Police in the Philippines say televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy, who has pleaded not guilty to human trafficking and the sexual abuse of children, might have sexually abused some 200 women as he faced some of his accusers in that country’s senate on Wednesday.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached a settlement of nearly $900 million with alleged victims of clerical sexual abuse, reportedly the largest of its kind to date.
Cindy Clemishire, the woman who alleges she was sexually abused by Gateway Church founder Robert Morris beginning when she was 12 years old in the 1980s, has asked Texas lawmakers to ban the silencing of victims through non-disclosure agreements and extend the statute of limitations on child sex abuse in the state.
Her book highlights substantial problems with how Evangelical churches and parents handle the topic of sex and, at the same time, highlights the slippery slope from #MeToo activism to apostasy.
Former Highpoint Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who leads Grace Valley Church in Collierville, Tennessee, is facing criticism for allegedly minimizing his past sexual abuse of Jules Woodson as a “valley” on his church’s website as his victim speaks out about the abuse again in a new film titled "For Our Daughters."
While receiving Jesus as our Lord will transform a person’s life, any abuse — whether physical or sexual, even verbal and emotional abuse — can make Christianity immensely difficult to accept.
But are all inquiries into settled matters made in good faith? Too often, we ask because we don’t like the answer already given. Our “questions” are posed to demand a different one.
A Bible study instructor for a Pennsylvania church was arrested last week when a woman stepped forward claiming that the individual had sexually assaulted her when she was a child.
A former youth pastor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole for impregnating a 13-year-old girl.
The Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York, the largest Catholic Diocese in the U.S. to file for bankruptcy, has agreed to pay more than 600 survivors of sexual abuse a historic $320 million and invest in rigorous child protection protocols in a legal settlement reach Thursday.
