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Current Concerns, Continued:
"Catholic leaders should be punished for not stopping abusive priests" SNAP says. Parishoners at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago get wake-up-fliers from victims' advocacy group. (Sept 8, 2008) Chicago Tribune Prison pastor sentenced to 2 to10 years in prison for raping female inmates. Pastor Ralph Flodin, Strafford County jail. (Sept 7, 2008) Telegram Pastor sentenced to 100 years in prison for sex crimes involving two teen boys. Pastor Rodney Boothe of Greater Church of Deliverance, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Sept 6, 2008) Daily Advance Priest sentenced to 18 years for 2nd degree sexual assault of 11-year-old alter boy. Fr. John Banko, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Church, Milford, NJ (Sep 6, 2008) Somerset County News Faith healing dad, Dale Neumann, of deceased Wisconsin girl asks for dismissal of homicide charges. "If a couple accused of killing their 11-year-old daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care goes to trial, the courts will wrongly become entangled in constitutionally protected religious matters, an attorney argued Tuesday." (Sept 2, 2008) Star Tribune "Remember the little girl you gave up?" WE tv socks it to women who chose adoption over abortion. Women need to be made guilty by christians - no matter what. (Sept 2, 2008) The Locator television series website Of interest when discussing how religion can affect your safety: Should churches mix god and politics? "Until now, at least, most Americans have voiced support for mixing God and politics. According to polls taken over the past 10 years by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Americans have favored the idea of churches’ speaking out on social and political issues.
$5 million awarded to victim of priest sexual abuse. Jury in St. Clair County, Illinois, found the Diocese of Belleville covered up sexual abuse of an alter boy by priest Raymond Kownacki. (Aug 27, 2008) WTHI TV News 10 Case against Rev. Edward Paquette of Christ the King Church, Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, declared a mistrial. (Aug 27, 2008) Burlington Free Press Pastor Rodney Keith Boothe of Greater Church of Deliverence (also known as Christ Cathedral Church of Deliverence) faces 42 charges of sex abuse of children. (Aug 27, 2008) Winston-Salem Journal Rev Paul St. Charles charged with rape of at least six children at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Frayser, TN. Catholic Diocese of Memphis is charged with neglegent concealment. (Aug 27, 2008) The Daily News - Memphis Sociologist estimates that Christian churches in England have lost at least 50,000 women every year since 1989 to Wicca. The conversions are atributed to Wicca's female empowerment over (click here for bible quotes about women). (Aug 23, 2008) Daily Mail UK
Records show more Texas sect members wed minors. 20 underage girls, a few as young as 12, forced to marry. (Aug. 22, 2008) Religion News Blog (Assoc. Press) California Supreme Court rules doctors can follow their faith but cannot discriminate against patients (Aug 21, 2008) LA Times Pastor claims all he needs is God's forgiveness; calls on congregation to ignore him raping the kids. Baptist Pastor David Stone, Mountain View Baptist Church, Lafayette (Aug 19, 2008) Denver Post
Walmart illlegally pressures employees to vote Republican (Aug 15, 2008) MSNBC Secular Coalition Group wants Atheists included in Democratic National Convention Interfaith Service, contends the service is devisive because it alienates nonreligious Democrats at a time when the party need to unite. (Aug 15, 2008) Colorado Springs Gazette 250 rape cases settled against Chicago Archdiocese. $65 million over the past 30 years (Aug 13, 2008) Washington Post, CBS News "Come rain and floods to drown out Obama." Focus on the Family asks Christians to pray for "abundant, torrential" downpours to flood Denver and silence Senator Obama when accepts Dem's nomination. They would like the rain to start "two minutes before the acceptance speech begins." (Aug 13, 2008) Times Online Residents rally to protect family of young man murdered on Greyhound bus from Baptist protesters who insist the boy's death was wrath of their god (Aug 8, 2008) Winnipeg Free Press
Christians rally their troops to fight gay marriage in CA, AZ and FL. "All this to invalidate legal same-sex marriages in California and prevent other committed gay and lesbian couples from being legally married -- and having their commitment recognized and protected under the law like everyone else." Starbucks still not out of business after Christian boycott in May, 2008. (Aug 1, 2008) World Net Daily Cub Scout leader jailed for child molestation. Harry Taylor of Lawrenceville, Georgia is also accused of photographing the boy while undressing after swimming. (July 30, 2008) Atlanta Journal, Evangelist charged with killing wife and keeping her body in a freezer. Mother-of-eight, Arletha Hopkin's body was found after beeing missing for three years. Preacher Anthony Hopkins was charged with rape and sodomy of another woman. Inspirational Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, Mobile, Alabama (July 30, 2008) Alabama Live, My Way Bishop Catherine Roskam slams church leaders from developing countries exposing wife-abuse by clergy, sparks outrage from Angelican church (July 30, 2008) Telegraph UK Teacher at Christian school pleads not guilt to charges of statutory sodomy and statutory rape. Christian School of Springfield, Missouri (July 30, 2008) KY3 News Blend of Catholicism and Santeria cause for new police handbook to address animal sacrifices (July 30, 2008) Miami Herald - Desert City News (Salt Lake City) FLDS physician charged with sexual assault of minors out on bond. Four others, all charged with sexual assault of children, remain jailed. Justice of the Peace advised Lloyd Barlow (accused) to avoid his victims and not leave the state. (July 30, 2008) Salt Lake Tribune Grand jury charges god-fearing Republican Ted Stevens (US Senator, Alaska) with hiding gift money from oil companies. (July 29, 2008) New York Times
Children under orders from god (and a man they met at a Christian event with whom they studied the bible) kill parents. (July 28, 2008) News 24 Rev. Colin Pritchard admits to four assaults of underage boys, St. Andrews Church, Wellingborough (July 28, 2008) Family resolves to take fight over exorcism to Supreme Court. Repeatedly, over two days, the youth pastor, his wife and others held a 17-year-old girl down on the floor of the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Church in Colleyville, TX even as she (Laura Schubert Pearson) screamed, fought and begged to be released. Bush redefines birth control as abortion, seeks Congressional approval Adoption bans for unmarried and "unstraight couples" to be on November ballots in addition to bans on same-sex couple, courtesy of Christians (July 14, 2008) National Organization for Women
Priest admits he pursued troubled teen (Fr. Paul Evans, a Catholic teacher facing multiple sex charges) (July12, 2008) Live News
Court rules against Jehovah's Witness parents to save two-week-old baby's life."The parents' religious belief did not allow blood or blood products to be administered to them or their children. They knew their refusal meant signing the death warrant for the child." (July 11, 2008) IOL International
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