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| + | *[http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/florida-pastor-busted-with-over-350000-pictures-and-videos-of-underage-girls-performing-s-acts-sheriff/ Pastor busted after church prank turns up over 350,000 images of minors performing sex acts: sheriff] | ||
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263108/Abuse-hotline-set-Catholic-Church-Germany-melts-day-4-000-people-phone-in.html Abuse hotline set up by Catholic Church in Germany melts down on first day as 4,000 people phone in] | *[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263108/Abuse-hotline-set-Catholic-Church-Germany-melts-day-4-000-people-phone-in.html Abuse hotline set up by Catholic Church in Germany melts down on first day as 4,000 people phone in] | ||
*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-30/boys-rented-out-for-abuse-at-salvos-boys-home/5227854 Boys 'rented out' for abuse at Salvation Army boys' home at Bexley in Sydney's south] | *[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-30/boys-rented-out-for-abuse-at-salvos-boys-home/5227854 Boys 'rented out' for abuse at Salvation Army boys' home at Bexley in Sydney's south] | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 31 July 2017
intro
This list will be updated as more information becomes available. Please note that this is just the material we have accrued and not a complete list. Clergy Gone Wild can provide a more through list.
Contents
Homicide
- Parents in faith-healing case never considered calling a doctor
- Wis. jury: Father guilty in prayer death case
- Pastor Arrested for Shooting & Killing Man During Church Service Over Alleged Affair with His Wife
- Former pastor pleads in murder case involving missing woman
- Baptist pastor sentenced to 50 years for hiring mistress and her husband to set his wife on fire
- Religious Argument May Have Preceded Fatal Shooting Of Pastor, 80
- Brooklyn pastor, once honored by N.Y. State Senate, arrested for role in deadly 2014 fire
- Pastor charged with murdering 2-year-old foster child
- Pastor Asks For Venue Change In Murder Trial
- Pastor, brother sentenced in Word of Life case
- Trial pushed back for former Homewood pastor charged in wife's stabbing death
- Counselor, former youth pastor accused of killing teen in 1994
- Associate pastor charged in fatal park shooting bonds out of jail
- DNA from exhumed body of priest could solve cold-case murder of nun
- Former Dayton pastor found guilty of murder charges
Fraud
- Tracking a Pastor and His Promise of Jobs
- Little Boy Who Claimed to Die and Visit Heaven Admits He Made It Up
- http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47307792/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/#.WXsdJmLyvFh
- Austin pastor arrested for sexual abuse of youth member
- N.J. pastor pleads not guilty to charge he faked assault
- Former Ardmore pastor arrested for writing bogus checks
- pastor suspected of lottery scamming arrested
- Indiana Pastor Turned Flock Into Drug Runners
- Former Pastor Accused of Stealing Funds From Maryland Church
- Pastor accused of passing bad checks arrested at a hotel
- Nashville area pastor, associate charged with fraudulently obtaining state grant money
- Va. Pastor, Wife Arrested in $1,200,000 Congregation Fraud Scheme
- Winter Garden pastor accused of running gambling operation in his garage, serving booze to kids
- Huntersville pastor admits role in embezzlement of up to $1.5M from church and school
- World War II Veteran Says He Was Swindled by "Pastor Dave"
- Pastor, Programmer Convicted of Conspiracy and Bribery in Bitcoin Exchange Scheme
- Retired Michigan priest arrested in Grand Forks on embezzlement charges
- Evangelical Christian Arkansas Republican pleads guilty in $600K Bible college bribery scheme
- Bishop arrested for illegal power
- Chicago pastor, wife plead guilty to stealing from summer food program
- Priest who stole from Northborough church returns to parish work
- Feds: Monsignor embezzled $500K to cover gambling debts, Philly Pops tickets
- Pastor arraigned on embezzlement charges connected to Owosso church
- Bookkeeping Pastor Robs Plumbing Company of $700,000: Prosecutors
- Ex-Flagler Beach pastor gets 7.5 years for investment scheme
- Michigan pastor who used faith to trick people out of millions of dollars faces fraud charges
- Cops: Pastor forged documents, sold church to himself for $1
- Southwest Michigan priest to stand trial on embezzlement charge
- Savannah pastor sentenced for using tithes to buy leather goods, lingerie
Physical Abuse
- Indiana pastor, church employee arrested for beating school boys
- Pastor of Light of the World Christian Center arrested in connection with aggravated assault
- Corcoran Pastor Arrested for Punching Parishioner
- Indiana pastor charged with threatening to shoot neighborhood children
- Pastor at central New York church where two brothers were beaten during 14-hour 'counseling session' pleads guilty to manslaughter, assault
- Former pastor arrested for allegedly trying to choke 4-month-old baby in Walmart line
- Pastor Charged With Beating Child With Rod, Electrical Cord
- Charlotte pastor charged in armed robberies of 9 businesses
- Bond set for prominent Midlands pastor charged with domestic violence
- Kansas City pastor, 74, accused of assaulting church member
LBGTQ+ Discrimination
- Archbishop tells woman to reject gay son or suffer eternal damnation
- Catholics 'cannot accept gay marriage'
- Same-sex couple barred from Lexington Catholic prom
- Pastor Orders His Flock to Beat Gay Couple Arriving At Church
- The 3 Michigan Churches Who Are Quitting the Homeless Because Another Church Dares Tolerate LGBTs
- War over gay clergy brings a whole religion to “the brink of schism”
- Catholic Bishop Decrees Lawmakers Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage Should Not Receive Communion
- The Glaring Double Standards Of The Air Force’s Most Homophobic, ‘Bible-Believing’ Chaplain
- Salvation Army busted discriminating against transgender people (again)
- BYU-Idaho fires adjunct professor after LGBT Pride Month post on Facebook
- Prosecutor: Minister ‘directed’ beating of gay congregant
Sexual Abuse
- Pastor busted after church prank turns up over 350,000 images of minors performing sex acts: sheriff
- Abuse hotline set up by Catholic Church in Germany melts down on first day as 4,000 people phone in
- Boys 'rented out' for abuse at Salvation Army boys' home at Bexley in Sydney's south
- Montreal Catholic Church will fingerprint all priests working with children Priest who molested 'maybe 20 boys' says he was ordered to pray as punishment
- Priest who molested 'maybe 20 boys' says he was ordered to pray as punishment
- Youth pastor sexually exploited teens to ‘help them gain purity’
- Retired priest facing charge of touching teen 14 years ago
- Texas pastor charged with sexually assaulting child
- Sex Abuse among Evangelicals worse than for Catholics
- Parent claims Washington County district violated son's due process right in punishment for hazing
- Disgraced Catholic priest loses appeal of 'sex tourism' convictions for molesting orphans
- Overland Park Catholic priest charged with child sex crimes
- Retired Catholic priest charged with forcing 10-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him
- Hundreds of German choir boys allegedly abused, report says
- Students say Christian college turned a blind eye to serial rapists
- Youth leader facing sex charges claims teen was 'keen as a jellybean'
- Former Rainbow City youth pastor arrested for producing pornography
- Police arrest pastor who raped his 14-year-old step-daughter
- Local pastor arrested for sexual battery
- Pastor found guilty on child molestation, sexual battery charges
- Youth pastor fired by California church and arrested for rape, sodomy, sexual assault
- Darlington pastor jailed on charges of sex crimes against a child
- Local pastor arrested after being accused of indecency with a child
- Trinity Fellowship sued over accusations of sexual assault of child by volunteer pastor
- Former Pastor Arrested on Child Sex Assault Charge: Police
- Former Anson youth pastor arrested for indecency with a child
- COGIC Pastor Arrested For Sexually Abusing Teen Family Member
- New Orleans Pastor Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Relatives As Young As 5 Years Old
- Darlington pastor accused of inappropriately touching boy
- OC Youth Pastor Arrested On Suspicion Of Engaging In Inappropriate Conduct With Children
- Youth Pastor Arrested for Lewd Molestation
- Former Norfolk pastor sentenced for spying on woman via hidden camera
- Austin pastor arrested for sexual abuse of youth member
- Longtime priest in the Bronx accused of sexually abusing minors
- Greenville County Pastor Arrested on Sexual Assault of a Minor Charges
- Seminary Student Travels to San Diego for Sex With Infants: ICE
- Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes charged in 1970s sex assault
- Pastor arrested over rape of teenage girl
- Youth pastor arrested; foster child described 3 years of abuse
- NJ Pastor Accused of Molesting Teens Who Attended His Church: Prosecutors
- UPDATE: Former Church Pastor Gets Life in Prison for Sex Abuse
- TBI: Sullivan Co. grand jury indicts Bristol pastor on child rape charges
- Former youth minister, substitute teacher arrested on child molestation charges
- Avoca pastor accused of sexually assaulting teen congregation members
- Pastor arrested for raping 7-yr-old daughter of his friend
- US pastor raped Malawian boys
- Two ministers nabbed in child-prostitution sting
- Pauls Valley teacher arrested on child abuse complaints related to students
- Former pastor at Pomona church pleads no contest to molesting a child
- Alberta pastor charged with child luring after discovery of ‘sexually explicit’ text messages
- Youth pastor faces third sex-abuse charge in Pearl River County
- Baptist Church Was Led By Sex Offender For Years
- Jackson Co. pastor charged with sexual abuse of a child
- Tolleson PD: Youth pastor Robert Jerez arrested for having sex with underage churchgoer
- East Bay minister charged with 23 counts of child sex abuse
- Mobile pastor facing child sex abuse, sodomy, rape charges
- 'Extremely delusional' North Olmsted youth pastor sentenced for sexual relationship with teen
- Police: Mid-South Pastor Investigated For Rape
- Former Sulphur Springs pastor sentenced for child porn
- Ex-pastor accused of sexually assault congregants
- Former Iowa pastor charged with sexual exploitation
- Fugitive preacher who molested N.J. boy arrested in Honduras
- Pastor, 46, arrested for impregnating 10-year old
- CT Pastor Arrested for Raping a Minor
- Miami County church pastor and homeless shelter CEO is charged with sexual molestation of a child
- Diocese pays $4.5 million to settle Jasper County priest sex-abuse suit
- Police: Child porn found on former Los Alamos pastor’s computer
- Former youth pastor sentenced in sex assault case of 13-year-old girl
- Pastor who 'raped eight-year-old girl' told to buy her dad two crates of beer as compensation
- Preacher known as ‘Romeo’ accused of forcing boys into prostitution and drugs, cops say
- Cobb pastor charged with sexual abuse of 10-year-old girl at shelter
- Colorado church didn’t report pastor’s child sex abuse because ‘biblical counseling’ would suffice
- Court documents: Nude photos on 11-year-old's phone traced to NC youth pastor
- Pastor found guilty of rape of mentally challenged teen
- Pastor Who Said Pulse Victims Weren't Victims, Got 'What They Deserve' Arrested for Child Molestation
- Youth pastor admits to 'inappropriate physical interactions' with 14-year-old girl
- Stockton Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girl, 12
- Georgia parents furious church never told them the youth minister was convicted of sexual assault
- Pastor accused of raping preteen runaway at Cleveland motel
- Minnesota archdiocese offers $132 million to settle sex abuse claims
- Church with rapist leading worship postpones merger with second church facing sex abuse claims
- Louisville priest who ran summer camp faces sex abuse trial
- Minnesota Pastor Arrested, Accused of Possessing Child Porn
- Change of plea: Peter Knebel pleads guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a child
- Australia's Anglican church gets 1,115 child abuse complaints
- Australia: 7% of Catholic priests abused children, commission finds
- Chester Co. pastor, teaching assistant charged with raping woman after tying her up
- Hearing set for pastor accused in sex exploitation sting
- Washington judge blasts youth pastor who raped teen for years: ‘You cannot hide behind concept of sin’
- Jury: Anti-gay Brunswick pastor guilty of 8 counts of child molestation
- Chicago Archdiocese pays $3.15 million to settle abuse suits
- Pastor, city employee pleads guilty to 19 child pornography charges
- Syracuse-area priest raped child, videotaped abuse in 1980s, $25M lawsuit claims
- Judge: former Priest John Feit will stand trial in Hidalgo County
- Former VB youth pastor found guilty of object penetration
- UPDATE: Former Local Pastor Arrested in Wisconsin
- Local pastor found guilty of assaulting teens in congregation
- Queens pastor gets 15 years behind bars for raping two girls
Unclassified and/or Weird
- Ted Haggard Had a Sex Toy Molded After Himself, Used It
- US: Christian group begins ‘fasting’ to stop same-sex marriage, but members can still eat food
- Ghana's witch camps: last refuge of the powerless and the persecuted
- Married Atlanta Pastor Arrested For Allegedly Spreading HIV At Church
- Pastor Arrested With Suspected Human Meat
- Phoenix pastor arrested for impregnating 13-year-old, marrying 10-year-old
- Catholic priest accused of organising orgies in rectory and pimping out 15 women
- Young mom dies in pastor's fiery exorcism attempt
- 10 Outrageous Scandals That Rocked The Vatican In Recent Years
- 'Partying was more important than their child' Alabama parents arrested after taking baby to bar
- Vatican rocked: Police raid drug-fuelled gay orgy at cardinal's apartment
Fascism
- Italian Catholic Priest Welcomes Believers with Swastika on His Right Arm
- Evangelical Corporations Try To Force Their Employees To Follow Their Religious Beliefs
- Australia Post Unknowingly Handed Out Anti-Gay Flyers With Nazi Imagery
See ten thousand ministries See the holy righteous dogs, They claim to heal, but all they do is steal, Abuse your faith, cheat, and rob, If God is wise, why is he still, When these false profits, call him friend, Why is he silent, is he blind!? Are we abandoned in the end?
