Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 26, 2018

  Assemblies of God Pastor Resigns After 18-Y-O Son Is Charged for Attempted Rape at Church

  An Assemblies of God pastor was forced to resign from the helm of Five Rivers Church in Elkton, Maryland, last Sunday after his 18-year-old son, Caleb Doyle Chase, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree rape stemming from allegations he sexually molested a 12-year-old boy and sexted a 13-year-old girl a week earlier.

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  Jan 26, 2018

  Southern Baptist Convention Added to Sexual Abuse Suit Against Former Judge Paul Pressler

  The Southern Baptist Convention has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging that former Texas state judge and lawmaker Paul Pressler sexually abused a former Bible study student he hired as a home office assistant for decades, starting when he was just 14 years old.

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  Jan 25, 2018

  Bishop Sentenced to 15 Years for Raping 15-Y-O Who Wanted to Die After Abuse

  Bishop Michael Jenkins, who once served as leader of the Church of the Living God in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, is set to spend the next 15 years of his life behind prison bars after he was convicted of raping a 15-year-old former member of his flock.

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  Jan 25, 2018

  Pastor Greg Locke Reveals His Church Has 'Dozens and Dozens' of 'Precious' Black Members, Calls Racist Churches 'Despicable'

  Popular internet preacher and leader of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, Greg Locke, proudly revealed Monday that his church has "dozens, and dozens and dozens of precious black folk" and ripped into churches that practice racial discrimination as "despicable."

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  Jan 24, 2018

  NFL Turns Down 'Please Stand' Ad From Veterans Group Because of Its Political Bent

  AMVETS, a group which describes itself as the nation's largest and oldest Congressionally-chartered veterans service organization with 250,000 members, has expressed outrage and disappointment with the National Football League after the group's one page ad with the message "Please Stand" was rejected by the NFL's Super Bowl program.

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  Jan 24, 2018

  Alabama Bill Eliminates Need for Marriage License, Wedding Ceremony to Comply With Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

  A bill that would eliminate the need for a marriage license and wedding ceremony to be legally married in Alabama could soon become law in a move local legislators argue would bring the state in line with the 2015 Supreme Court ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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  Jan 23, 2018

  Members Turned Away From Church as Congregants Push to Dismiss Pastor Accused of Misusing Church Funds

  Several members of the Southern Acres Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, who have been lobbying to remove the pastor over allegations of financial impropriety and abuse of power, were turned away from the church Sunday to avoid "disruption" in the house of God.

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  Jan 23, 2018

  Pastor Chris Conlee Blasts 'Hateful' Bloggers, Critics of Andy Savage in Sexual Assault Case

  A week after Teaching Pastor Andy Savage of Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee, took a leave of absence over a "sexual incident" with a 17-year-old former parishioner that occurred 20 years ago in Texas, Highpoint Lead Pastor Chris Conlee denounced bloggers who have been critical.

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  Jan 23, 2018

  Woman Threatens Daughter in Church With 'Blood of Jesus' and Death From God for Accusing Boyfriend of Rape

  Sophia Morris' mother sat quietly in the front row of her small church and listened in silence with other congregants as her daughter testified how she was raped at just 8 years old. When her daughter told the church who her abuser was, however, Morris' mother exploded from her seat and threatened her child with death from God and the "blood of Jesus."

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  Jan 22, 2018

  Former Church for Life Pastor Taught Young Women to Masturbate, Orgasm in Pre-Marriage Classes, Suit Says

  A mother of two has filed a lawsuit against former Church for Life pastor Robert Litzinger and his wife Cindy, alleging sexual battery, assault and harassment stemming from a slew of incidents, including teaching young women how to masturbate and orgasm in preparation for their husbands in pre-marriage classes.