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Kansas Man Accused Of Online Threats Against Boca Resident & Conservative Talker Ben Shapiro
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (135+ words) A Kansas man faces serious charges for allegedly posting antisemitic death threats against conservative commentator and Boca Raton resident Ben Shapiro. The threats include an online countdown to the upcoming Yom Kippur holiday, the holiest of all Jewish holidays. According…...
Antisemitic death threats against Ben Shapiro land Kansas man in jail
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (286+ words) A Kansas man is in the Palm Beach County Jail after the Sheriff's Office said he made antisemitic death threats against Ben Shapiro, the conservative political commentator. Korby Strube is being held without bail and faces 23 counts of making written…...
'Children are now safer': Sexual abuse victims relieved after death of former priest
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (418+ words) PORTLAND (WGME) -- A former priest from Massachusetts, who was convicted of sexually assaulting an altar boy during trips to Maine, has died in prison. Defrocked Roman Catholic Priest Ronald Paquin had served seven years of his 16-year sentence, when he…...
Police in Algeria arrest 12 Christians during worship
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (560+ words) Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized, non-Muslim religious service, sources said. The House of Refuge shelter in L’Ayaida, 36 kilometers (22 miles) east…...
National credibly-accused clergy database unveiled as Chicago Archdiocese abuse payouts exceed $400M
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (580+ words) CHICAGO (OSV News) — The Archdiocese of Chicago said it has paid out more than $400 million to abuse survivors, with the announcement coming on the heels of a St. Paul, Minnesota-based firm’s recent settlement announcement that also unveiled a national database…...
School District Rejects Father’s Faith-Based LGBTQ Opt-Out Request
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (375+ words) A father in Washington state is suing the Lake Washington School District for ignoring multiple opt-out requests and subjecting his son to LGBTQ+ indoctrination and requirements that conflict with the father’s religious beliefs and constitutional right to raise his child....
Judge Shields Silver Spring Synagogue From Gun Restrictions
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (791+ words) A federal judge temporarily barred Montgomery County from enforcing its handgun restrictions against the Silver Spring Jewish Center on Sept. 10, just in time for Rosh Hashanah. “I’m very pleased that the judge has granted our preliminary injunction, especially on the…...
Church leader who preyed on young men for decades jailed
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (198+ words) A former church leader, John Grant, has been jailed for sexual assault after decades of preying on vulnerable young men...
Judge Shields More Catholic Health Providers as Illinois Assisted Suicide Law Takes Effect
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (516+ words) (OSV News) — A federal judge on Sept. 11 temporarily blocked Illinois from enforcing the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide, against Catholic entities that challenged it in court. “To be clear,…...
Rabbis at the Range: Magen Am Offers Second Amendment 'Summer Camp"
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (633+ words) Last week a Maryland rabbi won the ability to carry a firearm in his synagogue, despite Montgomery County's ban on lawful carry in houses of worship. The injunction granted by a federal judge only applies to the named plaintiffs in…...