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NEWS ABOUT: pastor controversy

pastor controversy stories: 8 news summaries

 Irish Church 
 Long Shielded 
 Pedophiles: Report 

Long-awaited report finds rampant abuses at reform schools

May 20, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sexual abuse was endemic in Irish Catholic institutions until the 1980s, a 9-year government inquiry has found. Over a 60-year period, 2000 children—mostly boys, now over 50—suffered physical and sexual abuses at the rigid schools, the BBC reports. Church officials encouraged beatings and shielded pedophiles in their orders,... More »

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Catholic Church • child abuse • sexual abuse • church • Ireland • priest sex abuse • pastor controversy • Catholic priest • Cardinal Sean Brady

(Newser) - Playmobil has demanded that a German pastor stop using its toys to depict Bible scenes, reports the Telegraph. One plastic human figure has been given breasts to be a naked Eve, and another has been nailed to a cross. Photos of the altered figures have been posted on the internet.... More »

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Germany • religion • toys • Bible • Jesus Christ • pastor • pastor controversy • Playmobil • crucifiction

Wife Knew Haggard Was Hot for Guys

She believed he was 'winning the battle,' spouse tells Oprah

Jan 28, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Ted Haggard told his wife early in their 30-year marriage that he struggled with his attraction to men, she tells Oprah in an appearance with her husband due to air today. Gayle Haggard says she was shocked by the disclosure, but believed he was "winning the battle" before a... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor • pastor controversy • prostitution scandal

glossies

HBO Doc Unveils Down-and-Out Haggard

"Wincingly candid" documentary set to air Jan. 29 on HBO

Jan 11, 09 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A new HBO documentary on Ted Haggard catches the disgraced minister at his most candid and vulnerable, Newsweek reports. Emmy-winning director Alexandra Pelosi shot the film impromptu, capturing Haggard the failed insurance salesman as he struggles with gay feelings and looks out the window at his old church. But hasn't... More »

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sex scandal • homosexuality • Christian right • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor controversy • minister • prostitution scandal

Palin Might Also Have Pastor Problems

Wasilla church leader Kalnins says Bush critics will go to hell

Sep 3, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out Sarah Palin has a controversial preacher of her own: Ed Kalnins, senior pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God, which the Alaska governor has attended much of her adult life. Radar compiles some of his greatest hits:
  • On the Bush Administration and Katrina: "I
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Alaska • Christianity • religion • social conservatives • Sarah Palin • pastor controversy • Ed Kalnins

Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

'Renegade priest' mocked Hillary Clinton from pulpit

May 30, 08 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has had to apologize for another troublesome preacher at his home church, reports MSNBC. The Rev. Michael Pfleger—a white Catholic priest widely known as Chicago's "renegade" priest for his liberal social activism in the city’s black community—mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon, saying... More »

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Barack Obama • Michael Pfleger • Trinity United Church of Christ • pastor • pastor controversy

 McCain May Pray 
 For Pastors to Zip It 

Hagee not talking, but another high-profile preacher may be in news soon

May 8, 08 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain may be heading for his own preacher problems, but at least one of his problematic pastors is clamming up for now, Newsweek reports. John Hagee, who called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God,” and Catholicism a “false cult system,” recently answered a request... More »

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John McCain • Islam • Christianity • John Hagee • Election 2008 • Rod Parsley • pastor • pastor controversy • inflammatory remarks

Clinton Slips to New Low in Poll

37% approval rating worst of campaign; Obama appears to weather pastor storm

Mar 27, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is suffering some of the worst poll numbers of her political career, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. Clinton chalked up a personal approval rating of just 37%, the lowest since March 2001, two months after her election to the Senate. And of Clinton, Barack Obama, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democratic nomination • female voters • African-American voters • Jeremiah Wright • NBC/WSJ Poll • personal approval • pastor controversy • white voters

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