Lawsuit accuses Colo. pastor of fraud
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An insurance company sued a prominent Denver minister and four of his affiliated church groups Tuesday, accusing them of filing fraudulent life-insurance claims on behalf of parishioners.
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PUGHTOWN, Pa.  - A Methodist minister was tried by  an ecclesiastical court on Wednesday for being a practicing  homosexual and said she believes God created her as a lesbian  but she does not expect to keep her job.
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A longtime pastor charged with embezzling &#36;500,000 in parish funds allegedly spent the money on vacations, cars and gifts to friends, including a church worker who was given a BMW and whose mortgage, taxes and utilities were paid.
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A federal judge heard arguments Thursday in the case of an atheist who wants to prevent a Christian minister from reciting a prayer at President Bush's inauguration.
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A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to turn over documents on the matter.
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The Republican presidential candidate tries to assuage thousands of conservative Christians that he is one among them.
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The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed its fifth religion-related lawsuit in 13 years alleging that a Lousiana principal improperly allowed people to distribute Bibles to students
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The founding pastor of a second Colorado church has resigned over gay sex allegations, just weeks after the evangelical community was shaken by the scandal surrounding megachurch leader Ted Haggard.
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A panel investigating Salt Lake County's mayor said Wednesday that it found evidence she misused public money by hiring a bookkeeper for a nonprofit group where her daughter is the chief financial officer.
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DENVER, COLO. - A Colorado man who garnered widespread media attention after claiming he had created a website that would allow net users to turn his outdoor Christmas lights off and on from their home desktops has admitted it was a hoax.
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A warning sticker in suburban Atlanta science textbooks that says evolution is "a theory, not a fact" was challenged in court Monday as an unlawful promotion of religion.
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By DAN NEPHIN  PITTSBURGH - A Presbyterian minister has been charged with breaking church law for performing a marriage between two women.
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A Southern Baptist preacher who endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on church letterhead said Wednesday he was being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for mixing religion with politics.
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Some parents and parishioners have accused the Roman Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a church school.
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By JENNIFER DOBNER  SALT LAKE CITY - An 18-year-old man who says he was kicked out of his home and church filed a lawsuit seeking to force a polygamist church leader to help him get back in touch with his family.
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A group of sexual abuse survivors filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Mexican cardinal, claiming he hid evidence to protect a priest accused of molesting boys.
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By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  A candidate for Salt Lake City mayor is questioning whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belongs in the downtown renovation business.