Throughout my experience with the Christian faith, one particular question has presented a persistent intellectual challenge.

NEW ORLEANS — Some who spoke in federal court on Tuesday about being victimized in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’s enduring child molestation saga had forgiven. Others had not. None ...

The Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, does not require its churches in the U.S. to adopt ...

A federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least ...

Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to ...

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The decision comes more than six years after a 9-year-old child first came forward with sexual abuse allegations against a ...

The archdiocese of New York announced the creation of a $300 million fund to compensate people who filed sexual abuse complaints against the Catholic Church.

The 55-year-old head pastor at Gainesville church Ignite Life Center was arrested Nov. 24 after allegedly failing to report child sex abuse within the church and trying to prevent others from ...