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Former Liberty Christian Academy Principal Sentenced to Five Years After Charges Reduced in Tennessee
Religious Organization Accountability

Former Liberty Christian Academy Principal Sentenced to Five Years After Charges Reduced in Tennessee

Jason Kennedy, 47, was the principal of Liberty Christian Academy in McMinn County, Tennessee. Reports describe him as a former principal who also served as a teacher and...

Court in Fundación, Colombia, Holds Pentecostal Church and Local Authorities Responsible for 2014 Bus Fire That Killed 33 Children
Pentecostal and Charismatic

Court in Fundación, Colombia, Holds Pentecostal Church and Local Authorities Responsible for 2014 Bus Fire That Killed 33 Children

The Administrative Court of Magdalena ordered the United Pentecostal Church of Colombia to pay about 25 billion pesos to relatives of the 33 children who died in a...

Woman Filmed Spitting at Entrance to Armenian Saint James Monastery in Jerusalem, Israel

Footage shared by journalist Kegham Balian shows a woman looking toward the entrance of Saint James Monastery in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter before spitting in its direction. News.am and...

Manslaughter Case Against Amish Retreat Owner Sam Shetler to Move to Montgomery County
Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish and Brethren)

Manslaughter Case Against Amish Retreat Owner Sam Shetler to Move to Montgomery County

Sam Shetler, 42, of Boonville, Missouri, was charged in early 2025 with a series of felony counts. According to court records cited by several outlets, he faced three...

Class action lawsuit filed against Hutterite colony near Wetaskiwin, Alberta, over 2018 E. coli outbreak
Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish and Brethren)

Class action lawsuit filed against Hutterite colony near Wetaskiwin, Alberta, over 2018 E. coli outbreak

A class action lawsuit has been filed over a 2018 E. coli outbreak linked to The Meat Shop at Pine Haven, which operates at the Pine Haven Hutterite...

Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Sue Camp Owners Over Alleged Negligence
Religious Organization Accountability

Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Sue Camp Owners Over Alleged Negligence

Families of some people who died in the July 4 flash floods at Camp Mystic, a Christian camp in central Texas, have filed lawsuits against the camp and...

Law professor says alleged Brotherhood-linked financial scandals in Sweden show organized pattern
Religious Organization Accountability

Law professor says alleged Brotherhood-linked financial scandals in Sweden show organized pattern

Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Mehran, Professor of Public International Law and a member of the American and European Societies of International Law, said the repeated financial scandals linked to...

Former Salvation Army officer Gary Crowell accused of abuse; group says his officership was terminated

Nicole Sprout, who lives on Long Island, N.Y., held a press conference last week in front of the Salvation Army headquarters in Manhattan to make accusations against Gary...

Rights report documents killings, abductions and attacks on Orthodox Christians in East Arsi Zone, Ethiopia
Oriental Orthodox

Rights report documents killings, abductions and attacks on Orthodox Christians in East Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

A human rights research compilation documenting violence in the East Arsi Zone of Oromia Region reports that dozens of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church members were killed, injured, or...

Israeli court orders man convicted of church arson to repay state compensation and legal fees
Religious Organization Accountability

Israeli court orders man convicted of church arson to repay state compensation and legal fees

The Israeli government compensated a Christian church about 2.5 million shekels in 2016 and 2017. One report says the payment was made under the Property Tax Act, and...

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