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Amid calls to step down, Moore finds refuge with his base
By Kim Chandler — November 15, 2017
JACKSON, Ala. (AP) — Taking the pulpit at a Baptist revival at a south Alabama church, Republican Roy Moore quoted lengthy Bible passages and made only passing reference to the allegations against him of sexual misconduct with teenagers.
Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated
By Christopher A. Frilingos — November 14, 2017
(The Conversation) — There are many little-known details in early Christian storytelling about the relationship between Mary and Joseph. Listen up, Jim Zeigler.
Allegations against Roy Moore roil US evangelical ranks
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 12, 2017
(AP) — For many evangelicals, fiery Alabama politician and judge Roy Moore has been a longtime hero. Others have sometimes cringed at his heated rhetoric and bellicose style.
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — And they don't expect voters will abandon a darling of the religious right, in the Alabama race for a U.S. Senate seat, for the same reason they didn't abandon Donald Trump when he was faced with allegations of sexual assault.
Baylor ordered to turn over documents in sex assault lawsuit
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 12, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday (Aug. 11) ordered Baylor University to turn over information — including interview recordings and documents — it provided to a law firm it hired amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school. Baylor had sought to block the release of information it provided […]
Top papal adviser charged with sexual assault in blow to Vatican
By Byron Kaye — June 28, 2017
SYDNEY (Reuters) Cardinal George Pell faces "multiple charges in respect of historic sexual offenses" from multiple complainants, said police in the Australian state of Victoria, where Pell was a country priest in the 1970s.
Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. to head Trump education task force
By Ian Simpson — February 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The president of Liberty University is keen to cut university regulations, including rules on dealing with campus sexual assault, the school says.
What I wrote was completely truthful
By guest — October 13, 2016
(RNS) The details of a continuing pattern of sexual sin and sexual assaults against women went beyond what I knew about Trump's vague boasting about past adultery.
Will lewd Trump tape about groping be tipping point with conservative Christians?
By David Gibson — October 8, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) The GOP nominee's performance in Sunday night's debate may have shifted the political focus off his comments. But his candidacy may turn on what his faith-based supporters think.
Starr leaves Baylor University faculty post after sex assault scandal
By RNS staff — August 19, 2016
(Reuters) Kenneth Starr said on Friday (Aug. 19) he is leaving his law professor post at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Kenneth Starr reportedly fired for handling of university sex assault scandal
By Lauren Markoe — May 24, 2016
(RNS) The former investigator of the Lewinsky affair is reportedly felled over a sexual abuse scandal at the nation's largest Baptist university.
Priest, 70, gets 12 years for child porn, sex assault
By Katrease Stafford — July 16, 2015
The Catholic priest, who worked at a Detroit high school, pleaded guilty to transporting child porn and admitted to sexually assaulting a former student.
After nun rape, India cardinal says protect humans, not just cows
By Reuters — March 19, 2015
NEW DELHI (Reuters) The Catholic cardinal's comments appeared directed against hardline Hindu nationalists who have stirred up animosity against India's Christian and Muslim minorities while successfully lobbying for tougher laws against killing cows.
Catholic leaders launch online abuse education forum
By Tracy Gordon — February 9, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Thursday launched an online educational forum to help the world's bishops better learn how to prevent the sexual abuse of minors and respond to abusive priests. By Alessandro Speciale.
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