MASON COUNTY - A West Michigan priest has been removed from two Mason County parishes following an accusation he engaged in “inappropriate conduct in public with an adult,” according to the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.
The Rev. Johnson Jeyabal Pappusamy submitted his resignation to Bishop Walter Hurley last week, while law enforcement officials continue to [...]
Catholic diocese says Priest’s resignation due to investigation of ‘inappropriate conduct’
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · News
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St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller pushes back at the IRS
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · News
Never one to mince words, St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller has a message for the Internal Revenue Service: strip him of his tax exemption or leave him alone.
The agency has been investigating Keller, 51, for a year after he equated voting for former presidential candidate Mitt Romney with casting a vote for Satan.
Keller’s struggle with [...]
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Youth Leader Accused of Secretly Filming Boy
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · News
BYRON TOWNSHIP — The church where David Randal Campell served as a youth leader is cooperating with authorities and its pastor stressed that children are safe in his church.
Campbell is being investigated by the Kent County Sheriff’s Department after authorities learned that he secretly taped a youth visiting his Gaines Township home.
The discovery was made [...]
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Gospel Singer Charged With Attempted Arson of Church
February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News
Chattanooga fire investigators arrested a woman late Wednesday for trying to burn down a local church. The incident happened February 11 around 10:00 p.m. at the Harmony Baptist Church at 3832 Youngstown Road. A church service had been held earlier that night, but everyone was supposedly gone and the church was locked up.
Chattanooga firefighters were [...]
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6 Minors In Custody After Raid On Compound
September 21st, 2008 · No Comments · News
Arkansas Removes Children From Evangelist Compound
At Center Of Child Abuse Investigation
An Arkansas State Police spokesman said Sunday six children have been placed in temporary state custody after a raid in a child-abuse investigation at an evangelical compound in southwest Arkansas.
State police spokesman Bill Sadler said the children will be in the custody of the Arkansas [...]
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