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• Child 'bride' key witness against Warren Jeffs stunned by court's reversal of rape convictions, fears for safety of FLDS children
• Thousands of British girls tortured by genital mutilation, no perpetrator yet prosecuted despite longstanding laws
• U.K. Catholic child protection head says Vatican response inadequate, statute of limitations ignore long term effects of abuse
• Louisiana school board wants believers to teach creationism in science classes, thinks it will solve discipline problem
• Cult leader Tony Alamo wants new trial, claims sex with child 'brides' was not main reason for trip across state lines
• Utah Supreme Court decides to not protect FLDS girls from forced marriage, overturns Warren Jeffs' accomplice to rape convictions
• Banned 1960s Irish novel was first to deal with taboo of child abuse, while church and state were shielding perpetrators
• Faith healing parents charged with criminal mistreatment of baby with life-threatening tumor on eye
• Rapid growth of Bible-based education in Canada spurred by Christian nationalists eager to indoctrinate the "Joshua Generation"
• Taliban strategy of murdering Afghan tribal elders and radicalizing youth leads to societal breakdown
• Religious freedom meaningless for Amish teens who are shunned by family and community for making wrong 'choice'
• UNICEF report documents tens of thousands of children abused and murdered as witches in East Africa
• Extremely abusive exorcisms of children branded as witches on the rise in the U.K.
• Mentally ill Saudi man chained in basement for 6 years by father who thinks he is possessed by genie
• Fundamentalist "Truth Academy" indoctrinating teens to fear and fight homosexuals as a threat to religious freedom
• Vacation Liberty School uses Christian fundamentalism to politically indoctrinate children
• Belgian law enforcement's aggressive raid of Catholic church explained by cultural forces
• Message to Scotland's Muslims: Islam can't be used to justify domestic abuse of wives or children
• Call-in radio show will interview lawyer suing Vatican and founder of survivor's advocacy group, SNAP
• New York Boy Scout leader charged with predatory sexual assault of two young boys
• Married Baptist youth pastor charged with sodomy after abusing girl in his Virginia church group
• New rules on clergy sex abuse shows there is still no moral awakening in the Catholic church
• UK Secular Society presenting films on Catholic crimes against children as part of protest against the Pope's visit
• Research paper submitted to B.C. court in constitutional case documents harms associated with polygamy
• Lutheran bishop of Hamburg resigns after neglecting to protect juveniles from serial pedophile minister
• UN says Vatican has refused to submit mandatory reports on children's rights for past 13 years
• Federal Court of Appeal asked to stop California college proselytizing and imposing religion on students
• Higher incidence of male victims of sex abuse in Anglican and Catholic churches than in the wider community
• Victim of Belgian bishop who resigned for child abuse was his nephew who tried to warn church leaders for 25 years
• Australian bishop makes rare admission of church's legal liability for rape of school girls
• Attorneys in two clergy abuse cases are seeking a court order demanding testimony from the pope
• Former Benedictine monk says church has not yet addressed child abuse crisis, most bishops still mired in obfuscation and deceit
• Vatican makes attempted ordination of women a crime worthy of immediate excommunication, but not child sex abuse
• Northern Ireland clergy abuse survivors petition government for urgent inquiry and compensation
• Irish children subjected to religious dogma in order to get an education in school system dominated by Catholic church
• Religious indoctrination thrives in B.C. private schools because education ministry does not vet textbooks or courses
• Advocacy group battles illegal Christian fundamentalist proselytizing in U.S. public schools
• Bob Jones University science textbook for home schoolers ignores science and critical thinking
• Honour killings may be culturally driven, but the cultures that practice it are all religious
• Video interview by Steve Hassan of top ex-Scientologist at international cult conference in New York
• Infamous Californian family cult pedophile and murderer used extreme fear and biblical indoctrination to terrorize and torture children
• Female genital mutilation common place in Kurdish Iraq, motivated mainly by a false religious imperative
• Undercover investigation prompts British Medical Assn. to call for ban of discredited, harmful gay conversion therapies
• Melbourne Archbishop says sorry to clergy abuse victims, but praises compensation process that re-victimizes survivors
• Woman whose escape from Israeli cult led to rape, incest, enslavement charges against leader says state has abandoned her
• New York Times article details Benedict's failures to act sooner against child abuse, Catholic apologists 'shoot the messenger'
• Australian priest sentenced to 20 years for sadistic sex abuse of 25 boys
• Kenyan Catholic priests warned they will be surrendered to police if they molest children
• The memo from a Catholic dad that provoked reforms to child protection policies of the U.S. Catholic church
• Childhood diseases nearly eradicated until an unethical U.K. doctor began to scare parents with vaccine conspiracy theory
• Disabled man raised by Mormon polygamists files federal complaint against sect for cutting off utilities to drive him out
• Mormon polygamist leader jailed in Utah refuses to sign warrant extraditing him to Texas to face child sex charges
• Dan Rather exposes Catholic tactics to shield assets from liability in abuse cases, SNAP founder compares Belgium raids to Toledo case
• U.S. Supreme Court allows Oregon clergy sex abuse lawsuit to proceed against the Vatican
• Australian Senate committee hears evidence from Scientology apologists and victims on public benefit test for charities
• Rabbi who once taught at Boston school faces more child sex assault charges after 3rd victim sees media reports of prior charges
• Moral pollution oozing from dark and hidden shadows of the Catholic Church worse than BP's oil spill
• Irish priest says all priests must take blame for clergy child abuse, comparing it to the Holocaust
• Irish priest on child protection board resigns after giving victim's confidential statement to accused priest
• Man with "God complex" who manipulated daughters to think incest was God's will sentenced to 60 years
• Brother of jailed Mormon polygamist leader sentenced to 17 years for sex assault of child in forced 'marriage'
• Vatican files arguments in Kentucky sex abuse case to block attempt to question Pope under oath
• Belgian police raid Catholic headquarters and independent abuse commission over concerns of continuing cover-up by church leaders
• Catholic Conference fights law reforms across the U.S. that would extend statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases
• Law suits against Catholic church for fraud and negligence in sex abuse cases attempt to overcome restrictive statute of limitations
• Trial set to begin for retired Canadian priest, former school principal, charged with sex abuse of child, court records sealed
• After criminal complaints of sex abuse of minors filed against prominent Chilean priest, archbishop asks Vatican to investigate
• Son of priest-founder of Catholic Legionaries sues order for fraud and negligence, says his father sexually abused him
• Amish distrust of outsiders creates culture of fear and secrecy, prevents reporting child abuse to authorities
• Australian senator says weapons seized from cult a wake-up call to protect vulnerable citizens from religious manipulation
• High-ranking priest criticizes standard of proof used by Wisconsin diocese to exonerate majority of accused clergy
• German bishop who resigned for slapping kids says his superiors tricked Pope with false sex abuse allegations
• A brief history of Canadian residential schools designed to indoctrinate and assimilate aboriginal children
• Canadian Truth Commission investigates fate of thousands of aboriginal children who died in mysterious circumstances
• Canadian residential school Truth Commission begins to address over a century of child abuse, thousands of children still missing
• The Westboro Baptist hate cult that indoctrinates children with lullabies about people going to hell
• Malawi Christian sect refuses to vaccinate children against measles claiming it is God's will for them to get sick
• Depositions in federal lawsuit against Scientology reveal coercive tactics used to pressure women to have abortions
• Southern Baptist Convention leader urges members to focus on evangelizing teenagers
• Trial begins for brother of jailed Mormon polygamist sect leader, state seeks enhanced penalty for sex assault of child
• L.A. Cardinal's deposition reveals attempt by archdiocese to cover up child abuse and protect pedophile priests
• Young Indian couple from different castes electrically tortured and murdered by girl's remorseless father and uncle
• Ontario father and son plead guilty to murdering teen girl to protect the 'honour' of her family
• Montreal mother charged with attempted murder of daughter for staying out late in so-called 'honour' crime
• Church in Wales vicar imprisoned for child pornography gets additional sentence for serial sex abuse of girl
• Boy Scouts continue to fight against releasing sex offender files after news groups ask judge to make them public
• U.S. paying wages of Somalia's child soldiers, neither country has ratified children's rights convention
• After Israeli cult leader commits suicide in jail three more members charged with systematic torture of children
• At mass celebrating priesthood Benedict apologizes to victims, but says Satan was the cause of clergy abuse
• Baltimore police say teen girl hospitalized for injuries but refusing to talk may have been abused by cult she was raised in
• 10-year-old preacher of hate indoctrinated by white pride parents is face of youth movement in U.S. KKK
• Extradition process started to bring jailed Mormon polygamist leader to Texas for trial after Arizona drops cases against him
• Interview with directors of "Sons of Perdition" documentary on teens exiled from Mormon polygamous sect
• Catholic dissidents protest at Vatican to urge change, Pope calls in priests to celebrate year of priesthood
• Child 'marriages' rampant in Middle East and North Africa despite most countries having minimum age laws
• Vatican investigators to Ireland instructed to evangelize youth and impose respect for priests
• U.K. school inspectors report that Christian theology and non-religious beliefs not being adequately taught in compulsory religious education classes
• Child protection policies improving in some Orthodox Jewish communities, but not in ultra-Orthodox ones
• Children's rights lawyer criticizes Mormon church's child protection policies, but church claims it has gold standard
• Court orders blood transfusion for 10-year-old Australian boy against religious objections of his Jehovah's Witness parents
• Irish bishop rejects advice from group he appointed to address child protection issues, refuses to remove two accused priests from youth retreat
• Irish "Hannibal Lecter of pedophile Catholic priests" to receive annuity from U.S. diocese, survivors react with disgust
• Clergy abuse survivor groups troubled, dismayed, insulted by Pope's picks to investigate Irish church
• Canadian Catholic Bishop facing child pornography charges denies abuse allegations in civil suit
• UN agency tells Senegal to enforce laws protecting children from religious abuse and exploitation
• Queensland state schools will begin teaching creationism as part of history lessons on controversy of human origins
• Pope & Church tested by children's voices crying out for accountability and justice long after childhood
• Top Vatican morality official threatens child abusing priests with hell, but that hasn't stopped them before
• Baptist officials made 15-year-old raped by church member apologize to congregation for getting pregnant, then sent her away
• U.K. abuse survivor tells how she was molested at 10 and raped at 13 by the same Catholic priest
• Ideological indoctrination of elementary students beefed up by Iranian regime anxious for more military recruits
• New Zealand research provides valuable insights on the psychological impact on children growing up in cult communes
• Sri Lankan grandmother who reported Buddhist monk for sexually abusing two children threatened by temple officials
• Israeli cult leader arrested for the extreme corporal punishment of dozens of children to make them better adults
• Australian Anglican Archbishop tried to skirt law to obtain funds from church charity for sex abuse compensation
• As Italian bishops downplay extent of abuse and maintain right to secrecy, more priests charged with recent child sex crimes
• Re-zoning request reveals secretive Exclusive Brethren community in Canada intellectually abusing kids in private school
• Baptist youth Bible studies teacher, former Scoutmaster, charged with sex abuse of 5-year-old girl
• Australian Archbishop says church culture responsible for deep-rooted child abuse crimes and cover-ups
• U.S. government submits legal brief in Oregon lawsuit arguing Vatican has sovereign immunity
• After cult weapons seized South Australian Senator calls for mind control laws to protect families from psychological manipulation
• Tyrannical leader of Australian cult, Agape, ordered weapons training for followers at isolated compound
• Honour killings in India estimated to be among the highest per capita in the world
• During trial of priest for sex abuse & prostitution victim's lawyer asks prosecutor to charge Italian bishop with aiding pedophilia
• U.K. Catholic bishops set prayer days for clergy crime victims, survivors say more practical responses needed
• Missing: 12 children caught up in Australian doomsday cult that practices child 'brides' & stock-piles weapons for end of world
• David Lynch not happy with new documentary exposé of Transcendental Meditation that portrays him as the Tom Cruise of TM
• Archbishop of Dublin's blunt, bleak assessment of Catholic crisis a rare instance of honesty from a church leader
• Three cult members sentenced to a collective 150 years in prison for deliberately starving toddler to death
• Kenyan sect member slaughtered his 5-year-old son like a chicken as a sacrifice to God
• Survivors say Australian Archbishop helped cover-up sex assault of 8 year-old girl, must have known about rampant sex assault of boys
• Australian clergy abuse survivors say they are being re-victimized by compensation process and Catholic hierarchy
• Daughter of Scientology leaders in Australia describes it as a toxic organization that treats children like cattle
• 15 year-old crushed by car dies after refusing blood transfusion, Jehovah's Witness elder says it was his personal choice
• Ex-gay therapy is child abuse and those who practice it have blood on their hands
• Irish Cardinal who helped cover-up abuse by serial child rapist priest says he will not resign
• Vatican submits defense motion in Kentucky abuse case arguing legal fiction that bishops are not its employees
• Greta Christina: Why Is Anyone Still Catholic?
• Influential New York Archbishop Dolan has mixed record dealing with abuse crisis, often putting church & priests before victims
• Catholic faithful demonstrate support for Pope and church over the clergy crimes scandal
• New York Catholic Conference and Orthodox Jewish officials lobby against proposed Child Victims Act
• Reactionary Christian fundamentalists take over Texas school board, rewrite history books to indoctrinate America's children
• Massachusetts Catholic school officials rescind admission of 8 year old after learning his parents are lesbians
• FBI arrests fugitive Mormon fundamentalist wanted for murders ordered by her violent cult leader father
• Vermont Catholic Church finally settles all outstanding lawsuits for clergy abuse after fighting victims in court for years
• Sharia law condoning child 'marriages' undermines Nigeria's children's rights laws
• Thousands of U.S. children of Nazi parents are being indoctrinated with racism and taught to idolize Hitler
• Four disciples of Israeli cult leader guilty of torturing eight children in order to "purify" them
• SNAP's response to Pope's most direct words to date on abuse and cover-up: "words are meaningless...just words and words protect no one"
• Mexican Legionaries damage families, take away children in order to brainwash and control them
• Popes and bishops: childless old men more interested in protecting pedophile priests than the pain and suffering of their victims
• Dublin Archbishop says Catholic hierarchy still in denial, theology professor says systemic child abuse result of Catholic dogma
• Brazilian bishops prepare anti-abuse guidelines, Archbishop says teens are "spontaneously homosexual" & "society is pedophile"
• Sam Harris joins effort to bring Vatican to justice and end 'diplomatic immunity' protecting Pope
• Pope refers to sex crimes against children as "sin within the Church" requiring prayer and penance rather than prison
• Austrian Cardinal accuses top Vatican Cardinal of clergy sex abuse cover-up
• Irish clergy abuse survivors try to block visit by Australia's top Cardinal who ''accompanied paedophiles to court''
• Intellectual abuse in Exclusive Brethren's government funded schools prevents kids from thinking too much
• American Academy of Pediatrics issue new policy that essentially promotes female genital mutilation
• TV report from 1990s shows then Cardinal Ratzinger slapping reporter for asking awkward questions about evil child abuser Marciel Maciel
• Pope accepts resignation of German bishop who lied about hitting kids and is now facing sex abuse allegations
• Catholic Diocese of Charlotte pays $1 million to former altar boy molested by priest in church rectory
• New book chronicles escape and recovery from Mormon fundamentalist sect [video & excerpt]
• Half-sister survivors of Mormon fundamentalist child abuse tell conference polygamist abuse affects every aspect of life
• Westboro Baptist Church, the 'christian' family cult that physically, psychologically and spiritually terrorizes children
• Deep roots of child sex abuse in Catholic church go back to the beginning of Christianity
• Thomas de Zengotita on The Arrogance of Catholic Church Authorities
• Vatican Cardinal who handles clergy sex abuse cases once punished a priest who reported abuse, but not the abuser
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Announces National Conference July 30 to August 1 in Chicago
• The Cult With No Name
• Mother who helped torture her children on orders from Israeli cult leader gets 5 years in prison
• One of Chile's most respected and influential priests denies criminal complaints he sexually abused minors
• One of Canada's oldest, most elite Anglican schools was "a place that destroyed children"
• Vatican finally decides to reform Legionaries years after founder exposed as immoral religious fake
• German teen expelled from government funded Catholic school after exercising her human right to religious freedom
• Movie, "Follow the Prophet", tells the story of child 'brides' and forced marriages in Mormon fundamentalist sects
• Boy Scouts of America fighting to keep thousands of 'perversion files' secret in impending lawsuits
• Catholic abuse crisis pits Church against society and moral legacies of two popes against each other
• Prominent Catholic clergy abuse lawyer says lawsuits needed to force church to disclose secret files that reveal abusive priests, policies and practices
• Benedict's hand-picked replacement to oversee abuse cases did nothing as archbishop of San Francisco when informed of molesting priest
• No trial for former Sikh priest charged with sex assault of teen, but police still believe her accusations
• Nigerian Senate investigates Senator who reportedly payed for 13 year old Egyptian 'bride'
• Angry Scientologists show true face in public confrontations over "disconnect" policy, until police arrive
• Trial of priest charged with sex abuse of boys in Rome as recently as 2008 undermines Pope's promises to protect children
• Pope Benedict promises to better protect children in future, while New York Bishops fight to deny compensation to past victims
• Monsignor says Pope Benedict must be more transparent about his role in Austrian sex abuse scandal
• European human rights body pushes UK to ban all spanking as a violation of children's rights
• Chilean cult leader jailed for sexual abuse and torture of kids dies in prison, followers say what he did doesn't matter
• New York Times' Public Editor responds to Catholic criticisms of its coverage of clergy crimes scandals
• Victims of sex abuse in Quebec revictimized by statute of limitations and lack of therapy services
• Compensation inadequate say some victims of sex abuse by Anglican minister at school with "culture of abuse", deal at risk
• "Sons of Perdition", premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, tells stories of escapees from Mormon fundamentalist cult
• Conservative religious groups intimidate Ontario Premier to back down on proposed sex education changes
• Boy Scouts ordered to pay former Scout $18 million for sex abuse, more lawsuits to come
• Mormon polygamist fighting custody order, claims his right to free expression overrides his childrens' rights to safety
• Damages phase of sex abuse trial against the Boy Scouts of America hears testimony on inadequate child protection policies
• U.S. lawsuit accuses Pope Benedict and other Vatican officials of negligence for enabling abuse at school for deaf
• Belgian bishop says media storm triggered his resignation for sex crimes he committed against boy while bishop
• Catholic faithful continue to heed bishops' appeals for money, give more after sex crimes and cover-ups exposed
• Boston Globe reporters who exposed widespread sex crimes scandal which led to current Catholic crisis say far more yet to come
• Lawsuit against L.A. and Mexico City Cardinals claims they moved known pedophile priest between dioceses
• Conservative German bishop closely allied to Pope resigns for beating orphan kids, says he "may have been unfair"
• Third Irish bishop resigns, UK bishops apologize, another UK priest on trial for assaulting three sisters
• Philip Pullman threatened over new novel, says Catholic child abuse crisis the result of inevitable corruption of religious authorities
• Judge rules Canadian constitutional case on polygamy can proceed without participation of Mormon fundamentalist leader
• Zimbabwe measles epidemic worsens after Easter services of religious fundamentalists who oppose vaccinations
• Famous Egyptian feminist tackles religious fundamentalism to protect women and girls, but gets no honour in her own country
• Catholic scandals grow in Latin America, senior Brazilian priest arrested for sex crimes after congressional investigation
• Pope's messages are vague where clarity is needed, Church hierarchy fails to address the real issue
• Pope sheds tears and promises in gesture to survivors, but can he change church culture that enabled child abuse?
• Catholic hierarchy's response to child abuse cover-up is about retaining power that corrupted the church
• Pope John Paul authorized 2001 letter to all bishops praising French bishop for hiding rapist priest from authorities
• Mexican bishop adds internet porn, erotic TV and loose morals in society to list of excuses for why priests commit sex crimes
• Why should the pope and other church officials get away with violating the rule of law and the rights of children?
• Investigation uncovers Catholic practice of "geographic cure", shuffling pedophile priests around the globe
• Somali terrorist group's propaganda video shows children being indoctrinated to be violent martyrs
• Thousands of children in Senegal are virtual slaves to religious leaders who force them to beg for money
• First legal finding that bigamy occurred at Mormon fundamentalist compound sees two more polygamists sent to prison
• Pope calls on Catholics to repent, but condemns critics, while Vatican attempts to rewrite history
• UK bishops denounce Cardinal for linking clergy sex crimes to homosexuality, Vatican out of touch with society
• Vatican's Beatles'-music-is-beautiful message, like its response to sex scandals, is irrelevant, disconnected and decades too late
• Vatican's top Cardinal blames sex crimes scandals on homosexuality in speech in Santiago, where Chilean priest raped girls
• Poll: majority of Canadians believe Pope is guilty of covering up sex crimes, 2 million personally know someone abused by priest
• Study shows strongest evidence yet that spanking kids does more harm than good
• Guyana teenager dies after hours of religious rituals to exorcise demonic spirits from her
• As one bishop blames Jews for current criticisms of Catholic church, another blames homosexuality for pedophile priests
• Current wave of global Catholic scandals just tip of iceberg says Quebec advocate who predicts many more to come
• Negating women at the heart of Catholic church's criminal failure to protect children from abusive priests
• Of course popes, cardinals and bishops covered up crimes against children, but can the Church be reformed while leaders are in denial?
• Case of pedophile priest protected by UK's top Catholic puts lie to apologist claims that clergy sex crimes are all historic
• Another child 'bride' dies in Yemen, Islamic leaders strongly oppose any law against forced marriage of minors
• Vatican ignored warnings from Canadian bishops about promoting priest who was serial rapist of altar boys
• Vatican officials, including future pope, refused to defrock "evil, remorseless sociopath" priest until 9 years after his first conviction for sex crimes
• New cases of recent sex crimes against minors by Catholic bishops emerge in Texas, Canada and Norway
• As Vatican cardinal defends pope and church, African bishop says sex crimes of priests there not yet exposed
• Is the Catholic church in state of denial over clergy abuse, or is it honest and transparent?
• The Catholic Church and The Family International: popes and prophets who protect pedophiles
• What the Pope should have said in his Easter sermon: "I did it. I was wrong. The buck stops here."
• Case of priest charged with sex assault of girl in U.S. but still serving in India undermines Vatican's defense of Benedict
• Scientologists say 2009 their best year ever, but media reports and lawsuits suggest otherwise
• Review of the positions 12 intervener groups are expected to take in upcoming Canadian constitutional case on polygamy
• Forced marriage survivors tour UK in effort to stop annual abduction of hundreds of kids who are forced to marry overseas
• After needless deaths of unvaccinated children Zimbabwe plans law to criminalize medical neglect
• Australian government gives more millions to Exclusive Brethren cult for small schools that indoctrinate children
• Atheist group files complaint with B.C. Ministry of Education over Christian school teaching creationism in science class
• From papal retreat Benedict pontificates on evil, but still no apology for protecting child molesters & rapists
• Some think Catholic crisis is a leadership problem, excommunicated priest thinks its a problem of doctrine
• Some Catholic leaders use Easter sermons to address child abuse cover-ups, while pope stays silent on scandal
• Vatican's exorcist says criticisms of pope prompted by devil, priests who molest & rape children are merely succumbing to worldly temptations
• As U.S. archbishop, the current Vatican enforcer of doctrine & morals reassigned abusive priest, didn't warn parishioners
• Pedophile priest that Vatican refused to defrock because of "apparent good conduct" continued to abuse deaf boys after he was 'exiled'
• Tens of thousands of Catholic priests automatically excommunicated for "attempted marriage", while pedophile priests protected
• Are Yoga 'franchises' cults disguised as big business preying on those vulnerable to exploitation and abuse?
• Mormon fundamentalist leaders depend on "veil of secrecy" to avoid criminal prosecution
• Mormon polygamist leader seeking government blank cheque for constitutional case already owes Canadian taxpayers millions
• Why Catholic rectors failed to recognize in 5 years that seminarian posed a risk to kids, but stranger saw danger in minutes
• Anglican archbishop says Catholic church has lost all credibility in Ireland
• Suffer the Children to Come Unto Me: The Pope, Pedophilia and Authoritarian Religion, Families, & Schools
• Bad Friday: Pope's personal preacher plays persecution card, compares criticisms of church to anti-Semitism
• Clergy abuse survivors from Belfast to Boston speak out, while U.S. Bishops quietly reinstate credibly accused priests
• 1963 letter by church expert on pedophile priests shows Pope Paul VI and Vatican officials ignored warnings to expel problem priests
• Vatican officials and Catholic university students attack the messengers who report abuses and neglect, downplay pope's role
• Unholy week of political spin by church hierarchy shielding pope from personal responsibility for failing to protect children
• Radical Christian extremists indicted on conspiracy and weapons charges
• Radical Christian extremists aim to undermine public education by targeting high school kids for indoctrination into fundamentalist worldview
• UK pedophile used religion to silence rape victims, Jehovah's Witness elders ignored plea for help
• Pope calls media reports detailing clergy abuse and cover-ups "petty gossip", dissident nun says Benedict in denial and should resign
• Canadian Mormon fundamentalist leader threatens to boycott constitutional case on polygamy if demands for full status and legal costs not met
• Ex-Scientology lawsuits target Sea Org, a cult within a cult
• Vancouver man guilty of criminal negligence for botched circumcision of son gets one year in jail
• Christian Science theology opposes both medical treatment and diagnosis and demands denial of symptoms
• As new child abuse cover-ups emerge in Italy, Catholics keep faith, church leaders claim smear campaign against Pope
• “God’s Rottweiler”, Ratzinger, punished peaceful priest, but not pedophile priests; turned deaf & dumb to abuse of 200 deaf boys
• Pope's passive apology fails to admit personal responsibility for protecting pedophile priests instead of children
• Conservative Catholic order admits 5 years after investigation that founder, who fathered 3 children, was abusive pedophile
• Memo suggests Vatican is dissembling on Benedict's role in enabling German pedophile priest to continue molesting kids for years
• Court documents show Pope Benedict protected pedophile priest who molested deaf boys, Vatican reacts with claims of media conspiracy
• Future Pope ignored warnings from U.S. archbishop about remorseless pedophile priest who molested 200 deaf boys
• Pope accepts resignation of Irish bishop who was private secretary to 3 popes, but still won't admit Vatican's role in child abuse
• New Catholic child abuse cases surface in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands
• A selection of responses to the Pope's "disgraceful deceit" and "pitifully inadequate" apology to Irish clergy abuse survivors
• Full text of Pope Benedict's so called apology to victims and survivors of Irish clergy abuse
• German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict repeatedly ignored psychiatrist's warnings about pedophile priest
• Irish survivor of childhood clergy abuse was paid to keep quiet by signing secret civil settlement
• If the Pope is infallibly moral why did he enable and cover-up the systematic rape of children across the globe?
• Hitchens says Pope responsible for obstructing justice & enabling the rape & torture of children, an apologist responds
• U.S. survivor speaks of abuse by notorious pedophile priest protected by Irish Cardinal, suing Rhode Island diocese
• Humanists ask UN to hold Vatican accountable for violating children's rights by shielding abusers & obstructing justice
• Plea for help from survivors of abuse at prestigious Quebec Catholic school rejected because of class-action suit
• Australian cults "thriving under protection of politicians, police & courts" despite recent evidence of extreme abuse
• Fourth Mormon polygamist from Texas compound guilty of bigamy and sex assault of child 'bride', jailed 75 years
• Sex abuse trial reveals secret files and decades of cover-up by Boy Scouts of America
• Italian leader of new-age sect arrested for sexually abusing young girls and their mothers
• Quakes, Quacks and Kidnappers: Baptists, Scientologists, DreamHealer and Bad Consequences of Good Intentions
• Two Malaysian child 'brides' separated from their 'husbands' while religious authorities investigate Islamic cult
• Identity of German pedophile priest protected by Pope revealed from pew by parishioner angry at cover-up
• Irish Cardinal sued for failing to report serial abuser priest to police, says he was not designated to report abuse
• Pope's promise to restore the purity of Catholicism almost impossible with scandals implicating entire church hierarchy
• Imprisoned Israeli cult leader refuses to grant divorce to woman whose children he tortured in religious rituals
• Australian Senator "won't abandon cult survivors", speakers at atheist convention urge gov't to adopt public benefit test for religious tax exemptions
• Pope implicated in German abuse scandal, neglected to inform authorities of pedophile priest who went on to abuse more kids
• Kings and Queens of Cults
• Survivor of Scientology abuse speaks out on her life as a "child slave" after Australian parliament refuses to investigate "dangerous pseudo-religion"
• Scientologists try to prevent film depicting them as a totalitarian, unethical group from airing on German public TV
• Pakistani acid-attack survivors lobby for stricter laws against domestic violence, but face opposition from conservative Islamic scholars
• Mormon polygamist suing B.C. gov't for malicious prosecution brought it on himself by publicly flouting Criminal Code
• Australian parliament refuses to investigate abusive Scientology cult, no "public benefit test" for religious tax exemptions
• Oregon judge tells church members to stop killing children with faith 'healing', parents jailed 16 months for son's death
• Pope linked to German child abuse scandal, Dutch church orders inquiry, Catholic theologian blames celibacy
• Canadian citizen held against her will highlights abusive Saudi Arabia system that makes women children for life
• Scientology cult hides abuses behind fancy new 'church' fronts, claims millions of adherents despite declining membership
• Australian TV airs new evidence of coerced abortions and child exploitation in Scientology cult
• Grandmother tried 2 years to get authorities to protect her grandson from cult members, but no one listened until after his murder
• Israel's ultra-Orthodox cults indoctrinate and intellectually abuse children, and shun those who manage to escape
• Pastor in prison for rape of 10 year old 'bride' gets additional time for sex assault of 16 year old
• Catholic Legionaries founder praised by Pope John Paul II sexually abused seminarians and raped his own children
• Dutch radio reveals Catholic abuse scandal in the Netherlands, church authorities refuse to admit and discuss past abuses
• German Catholic abuse scandal widens, now includes famous boys' choir school
• New revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily
• Catholic diocese at center of Ireland's child-abuse scandals asks parishioners to help pay legal costs
• Author's debut novel, Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk, reflects his teen years as a Jehovah's Witness
• Elizabeth Smart abductor competent to stand trial, forensic psychiatrist discusses research on Mormon polygamous 'prophets'
• For fundamentalist Christian group there is No Greater Joy than biblically beating kids into religious submission
• Cult members guilty of starving toddler to death, plea bargain gives mother in-patient cult recovery counseling
• Evangelical Christian boot camp, Shepherd's Hill Farm, accused by former inmates of child indoctrination, abuse and endangerment
• As German Catholic abuse scandal grows respected theologian says celibacy plays a role, but Archbishop disagrees
• Paradise was hell for children murdered and tortured by bible-whacking fundamentalist 'monsters' posing as parents
• Ugandan cult denies education to thousands of children over fear that ID numbers are biblical sign of the devil
• Israeli politicians and women's advocates call for immediate change to polygamy law to protect rights of women and children
• British government amends education bill to allow faith schools to adapt law according to dogma
• Federal racketeering complaint latest law suit against Dahn Yoga cult
• Murder trial begins for Baltimore cult members charged with starving toddler for not saying "Amen"
• Irish clergy abuse survivors outraged over Pope's refusal to fire bishops and take full responsibility for cover-up
• Simmering sex abuse scandals in Orthodox communities heats up with allegations against high profile Israeli rabbi
• Sects and sex abuse: battle of the apocalyptic sex cults
• Mormon fundamentalist leader rejects lesser status, seeks "full party" status in Canadian constitutional case on polygamy
• Bible teacher at Adventist school charged with rape of 15 year old student
• Investigation of famous Israeli rabbi for sex abuse reveals power of charismatic clerics over vulnerable young people
• Fundamentalist parents using biblical discipline charged with murder & torture of adopted daughters
• 'Wives' and children of Israeli cult leader begin recovery from abuse with help from specialists and family members
• Moonies face familiar cult problem of retaining 2nd generation as membership declines
• How the cruel dogma of Jehovah's Witnesses leads to needless death and divided families
• Dahn Yoga cult leader enriched by deceptive, manipulative and abusive practices faces lawsuits by survivors
• Petition urges President Obama to ratify UN Convention on the Rights of the Child like every country except Somalia
• Pope rebukes Irish Bishops over sex abuse scandal but fails to admit his own role in keeping Vatican files on abusers secret
• Thousands of evangelical missionaries invade Haiti to 'save souls' and claim credit for good works
• Israeli messianic cult leader charged with sexual assault, rape, incest, sodomy and enslavement
• Ex-Scientologists speak about abuse and lawsuits on anniversary of global protests against sci-fi cult
• Manitoba judge rejects custody bid by neo-Nazi parents who painted swastikas on kids to promote racist views
• Hearing for Ohio science teacher sacked for evangelizing and teaching anti-science shows great divide in U.S. society
• Baptist kidnappers stopped by police officer during previous attempt to take Haitian kids, tried again days later
• Scientologists in Haiti unprepared and untrained for real disaster relief, exploit tragedy to recruit followers
• Proposed New York bill would make it easier for students to obtain religious exemption from vaccines
• Messianic Israeli cult leader accused of enslavement, rape and incest speaks in court, asserts innocence
• Jesuit sex abuse scandal in German school just "the tip of the iceberg" says principle, but survivors have few legal options
• Baptist pastor and three elders charged with failing to report child sex abuse, prosecutor says shameful conspiracy
• Baltimore priest charged with child abuse after Archdiocese finds credible evidence and removes him from active ministry
• Israeli cult leader's lawyer charged with obstructing court and harassing witnesses
• Arrest of Baptist kidnappers in Haiti reveals evangelical movement using international adoption for religious conversion of children
• U.S. Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children had lied to parents and officials about their intentions
• Turkish teen buried alive by relatives in gruesome 'honour' killing
• Faith healing parents guilty of criminally negligent homicide in son's death, but exempt from mandatory sentencing due to religious beliefs
• Child snatchers for God: 10 American Baptists arrested for trying to smuggle children out of Haiti
• Court terminates parental rights of Alamo cult members to protect the rights of their children, 90 children still being hidden
• More German victims of Jesuit school sex abuse come forward, church files indicate priest may have abused kids in Chile and Spain
• Sex abuse of children an "open secret" in Johannesburg church serving Zimbabwean refugees
• Conflict between parental and children's rights at center of Zimbabwean debate over forced vaccinations of sect children
• Arkansas court asked to terminate rights of parents in cult, hears prison recordings of Tony Alamo directing followers
• Priest admits horrific, systemic sex abuse of students in German school, says Jesuit superiors and Vatican knew of his crimes but did nothing
• Canadian academics debate whether academic freedom exists in faith-based universities
• Canadian Supreme Court denies appeal in wrongful death suit against Watch Tower Society, but father continues suit against doctors and JW lawyers
• Boston Archdiocese says priests named in Irish abuse scandal spent time in U.S., advocates say church still keeping secrets
• Israel's Knesset Committee for the Rights of the Child holds emergency meeting on cult case
• Amish man gets 20 years for child rape, wife gets probation for failing to report abuse, elders on trial next
• North Dakota sex abuse lawsuit is the tenth one against Christian Brother school teacher who has never been charged with a crime
• Unvaccinated children of Apostolic sect in Zimbabwe continue to needlessly die from measles
• Holocaust denial group seeks intervenor status in upcoming B.C. trial on constitutionality of anti-polygamy law
• New study on polygamy in Malaysia finds evidence of harm to everyone involved
• Was Scientology's efforts to suppress online revelations of the Xenu story the beginning of the end for sci-fi cult?
• Third Texas polygamist jailed for sex assault, but FLDS spokesman says no contest plea was merely a legal tactic
• Zimbabwe health officials insist they will not use law to compel sect members to vaccinate kids in midst of deadly measles outbreak
• Irish TV exposes cults in Ireland, interviews survivor of abuse in Children of God, now The Family International
• Missouri court rules Amish elders are "mandated reporters", must stand trial for failing to report child abuse
• Dublin Archbishop says apology not enough, criminal behaviour by priests must be prosecuted
• Child protection policies vary from church to church, but spotty compliance continues to endanger children
• Prosecuting Israeli cult case reveals difficulty of protecting children from religion-related abuse
• Loophole in British law banning corporal punishment in schools exempts madrasahs where abuse is widespread
• Twelve Tribes cult members exploited by reclusive leader living lavish lifestyle, corporal punishment controls kids
• Australian families sue Catholic diocese for failing to report teacher sex abuse allegations to police
• Two houses donated for use as safe havens for women and children fleeing abuse in Utah's polygamous Mormon communities
• Child brides, lost boys and a jailed 'prophet': life inside the FLDS, a Mormon polygamist community
• Add Israeli polygamist to long list of 'messiahs' who sexually exploit their cult followers
• Israeli polygamist cult leader arrested on suspicion of rape, enslavement and indecent assault of minors
• Member of cult-like Brooklyn Orthodox church on trial for starving her children, may file insanity defense
• Mormon polygamist sues B.C. government for malicious prosecution, claims mental distress & public embarrassment
• Judge awards $500,000 each to 5 women sexually abused as minors by jailed evangelist Tony Alamo
• Nevada Supreme Court considers liability of churches in abuse suits; 1st Amendment not a defense in most other states
• Wisconsin considers law to remove age limit for child sex abuse suits, Milwaukee Archbishop objects
• Fundamentalist parents on trial in 'faith healing' murder case claim it was son's free choice to shun medical care