Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 2, 2018

  10 Notable Clergy Sex Scandals in 2017

  Like many leaders in secular professions such as politics, media and entertainment, multiple church leaders and religious organizations were embroiled in cases of sexual misconduct in 2017. These are some of the most viral cases which left many Christians shaking their heads in shock and disappointment.

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  Feb 2, 2018

  How Churches Have Buried a Devastating Legacy of Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Movement Pushing to End the Cycle

  More than 120 years after the Henry Ward Beecher-Elizabeth Tilton scandal, similar stories of relationships between church leaders and their parishioners continue to endure. And coming forward about the abuse remains one of the hardest things to do in the church.

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  Feb 1, 2018

  Former 'Glee' Actor Mark Salling Was 'Devout Christian' Before Suicide Over Child Porn, Friend Says

  Former "Glee" actor Mark Salling, who was discovered dead from an apparent suicide in Los Angeles on Tuesday, was once a "devout Christian" who loved birdwatching prior to his arrest for child pornography in 2015.

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  Feb 1, 2018

  Kenneth Copeland Ministries Workers Could Be Fired for 'Blatant Lying' on or Off the Job

  The Texas-based Kenneth Copeland Ministries, which recently acquired a multimillion dollar Gulfstream V jet to support the work of leader Kenneth Copeland, is now requiring their estimated 500 employees to sign a controversial code of conduct meant to keep the ministry pure sexually and financially.

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  Feb 1, 2018

  Megan Barry, Christian Nashville Mayor Once Accused of Atheism, Says God Will Forgive Her for Affair

  Megan Barry, the Catholic mayor of Nashville, Tenn., who was once accused of being an atheist, invoked her faith in God at a press conference Wednesday when she declared that God will forgive her for an extramarital affair she had with the head of her security detail, Metro police Sgt. Robert Forrest Jr., but insists she will not step down over it.

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  Feb 1, 2018

  Pastor Greg Locke Admits Wife Struggles With Mental Illness, Is Living in a Shelter

  Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, who reaches millions through his popular Facebook page, has admitted that his ex-wife and mother of his children is now living in a shelter in Georgia but insists that this is the way she wants to live.

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  Jan 31, 2018

  Mother Leaves Vengeance to God After Son Is Left Fighting for Life in Racist Attack

  A grieving mother, who is now praying for her son's recovery after he was left with a traumatic brain injury due to an alleged unprovoked racist attack in Auburn, Washington, says she is leaving vengeance to the Lord as she forgives her son's attacker.

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  Jan 31, 2018

  Legally Blind Man Who Raped 13-Y-O at Church Camp Will Serve No Prison Time

  A legally blind man who tied up then brutally raped and sodomized a 13-year-old girl at Falls Creek church camp in Oklahoma, will serve no time in prison for his crime because a local district attorney didn't think his time there would be "meaningful."

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  Jan 30, 2018

  Priest Suspected of Inappropriate Contact With Multiple Women and Girl Is Removed From Parish

  A California priest suspected of having inappropriate contact with multiple women and a girl in his parish has been removed from his duties by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles as law enforcement officials investigate the claims against him.

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  Jan 30, 2018

  Highpoint Church Sets Date to Complete Andy Savage Investigation as National Group Calls for His Firing

  Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, announced Monday that an investigation into the ministry of their Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who confessed to a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl while he was her pastor 20 years ago, will be completed by March 1 as SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, called for his immediate firing.