FAIRBANKS — Members of a divided Corinthian Baptist Church were in Fairbanks Superior Court last week fighting about the church pastor and access to the church building.
At issue is whether a vote earlier this month by church leaders to remove Pastor S. Anthony Justice was legitimate.
Also, locks on the church building have been changed, causing [...]
Entries from November 2008
Problems Send Fairbanks Congregation To Court
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Tags: attorney·Baptist·church·congregation·court·fired·judge·members·pastor·removed·vote
Church Plans Talks Over Likely Abuse Inquiry Fallout
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin (pictured) is planning a series of meetings for priests in the Dublin diocese to discuss the likely fall-out from the commission of inquiry into abuse by Catholic priests who served there.
The commission, an independent state-appointed body which carried out its work in private, is expected to publish its report early in [...]
Tags: abuse·Archbishop·Catholic·child abuse·church·diocese·Irish·priest·report·sex abuse
Street Preacher Arrested During Race
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Authorities say a street preacher almost hit several runners with a Bible during a holiday race in Clearwater.
Police say 48-year-old Mark Alan Sutto was delivering a street sermon when he interfered with the Turkey Trot 10K on Thursday by shouting at runners, getting in their way and waving a large Bible [...]
Tags: arrest·bail·disorderly conduct·preacher·report
Pastor Arrested For Waving Gun During Sermon Found To Be Former Felon
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Taking over a new church can be tough enough for a pastor, but when Bryan Thompson went to work at Victory Baptist in the spring of 2007, some extra-heavy baggage was attached.
In late 2006, Jerry Wayne “Dusty” Whitaker — the previous pastor of the church located along a well-traveled section of Riverside Drive — allegedly [...]
Tags: arrest·Baptist·church·felon·gun·pastor
Love Triangle Priest Goes Into Hiding
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
A Catholic priest accused of having a love affair with a married woman in Nyanza Province has gone into hiding fearing for his life.
The youthful priest has now taken refuge in Kisumu after a teacher he is alleged to have cuckolded attacked him and smashed his car windscreen.
Police arrested the teacher and booked him for [...]