The figure includes acts committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of others over 70 years.
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Top Southern Baptist committee will fund investigation into sex abuse
A top Southern Baptist Convention committee agreed Tuesday to fund a third-party investigation into its handling of sexual abuse allegations
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White evangelicals refusing vaccines at higher rates – but not missionaries
The International Mission Board – which deploys thousands of missionaries – is not hesitant about the shot.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in Massachusetts sex assault
An activist says former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s court appearance in a sex abuse case marks a new phase in the global struggle to hold clerics accountable.
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Pandemic once again disrupts plans for Jewish High Holy Days
Temple Beth El in Augusta will require masks inside the synagogue, but workers have erected a big tent in the yard for an outdoor service on Sept. 7.
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Conservative shift on U.S. Supreme Court could affect legal challenge to Maine’s vaccine mandate
The lawsuit is challenging the state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers over its lack of a religious exemption, and it could become a test case on whether such mandates must include religious exemptions.
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Episcopal bishop requires all Maine clergy, staff to get vaccine
The mandate applies to more than a dozen staff members and about 230 clergy, according to the diocese.
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Maine church’s case against pandemic restrictions
Calvary Chapel in Orrington asked the court to stop Gov. Janet Mills from enforcing or reinstating any restrictions related to the rapid spread of the delta variant.
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U.S. churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native residential schools
More than 150 boarding schools for Indigenous children in the United States were operated by religious groups between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
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Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass
Pope Francis says he took the action because Pope Benedict XVI’s reform had become a source of division in the church and been exploited by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council.