child abuse
Ohio church can’t claim insurance coverage for boy’s beating
By guest — May 12, 2016
World Harvest Church tried to claim part of its $3.1 million settlement with parents who alleged a daycare worker beat their 2-year-old with a ruler.
Indiana pastor accused of battering kids in boarding school
By Matthew Glowicki — September 4, 2015
LOUISVILLE -- The alleged abuse occurred at Crossroads Baptist Church, led by Pastor Gerald Harris. It operates a boarding academy with dormitories and classrooms for mostly out of state students.
Vatican orders former Dominican Republic archbishop to stand trial on child abuse charges
By Rosie Scammell — June 15, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Wesolowski, who had the title archbishop during his five-year post in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic capital, was recalled to the Vatican in 2013. He was later the first person to be arrested inside the Vatican on child abuse charges.
COMMENTARY: Is religion good for kids?
By Eliyahu Federman — July 25, 2014
(RNS) Imaginative religious stories such as creation, Noah, the Exodus, or Santa Claus, may actually benefit cognitive development, creative thinking and social skills.
Billy Graham’s grandson: evangelicals ‘worse’ than Catholics on sex abuse
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 26, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) "Protestants can be very arrogant when pointing to Catholics," said Boz Tchividjian, a grandson of evangelist Billy Graham and executive director of Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE), which has investigated sex abuse allegations.
Child abuse allegations mar anniversary of celebrated Anglican bishop
By Trevor Grundy — June 25, 2013
(RNS) A recently released Scotland Yard file on Bishop Trevor Huddleston alleges the late Anglican leader and celebrated anti-apartheid activist was a child molester.
Retired Los Angeles cardinal punished over abuse revelations
By David Gibson — February 1, 2013
(RNS) Retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has been stripped of his official duties in an unusual public rebuke by his successor that followed the release of thousands of pages of internal church documents showing how Mahony and aides for years conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
Pastor who pushes corporal punishment accused of abuse
By Bob Smietana — January 16, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) A pastor known for promoting corporal punishment has been accused of physically abusing a woman for 25 years, beginning during her childhood. By Bob Smietana / USA Today.
Sandusky charity transfers $2 million to Christian group
By Chris Lisee — June 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Christian foster care organization is poised to take charge of $2 million in assets from the troubled children's charity run by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. By Chris Lisee.
10 years after Catholic sex abuse reforms, what’s changed?
By David Gibson — June 6, 2012
(RNS) When the nation's Catholic bishops gather in Atlanta this month, they'll hear an assessment of the reforms they adopted 10 years ago as the sex abuse scandal consumed the church. Has anything changed in the past decade? By David Gibson.
Scotland Yard says witchcraft abuse a hidden crime
By Tracy Gordon — March 7, 2012
LONDON (RNS) British police have disclosed that they have investigated more than 80 witchcraft-based child abuse cases in the last decade and warned that the practice is "far more prevalent" than previously believed. By Al Webb.
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