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  Patrick Ryan

  

  13 hours ago

  Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out

  RNS - Associated Press

  Authorities say Bateman created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of …

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  Patrick Ryan

  

  6 days ago

  Father sues Texas Hindu temple, alleging it branded 11-year-old with hot iron

  AOL - Sakshi Venkatraman

  A Texas man is suing a local Hindu temple, alleging it branded his son with a hot iron during a cultural ceremony. Vijay Cheruvu, of Fort Bend County, said he did not give his consent for his son to participate in the event in August, during which he alleges several children were branded in front of …

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  Patrick Ryan

  

  6 days ago

  Man settles sexual abuse lawsuit against Maine’s Catholic church as dozens more await ruling

  pressherald.com - Emily Allen

  The man had alleged he was abused in 1948, when he was an eighth-grader in Rumford, by the Rev. Lucien Joseph Mandeville. The terms of the settlement …

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  Patrick Ryan

  

  6 days ago

  For Christians raised in 'high-control' settings, elections may trigger religious trauma

  RNS - Kathryn Post

  ‘Our bodies recognize that we’re being activated and pushed into trauma responses and that the same abusive techniques are being used on us,’ said …

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  Patrick Ryan

  

  Megachurch pastor wanted by FBI for sex trafficking issues conditions for surrender

  The Christian Post - Anugrah Kumar

  A controversial Filipino megachurch Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, sought by the U.S. for child sex trafficking, has set forth conditions for his surrender …

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  Patrick Ryan

  

  Faith under fire: Russia's war on religion in Ukraine's occupied territories

  kyivindependent.com - Martin Fornusek

  Russia's war and occupation of large swaths of Ukraine have led to hundreds of churches being damaged or destroyed, dozens of priests killed or …