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5 dead, including 3 children, in Sacramento County church shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man killed four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself inside a church in the Sacramento suburbs on Monday evening, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

5 dead, including 3 children, in Sacramento County church shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man killed four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself inside a church in the Sacramento suburbs on Monday evening, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

5 dead, including 3 children, in Sacramento County church shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man killed four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself inside a church in the Sacramento suburbs on Monday evening, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

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New Archbishop of Glasgow reaches out to survivors of abuse

Archbishop William Nolan stressed the Catholic Church must ‘change our ways’ to ensure the abuse scandal is not repeated.

The Independent UK

Church building damaged in extra-alarm blaze in Albany Park, third fire in the neighborhood this week

No injuries were reported as fire crews searched the site.

Chicago Sun-Times

Spain's Church seeks to add credence to enquiry of alleged child abuse

Spain's Catholic Church sought to give more credence to an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of minors, saying on Tuesday a law firm would coordinate and audit the effort, in a move a victims' group has already dismissed as a "smoke screen".

Reuters

Bishops in Spain ask lawyers to audit their sex abuse record

Spain's Roman Catholic bishops have asked a private law firm to investigate past and present sexual abuse committed by clergy, members of religious orders and others associated with the church

The Independent UK

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Shake-up plan puts 14 Perthshire church buildings under threat of closure

Presbytery members being asked by Church of Scotland for their views on sharing resources

Daily Record

Spain investigating 68 allegations of child abuse by Catholic clergy, staff

Spanish prosecutors are investigating 68 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by Catholic church staff, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday in the first release of official data about such cases.

Reuters

Pressure groups demand Church in Italy submit to external sexual abuse inquiry

Catholic groups on Tuesday accused Italy's Church of an "institutional failure" to confront clergy sexual abuse, and demanded an independent national inquiry mirroring ones conducted in France and Germany.

Reuters

Vicar’s child abuse ‘could have been stopped if clergy had listened to victims’

The Rev Graham Gregory, who had a 30-year career in the church, was jailed for indecently assaulting children.

The Independent UK

Catholic priest quits after thousands of baptisms ruled invalid because of wrong words

Thousand of people are to be contacted by their church in Phoenix, Arizona, in the US, after it was found Father Andrew Arango mistakenly used the wrong phrasing for 25 years

Daily Mirror

Mormon Missionary Training, Insufficiently Feminine Haircuts, and the First Amendment

From Markowski v. BYU, decided yesterday by Judge Jill Parrish (D. Utah): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("the Church") is a religious organization with its headquarters in Utah. One of the Church's "most recognized characteristics" is its missionary program. Church members, typically under the age of twenty-five,…

Reason

Northern Navarre region publishes one of first official reports on Church abuse in Spain

The northern Spanish region of Navarre published a report on Friday identifying 52 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors in Catholic institutions over seven decades, in one of Spain's first official investigations into Church abuses.

Reuters

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Italy's Catholic Church faces pressure for independent abuse inquiry

At a trial under way in Sicily, a 28-year-old Italian is seeking justice against a man he accuses of forcing him to perform sex acts before going on to become a priest.

The Independent UK

Boy abused in New Zealand Catholic Church care was ‘shown a corpse’ to keep him quiet

A week-long inquiry is examining abuse in state care and faith-based institutions

Daily Record

Bishop Nolan leaves Galloway for a higher calling

Bishop Nolan has been named as the new Archbishop of Glasgow, succeeding Archbishop Philip Tartaglia who died last year.

Reuters

Boy abused in New Zealand Catholic Church care 'shown corpse' to keep him quiet

A New Zealand inquiry on Wednesday heard harrowing accounts from people who were abused as children while they were under the care of the Catholic Church, one of whom said he was shown a corpse in a hospital morgue by a priest to keep him quiet.

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Daily Mirror

Louis Theroux says dream interview subject is Tom Cruise after Church of Scientology film

In Louis Theroux’s 2015 documentary My Scientology Movie, he focused on the inner workings of the mysterious Church of Scientology by meeting with its former members - but never spoke with Tom Cruise

Daily Record

Tom Walker announces Scottish dates in UK tour next month

Tom will play at Aberdeen's The Tunnels and Dundee's Church next month.

Reuters

Spain's Socialists propose commission to probe Catholic Church abuses

Spain's ruling Socialist Party proposed on Monday creating an independent commission headed by the country's ombudsman to investigate sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church staff.

Newslaundry

Polarisation, corporations and Christian vote: What matters, doesn’t for Goa’s clergy in poll season

Election seasons in Goa over the years have seen the archdiocese of Goa, the Catholic church and clergy come under scrutiny for political activism and “interference”﹘as accused by opponents, especially the RSS, BJP and its affiliates.

Dublin Live

Call for gardai to probe sex assault claims at Dublin army barracks

The Women of Honour compared the situation to the system which operated within the Catholic Church in which canon law was applied in horrific cases of sex abuse

The Independent UK

Spanish ombudsman set to probe church sex abuse

Spain’s prime minister wants to task the nation’s ombudsman with the country’s first official investigation into the depth of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy

Daily Record

Vintage afternoon tea aims to raise funds for Kirkcudbright Parish Church redevelopment

The congregation is aiming to raise £300,000 to transform the church interior into a multi-use community venue

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