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Grace Community Church let her down. Now she is standing in the gap for women.
By Karen Swallow Prior — February 16, 2023
(RNS) — Eileen’s life now is a far cry from the subservient role she once played to a domineering and violent husband.
Israel’s new policy on ‘kosher cellphones’ is an abomination for Haredi rabbis
By Eetta Prince-Gibson — July 13, 2022
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The country’s governing coalition has so far ended ultra-Orthodox control over adherents’ phones.
Pope tells abused mother domestic violence ‘nearly satanic’
By Associated Press — December 20, 2021
ROME (AP) — Francis made the comments in a televised encounter with an abused woman who recently fled her home with her four children
Millions wanted to ‘Save Saeed.’ Few wanted to help his abused ex-wife.
By Bob Smietana — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — In a 2016 recording, Franklin Graham is heard pressing an abused spouse to go to counseling with her husband. 'This can be fixed, easy.'
Kent Hovind, controversial creationist preacher known as ‘Dr. Dino,’ arrested in domestic assault case
By Bob Smietana — August 5, 2021
(RNS) — Hovind, who claims that dinosaurs and humans once lived together, was released from prison in 2015 after serving time for tax fraud. He told his YouTube followers he is being falsely accused.
Domestic abuse surged under COVID-19. Clergy need better tools to help survivors.
By Donna Kirshbaum — May 6, 2021
(RNS) — Ready or not, clergy are likely to be sought out more frequently by those leaving homes after a year of quarantine and quarreling.
Amid pandemic, domestic and sexual abuse is skyrocketing. Activists worry that news is being buried.
By Claire Giangravé — August 27, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Throughout Europe, countries recorded a worrying spike in domestic violence, just as ‘corona divorces’ grow in Japan and China after months of lockdown, with many women citing domestic violence as the main cause.
Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age
By Adelle M. Banks — September 18, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — The survey by LifeWay Research offers a detailed look at Protestant pastors’ attitudes and actions related to abuse and harassment.
Late cloud over Keith Ellison’s bid for Minnesota attorney general
By Yonat Shimron — August 14, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The allegation surfaced the weekend when the son of Ellison's former girlfriend, Karen Monahan, posted on Facebook that he had seen angry text messages from Ellison to his mother.
What Alcoholics Anonymous could teach Paige Patterson
By Jonathan Merritt — May 15, 2018
The beleaguered baptist leader should join a 12-step program. It might teach him how to make amends.
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologizes to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
By Adelle M. Banks — May 10, 2018
(RNS) — 'To all people I offer my apology, but especially to women, to the family of Southern Baptists, my friends and the churches,' he said.
Why Paige Patterson’s apology may not be enough
By Jonathan Merritt — May 10, 2018
(RNS) — Southern Baptists cannot move on because they've been thrust into a larger cultural conversation.
Thousands of Southern Baptist women sign petition against Paige Patterson
By Yonat Shimron — May 7, 2018
(RNS) — Dated Sunday, the letter had been signed by more than 2,000 women as of Monday afternoon.
Iranian pastor’s wife files court papers against recently freed husband
By Timothy C. Morgan — January 27, 2016
(RNS) Naghmeh Abedini filed domestic legal papers to ensure her children stay in Boise, where she is living.
Why imprisoned pastor’s wife kept her marital abuse a secret — until now
By Timothy C. Morgan — November 20, 2015
(RNS) Naghmeh Abedini's accusations raise the question: Why do evangelical women wait so long before reporting spousal abuse?
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