Archive for February, 2009

February 27, 2009 / News

Ash Wednesday brings memories of clergy abuse scandal

LOS ANGELES -- Christians throughout the Southland are observing Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seek spiritual renewal through

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February 27, 2009 / News

DMX – Future Pastor – throws food at guard in jail

Spending time in solitary confinement apparently didn't curtail DMX's anger issues, as he allegedly threw a tray of food at a detention officer on Sunday and may spend a lot more time in prison be

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February 27, 2009 / News

Former Minister of Music charged with sex assault on student

A former teacher at a Summit private school who also served as a Minister of Music at a Short Hills church was arrested earlier this week and charged with sexual assault for an alleged relationship wi

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February 27, 2009 / News

Former pastor denies sex abuse charges

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Over and over again Thursday, Sandy Martin Cook denied any sexual impropriety with three teenage boys in the 1990s while he served as pastor for the Shrewsbury Church of God. E

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February 27, 2009 / News

Former Pastor becomes Fake Doctor and gets arrested

To Timothy Lucas, it sounded like easy money. All he had to do was let a doctor give him a physical exam and he would earn $50 — no small amount for the homeless Lexington man. Instead, Lu

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February 26, 2009 / News

NY1 Special Report: New Archbishop Says Church Has Learned From Sex Scandal

On Ash Wednesday, New York's new Archbishop Timothy Dolan sat down with NY1's Dean Meminger for an interview to discuss the issues facing New York's Catholic Church. ā€œI’m very honored and grate

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February 26, 2009 / News

Self-proclaimed pastor gets 8 years for fraud

Benjamin J. Seigler claimed to have earned $40 million as a solo investor. He told clients he had "more gold chains than Mr. T," bought mansions and owned 10 cars. But the truth was that Seigler li

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February 26, 2009 / News

More testify against ex-pastor in sex abuse

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two more alleged victims testified Wednesday in Kanawha Circuit Court that a Shrewsbury minister sexually molested them when they were teenagers in the 1990s. Sandy Martin

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February 26, 2009 / News

Baptist youth counselor charged with raping girl

QUINCY - A youth counselor at a Baptist church in Quincy that later merged with a Hull congregation faces a charge he raped a 14-year-old girl who was a member of his Bible study class. Robert

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February 25, 2009 / News

No mercy – call for pedophile Andrew William Dawson-Ryan

A REMORSELESS Anglican Church pedophile who systematically abused boys "hundreds of times" must be shown no mercy, say prosecutors. Prosecutors today told the District Court there was no reason to

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