begin paying the woman’s medical bills after she came forward last year.
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Developer pleads to knowledge of felony in corruption case
A developer entered a guilty plea Friday, boosting the likelihood that he’ll testify against the Rev. Kenneth Fairley of Hattiesburg on theft and money laundering charges at Fairley’s planned trial next week.
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Former WV priest named in school’s report of sexual abuse
A former Episcopal priest from West Virginia was among those named in a report this week that described how an elite New England boarding school became a kind of “private hell” for dozens of students who were sexually abused in the 1970s and 1980s.