Tony Evans
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Episcopal Church apologizes for its role in slavery
By Tony Evans — October 7, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ In an unprecedented public act of remorse for centuries of support for slavery, the Episcopal Church on Saturday (Oct. 4) held a dramatic service of repentance at one of the nation’s first black churches. Punctuated with the sound of a gong and the sung refrain of “Lord have […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jesus didn’t come to take sides; he came to take over
By Tony Evans — September 15, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As the pastor of a large church, one question I hear a lot is some version of the following: “I’m a Christian. How should I vote in the presidential election?” “I like some things about Barack Obama, and I like some things about John McCain,” they tell me. “Is […]
Episcopal court finds Pa. bishop guilty of hiding abuse
By Tony Evans — June 28, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ An Episcopal Church court on Thursday (June 26) unanimously found Bishop Charles E. Bennison guilty of not responding appropriately to sexual abuse committed by his brother against a teenage girl more than three decades ago. The 64-year-old Bennison, who has led the Philadelphia-based Diocese of Pennsylvania since 1998, […]
Salvadoran generals tied to murders of church workers land in U.S.
By Tony Evans — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As Jim Kazel says, “The worst gets worse.” The worst is the Dec. 2, 1980, murder in El Salvador of Kazel’s sister Dorothy, an Ursuline nun who was 41 when she died. Murdered with her were her friend Jean Donovan, 27, a Catholic lay worker, and Maryknoll nuns Ita […]
NEWS FEATURE: Murder of crusading priest in Nepal shrouded in mystery
By Tony Evans — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service KATMANDU, Nepal _ In the 27 years the Rev. Thomas Edward Gafney, S.J., ministers to the lost boys of Nepal, the orphans and the addicts, he never once allows them to celebrate his birthday. A jug-eared Jesuit from Lakewood, Ohio, Gafney has a weakness for bad puns and cheap cigarettes […]
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