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Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, a U.S.-based group that has compiled a clergy abuse database, shows images of Catholic clerics implicated in abuse cases against children and teens, during a press conference, in Santiago Chile, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Need to know: Friday, January 12, 2018
Pope letter details concern over Chile bishop
Pope Francis, heading to Chile on Monday, has spent years trying to deal with disgraced prelates there, a 2015 letter reveals.
Evangelical chaplain’s suspension intensifies denomination’s gay marriage debate
Stop punishing pastors for officiating at same-sex marriages, some Evangelical Covenant Church clergy petition denomination leaders.
More fallout after Tennessee pastor is accused of sexual assault
Highpoint Church pastor Andy Savage has lost his book contract after admitting he had a sexual encounter with a student at a Texas church.
Church to thieves: Give our bell back and all will be forgiven
The 400-pound bell at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church near Norris, S.D., was swiped between Dec. 30 and Jan. 6.
Fire truck delivers 5-year-old survivor of church shooting home to Sutherland Springs
Ryland Ward suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was hospitalized for more than two months after the Nov. 5 attack at First Baptist Church.
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Mormons pay tribute to LDS leader Monson
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — Thomas S. Monson, considered a prophet by the 16-million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Jan. 2 at age 90 after months of declining health.
North Korea is worst place for Christian persecution, group says
This is the 16th year in a row the nation has topped the list.
Ex-Mormons launch FaithLeaks to root out abuse and corruption in churches
This week the site published 33 letters and documents detailing an internal investigation of alleged sexual abuse within a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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Our church was named for Robert E. Lee — here is how we changed it
(RNS) — It has been, under the surface, a re-litigating of Lee’s terms of surrender at Appomattox. (Commentary)
How California’s megachurches changed Christian culture
(The Conversation) — California megachurches have played a significant role in how millions of people – Christian or not – understand Christianity.
