Religion

"I need to make sure that this never happens to anyone else ever again," said one man accusing Rev. Dr. William Weaver of sexual assault.

A bill before the Utah State Senate aims to remove ecclesiastical privilege protecting clergy from having to report confessions of sex abuse.

A manager allegedly told the applicant "he had the job, but would need to shave his beard to be in compliance with McDonald's grooming and appearance policy," according to the EEOC.

"Now they have a chance to come out and hang out under one roof," says Rashid Sulehri, new owner of the Beach Bakery and Grand Cafe in Westhampton Beach.

"As we move outside of God's jurisdiction, this country has received curses which we're already seeing in the form of droughts and infertility," Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot argued.

Muslim leaders, scholars, academics and religious teachers have come together and laid out concrete actions to reconcile, not radicalize, our future generations.

Beijing is pursuing a vast campaign of sinicization in the western region of Xinjiang, where the majority of the population is Muslim.

St. Augustine Church in Lamont, California, brings in more than $1,200 a month from the sales of its tamales, which are also frozen and shipped to parishioners who have moved away.

With a cross on the side and a tailgate with dripping blood painted on it, the Heaven Bound Mud Bogger is Rev. Terrry Billings' four-wheel tool for saving souls.

"When you put something out on social media, put the truth out," said Archbishop Justin Welby. "There is no such thing as an alternative fact. There is truth. There is absolute truth. There is opinion and there is truth."

"New demons just keep coming," said reality-show imam PU Syed Bakri, who also attacked K-Pop boyband Nu'est.

After a group of Muslim women defied a ban on the modest swimsuits, a secular group in Grenoble is calling on members to show up to the pool naked.

"For a party that associates with Christianity to say it is OK to suggest that God would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that God would condone putting children in cages, has lost all claim to ever use religion language again," he said.

"I know it sounds horrible, but I think it's a very logical approach for the situation we're in," said Boston rabbi Dan Rodkin.

"This week marks 18 years since my hunk of a man began his transition—and today marks the 14-year anniversary of us tying the knot!"

"We want to go around and pour holy water... so that God's blessing comes and gets rid of all the wickedness that is in our streets," said monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia

Father Francisco Javier Bautista has been arrested in conjunction with the murder of 29-year-old Hugo Leonardo Avendaño. According to reports Bautista conducted religious services at Avendaño's funeral.

Days after Indianapolis's Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School refused to axe a gay teacher, Cathedral High School fired an LGBT instructor rather than lose its status as a Catholic institution.

"She's apparently telling God to calm down about all of his ethical concerns," Kevin Swanson told listeners to his Christian radio show.

Pauline Hoffman alleges St. Bonventure University passed her over for promotion and pressured her to resign as dean because of her religion.

A petition claiming 'Good Omens' 'mocks God's wisdom' has received more than 20,000 signatures. Only it's directed at the wrong streaming service.

A new study links using certain terms in Facebook updates to health problems ranging from depression and drug abuse to Type 2 diabetes.

The religious organization fired the 18-year-old after discovering he was gay through social media posts.

Knoxville Sheriff's Deputy Grayson Fritts referred to his knowledge of law enforcement while calling on police to round up members of the LGBT community.

Companies like Netflix and Disney are reconsidering their considerable investment in the state over its abortion laws.

Evangelical pastor David Platt said the decision had weighed "heavy" on his heart.

Sairagul Sauytbay testified that she had been trained to teach "political ideology" instructors at internment camps in Xinjiang, China.

Ohio House Speaker Republican Larry Householder blasted the event as "stunningly bizarre" and a "joke."

Cuomo has ordered the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to provide assistance to the NYPD in investigating the case.

"Israel is our misfortune!" an election poster displayed by Die Rechte read, a slogan similar to one used by a Nazi Party publication.