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California Confession Bill on Hold

11 Jul 2019
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Alison Lesley

Opposition from the Catholic Conference of California The bill would make it illegal California religious leaders to withhold reports of their co-workers' confessions of child abuse or neglect. The...

CA Bill Requiring Priests to Report Child Sex Abuse Moves Forward

22 May 2019
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Kelly Frazier

SB 360 to State Senate for vote The first quarter of 2019 witnessed Senator Jerry Hill of California filing a bill which will remove all clergy members who are at present exempt from reporting abuse...

Over 500 Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse were Withheld by the Catholic Church

21 Dec 2018
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Gary Nguyen

The report pointed out that allegations have been made against a staggering 690 clergy members. A preliminary report released under Attorney General Lisa Madigan's oversight stated that the Illinois...

Sinead O’Connor Announces Name Change and Converts to Islam

29 Oct 2018
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Elisa Meyer

O’Connor has changed her name to Shuhada Davitt. She also said of changing her name to reflect her new religion. The new official name of the Irish singer is Shuhada Davitt. This follows the surname...

Pope Francis Calls a Meeting on Clerical Sexual Abuse

13 Sep 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Francis is walking a tight-rope to save his papacy. The Vatican announced The abuse crisis has threatened to push off the present papal administration. Francis' allies think the Argentinian's...

Irish Protest Pope Francis’ Visit: “Say Nope to The Pope”

24 Aug 2018
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Derek Welch

Taoiseach Varadkar has criticized the campaign, terming it petty. Not many, however, will actually attend. The action of taking the free tickets and not going thereafter to the Francis helmed event...

Mormon Church Donates to Child Abuse Victims

03 Jul 2018
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Nathan Glover

LDS donated $50,000 to the Children’s Justice Center The LDS church has taken a firm stand against child abuse. The Children's Justice Center or CJC provides abuse victims an agreeable...

Methodists and Buddhists Condemn Sessions Over Family Separation Policy; Push for Expulsion from United Methodist Church

20 Jun 2018
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Derek Welch

Methodists push to expel Sessions from the church , the United States Attorney General, by his fellow clergy and laypeople of the United Methodist Church (UMC). Over 600 people have given their signature...

Teacher Attacked Student Who Did Not See Jesus In Detention

20 Mar 2018
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Nathan Glover

The child was put in time out and told to talk to Jesus. Parents and teachers were shocked to find out Diane Williams, a teacher at Kingsway Christian Academy, had been arrested earlier in March for attacking...

Video of Pope Francis Dancing with Hasidic Jews Goes Viral

11 May 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Pope Francis and Hasidic Jews dance together at the Vatican. The group of Jews were led by Rabbi Edgar Gluck, the chief rabbi of Galicia. The warming sight of the pope swaying to the Jewish music...