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Why the Israel rally in DC mattered
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 15, 2023
(RNS) — A historic day and its placards tell a very big Jewish story.
Mistrial after jury deadlock in Danny Masterson rape case
By Brian Melley and Andrew Dalton — December 1, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial after jurors, who were leaning strongly toward acquitting the “That ’70s Show” actor, deadlocked following the monthlong trial in which the Church of Scientology played a supporting role.
Pastor who approved of marital rape removed from Seventh-day Adventist Church
By Yonat Shimron — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — Burnett Robinson will no longer be allowed to serve as pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Pastor who called on husbands to rape their wives is placed on leave
By Yonat Shimron — November 23, 2021
(RNS) —The Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church said it has placed Pastor Burnett Robinson on administrative leave.
She lost her husband in a beach accident. Her book tackles what it takes to heal.
By Yonat Shimron — July 8, 2021
(RNS) — In her new book, Shannon Dingle writes about leaning into grief, accepting uncertainty, connecting to feelings, expressing hard truths and getting psychological help.
India’s executions won’t end a pandemic of violence against women
By Satpal Singh — March 25, 2020
(RNS) — A gruesome chapter in Indian life closed with the executions of four of the six perpetrators of a horrifying gang-rape of a woman in 2012, but it may only help obscure the real dimensions of violence against women.
David raped Bathsheba, and why that matters
By Russell L. Meek — November 1, 2019
(RNS) — If we can use a softer label or somehow chalk sexual violence up to lust or hormones or a woman’s seduction, those who defend or cover up for clergy sexual abuse are off the hook.
Low-cost DNA kits could reduce rate of unreported, unprosecuted rapes in Kenya, beyond
By Eric J. Lyman — September 17, 2019
LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — Two women, one an activist and a survivor of sexual assault and the other a criminologist and university professor, are working on an initiative they hope could change the way rape is treated in the developing world.
Congolese Pentecostals see Denis Mukwege, Nobel Prize-winning doctor, as a ‘blessing’
By Bob Smietana — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The doctor has dedicated his award to women all over the world harmed by conflict and suffering violence every day.
Moving on from the Kavanaugh case with malice toward none
By Jentezen Franklin — October 11, 2018
(RNS) — Americans need to be able to wrestle with complicated situations in a nonpartisan way instead of being pressured into false choices.
Amish not immune to #MeToo, victims say
By Lisa Green — October 3, 2018
(RNS) — Lack of education and a culture of submission create an environment ripe for abuse, says the founder of the nonprofit Amish Heritage Foundation.
Woman suing over rape by Mormon leader speaks at his church
By Brady McCombs — September 5, 2018
(AP) — McKenna Denson was ushered away from the podium at the Mormon church shortly after she began talking during a monthly segment in Mormon services when church members are invited to share their testimony.
AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar’s armed forces
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
UKHIA, Bangladesh (AP) — Interviews with 29 women and girls now in Bangladesh bolster the U.N.’s contention that Myanmar’s armed forces are systematically employing rape as a ‘calculated tool of terror’ aimed at exterminating the Rohingya people.
Ex-priest gets life in prison for 1960 parishioner slaying
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 8, 2017
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A jury on Friday sentenced an 85-year-old former priest to life in prison for the 1960 killing of a schoolteacher and former beauty queen who was a member of the parish he served.
Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen’s death
By Lauren Markoe — October 16, 2017
(RNS) — The suspect was charged with murder and rape, but some wonder why he was not also charged with a hate crime.
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