clergy sex scandals
How the Catholic Church’s crash in Poland brought down the Law and Justice party
By Anna Piela — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — With an exodus of young people, the Polish church may be facing the ‘Irish scenario.’
Hillsong board blames anxiety drug, alcohol for landing Brian Houston in a woman’s hotel room
By Roxanne Stone and Bob Smietana — March 18, 2022
(RNS) — The board of the global megachurch released a statement revealing its cofounder had sent inappropriate text messages to a staff member and spent time in a woman's hotel room.
A Catholic nun is going to prison for fraud. Why are abusive priests going unpunished?
By Robert D. Karpinski — February 15, 2022
(RNS) — Her sentence is ironic considering the history of punishment for priests accused of sexual abuse.
Ministry leaders’ rush to empathize with Ravi Zacharias is beyond alarming
By Kyle J. Howard — February 19, 2021
(RNS) — It is deeply troubling to see so many men, especially in ministry leadership, find a more immediate connection with the abuser rather than the abused.
Leadership by old men: In Mormonism, gerontocracy is a blessing and a curse
By Jana Riess — February 15, 2021
(RNS) — With an average age of 90, top Mormon leaders are unlikely to be named in headlines about religious sex scandals. The cost of gerontocracy, though, is that they are also resistant to needed social change.
Cedarville’s plan to save Anthony Moore abandoned its students — and Moore
By Russell L. Meek — April 28, 2020
(RNS) — Welcoming an admitted sexual offender into the sort of environment that facilitated his previous crime did not show love for him or the student body.
Claims of sex orgies, prostitution and porn videos shake Catholic Church in Italy
By Josephine McKenna — March 9, 2017
ROME (RNS) The accusations have sent shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenged the high standards that Pope Francis has demanded of clergy.
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