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Six additional men have accused Christian music star Michael Tait of sexual abuse, two saying they were minors at the time. The new allegations, reported by The Guardian, follow Tait’s recent confession of past unwanted sexual contact and drug use.
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Michael Tait Accused of Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Drugging by 6 More Men, 2 Were Minors
Six more men have accused Grammy award-winning superstar Michael Tait of sexually harassing, abusing, or drugging them between 2001 and 2009.
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June 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Six additional men have accused Christian music star Michael Tait of sexual abuse, two saying they were minors at the time. The new allegations, reported by The Guardian, follow Tait’s recent confession of past unwanted sexual contact and drug use.
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An Ohio pastor indicted for sexually abusing two teens is now preaching at a nearby church that defends him as innocent—despite his criminal past and a divorce citing “extreme cruelty.”
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Ohio Pastor Accused of Sexually Abusing Children Now Serving at New Church
An Ohio pastor accused of sexually abusing children is serving at another church where his new congregation believes in his innocence.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An Ohio pastor indicted for sexually abusing two teens is now preaching at a nearby church that defends him as innocent—despite his criminal past and a divorce citing “extreme cruelty.”
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Money, God, and lies: the unholy trinity fueling Trump’s rise. A slick, fear-fed machine sells faith and doom, luring millions into a movement set on gutting their freedoms.
"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy
Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America
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June 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Money, God, and lies: the unholy trinity fueling Trump’s rise. A slick, fear-fed machine sells faith and doom, luring millions into a movement set on gutting their freedoms.
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Indiana's Christian nationalist Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith did a podcast attacking Pride Month in which he said that the LGBTQ movement is driven by an ancient "demonic spirit": "This is the same demonic playbook just playing out all over again." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
June 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Indiana's Christian nationalist Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith did a podcast attacking Pride Month in which he said that the LGBTQ movement is driven by an ancient "demonic spirit": "This is the same demonic playbook just playing out all over again." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
“Recent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity are sadly, largely true,” Singer for the Christian band Newsboys, Michael Tait, said.
Christian Music Star Michael Tait Confesses to Unwanted Sexual Advances on Men and Cocaine Use: ‘I Was Living Two Distinctly Different Lives’
Michael Tait, until recently lead singer for Newboys and DC Talk before that, has confessed to unwanted sexual advances on young men and cocaine use.
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June 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
“Recent reports of my reckless and destructive behavior, including drug and alcohol abuse and sexual activity are sadly, largely true,” Singer for the Christian band Newsboys, Michael Tait, said.
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Jim Dale Mustain, 64, former Preston Trail Community Church pastor, has been charged w 1st degree possessing child sexual abuse materials & promoting lewd visual material depicting a child.
June 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Jim Dale Mustain, 64, former Preston Trail Community Church pastor, has been charged w 1st degree possessing child sexual abuse materials & promoting lewd visual material depicting a child.
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A real shocker! 1/
Pro-Trump pastor faces damning allegations of 'financial crimes' and 'psychological abuse'
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Pro-Trump pastor faces damning allegations of 'financial crimes' and 'psychological abuse'
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Pro-Trump pastor faces damning allegations of 'financial crimes' and 'psychological abuse'
Evangelical singer/preacher Sean Feucht has been a prominent figure in the MAGA movement, preaching far-right Christian nationalist views and heading the nonprofits Sean Feucht Ministries and Light a ...
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June 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A real shocker! 1/
Pro-Trump pastor faces damning allegations of 'financial crimes' and 'psychological abuse'
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Pro-Trump pastor faces damning allegations of 'financial crimes' and 'psychological abuse'
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Alabama evangelical pastor Allan Jones has been sentenced to only 6 months in jail for possessing images of children being sexually abused.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Alabama evangelical pastor Allan Jones has been sentenced to only 6 months in jail for possessing images of children being sexually abused.
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The "sex discipler," Pastor Ben Rose, claims Ted Haggard had a sex and drug abuse scandal because he played a woman in a grade school play and that's how Satan got his hook in him to be a closeted homosexual living a duplicitous life. What a bunch of garbage.
June 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The "sex discipler," Pastor Ben Rose, claims Ted Haggard had a sex and drug abuse scandal because he played a woman in a grade school play and that's how Satan got his hook in him to be a closeted homosexual living a duplicitous life. What a bunch of garbage.
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From @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social (who spent Father’s Day watching videos of Boelter):
Christian Pastor Charged with Murder
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Christian Pastor Charged with Murder
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Christian Pastor Charged with Murder
Vance Boelter was a Trump supporter and a lover of Jesus even though no one wants to believe both of those things
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June 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social (who spent Father’s Day watching videos of Boelter):
Christian Pastor Charged with Murder
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Christian Pastor Charged with Murder
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This far right pastor preached hateful sermons in the DRC.
Glad he'll be behind bars after his heinous crime.
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Glad he'll be behind bars after his heinous crime.
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Vance Boelter was an anti-transgender Christian Nationalist who delivered anti-queer sermons in the DRC, in case anyone was confused as to his political slant.
June 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This far right pastor preached hateful sermons in the DRC.
Glad he'll be behind bars after his heinous crime.
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Glad he'll be behind bars after his heinous crime.
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"Faith Ministers are BLOCKING the entrance to the ICE Detention Center, Delaney Hall in New Jersey where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week."
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May 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Faith Ministers are BLOCKING the entrance to the ICE Detention Center, Delaney Hall in New Jersey where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week."
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We spent 6 months investigating a children’s pastor accused of being a serial rapist.
His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
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His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
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A preacher’s dark secret: Sleepovers, porn and sex abuse allegations dating back decades
Joe Campbell says his calling is to share God’s love, but a group of women say he sexually abused them as girls. An NBC News investigation uncovered decades of missed warnings and failures to act.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We spent 6 months investigating a children’s pastor accused of being a serial rapist.
His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
My latest w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com
His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
My latest w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Council papers say the expensive super-schools being given away to the Catholic Church need to 'meet future demand' for faith-base education, but Wales is majority non-religious and rapidly secularising, with no evidence offered that such demand will grow whatsoever. humanists.uk/2025/05/12/w...
Welsh Government to spend over £100 million on two new Catholic schools the church will own
The Welsh Government will spend over £100 million on two new Catholic schools that would then be handed to the church, it has been reported. Wales Huumanists has expressed alarm at the news, saying th...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Council papers say the expensive super-schools being given away to the Catholic Church need to 'meet future demand' for faith-base education, but Wales is majority non-religious and rapidly secularising, with no evidence offered that such demand will grow whatsoever. humanists.uk/2025/05/12/w...
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Far-right Christian nationalist Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver has released an album. This track opens with the line: "I just took some pre-workout. I guess that means that I should lift." It then somehow gets worse. Trust us when we say that you are unprepared for when he goes a cappella.
May 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Far-right Christian nationalist Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver has released an album. This track opens with the line: "I just took some pre-workout. I guess that means that I should lift." It then somehow gets worse. Trust us when we say that you are unprepared for when he goes a cappella.
“To me it’s clear — you either stand with victims, or you stand with the people who harmed them,” said State Representative Jeff Leach of Texas, the chair of the state’s House Judiciary Committee.
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A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse
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May 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“To me it’s clear — you either stand with victims, or you stand with the people who harmed them,” said State Representative Jeff Leach of Texas, the chair of the state’s House Judiciary Committee.
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"A man suing the Christian Brothers in the Supreme Court of Tasmania has settled his case part-way through the civil trial.The man previously told the court he had been sexually and physically abused while a student at St Virgil's College in Hobart."
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Abuse case against Hobart Catholic school resolved part-way through trial
A trial involving allegations of sexual and physical abuse at Hobart Catholic school St Virgil's College has been abandoned after a settlement was reached at the weekend.
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May 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"A man suing the Christian Brothers in the Supreme Court of Tasmania has settled his case part-way through the civil trial.The man previously told the court he had been sexually and physically abused while a student at St Virgil's College in Hobart."
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Religion, Abuse | Greater Grace Megachurch
A former Greater Grace World Outreach member is suing the megachurch and its youth pastor, alleging years of sexual and emotional abuse.
A former Greater Grace World Outreach member is suing the megachurch and its youth pastor, alleging years of sexual and emotional abuse.
Former member sues Greater Grace, alleging megachurch ignored sexual abuse
The lawsuit is the first filed against Greater Grace church leadership since The Banner last year exposed decades of child sexual abuse and cover-up within the insular organization.
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May 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Religion, Abuse | Greater Grace Megachurch
A former Greater Grace World Outreach member is suing the megachurch and its youth pastor, alleging years of sexual and emotional abuse.
A former Greater Grace World Outreach member is suing the megachurch and its youth pastor, alleging years of sexual and emotional abuse.
"Love for strangers was also codified into Israel’s law, which expanded the category of “stranger” to include society’s most vulnerable: sojourners, foreigners, widows, orphans, and the poor (see Deuteronomy 10:18–19 or Leviticus 19:33–34, for example)."
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Strangely Hospitable: What Sets Apart a Christian Home
What drives Christian hospitality? The goal is not to craft a lavish meal or create an authentic ambience, but to display the stranger-loving heart of God.
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May 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"Love for strangers was also codified into Israel’s law, which expanded the category of “stranger” to include society’s most vulnerable: sojourners, foreigners, widows, orphans, and the poor (see Deuteronomy 10:18–19 or Leviticus 19:33–34, for example)."
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Christian | Paul Prather
"I hoped to offer an alternative. Namely, love. God’s love for sinners. Our love for God in return. Our love for our fellow fallen humans."
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"I hoped to offer an alternative. Namely, love. God’s love for sinners. Our love for God in return. Our love for our fellow fallen humans."
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Some Churches Are Driven By Fear, Others By Love
(OPINION) The criticism of my preaching I’ve heard most across the decades is this: I don’t preach enough against wickedness. I’m too easy on reprobates. I don’t threaten rebels with hellfire. I’m sof...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christian | Paul Prather
"I hoped to offer an alternative. Namely, love. God’s love for sinners. Our love for God in return. Our love for our fellow fallen humans."
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"I hoped to offer an alternative. Namely, love. God’s love for sinners. Our love for God in return. Our love for our fellow fallen humans."
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4. Beyond Ohio, Click has convened strategy sessions with lawmakers from other states, advising them on how to advance similar anti-trans bills. A pastor by profession, he has repeatedly insisted his legislative efforts are not religiously motivated.
Sponsor of Ohio trans youth health care ban claims no religious motive. Sermon suggests otherwise. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican lawmaker Gary Click is a pastor sponsoring a bill to ban gender-affirming health care for trans youth, but he claims he's not motivated by religion. A sermon he gave on trans issues, "...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
4. Beyond Ohio, Click has convened strategy sessions with lawmakers from other states, advising them on how to advance similar anti-trans bills. A pastor by profession, he has repeatedly insisted his legislative efforts are not religiously motivated.
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This just keeps happening as if it's the norm.
Castration should be the punishment for this 🤬
#CINCO
Pastor Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls at a Florida Church
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Castration should be the punishment for this 🤬
#CINCO
Pastor Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls at a Florida Church
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Pastor Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls at a Florida Church — and Allegedly Gave a Chilling Reasoning Behind the Abuse
A Florida pastor is facing legal trouble after being accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls on church grounds. Yersson Solarte, 33, has been charged with sexual battery of a minor and lewd ...
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May 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This just keeps happening as if it's the norm.
Castration should be the punishment for this 🤬
#CINCO
Pastor Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls at a Florida Church
people.com/pastor-accus...
Castration should be the punishment for this 🤬
#CINCO
Pastor Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls at a Florida Church
people.com/pastor-accus...