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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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Attorneys for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, on trial as an accomplice to rape, said on Friday "religion was on trial" and the state had overstepped its bounds in bringing the case.
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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 Zimbabwean man who has sued the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Diocese Pius Ncube for adultery, has notified the local papal representative of the case, state media reported Sunday.
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By Robert Boczkiewicz, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 3--DENVER -- The Pueblo County district attorney and the Sierra Club on Friday asked a judge to hear arguments "as soon as practicable" to winnow issues in their Fountain Creek lawsuits against Colorado Springs.
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New charges were filed against a pastor on Monday amid the expansion of an investigation into allegations that leaders of two reclusive church communes sexually abused girls.
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An 80-year-old leader of a suburban megachurch who is at the center of a sex scandal has been charged with lying under oath for saying he had sex outside marriage with only one other woman, court documents show.
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By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 6--The Baptist General Convention of Texas says it's stepping up the fight against clergy sexual misconduct, including posting on its Web site the names of convicted sex offenders known to have worked in Texas Baptist churches.
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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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Joseph P. Collins, Refcoâs former outside lawyer, was charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and with filing false documents with regulators.
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A Colorado town has set a recall  election for a trustee who refused to stand during the Pledge  of Allegiance because he objects to the words "under God,"  officials said on Thursday.
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The founder of the world's largest Christian broadcasting network has sought repeatedly to prevent a former male employee from going public with allegations of a sexual encounter between them eight years ago, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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The man who says he is the founder of ISoldMyHouse.com filed a lawsuit this week against John F. Gallagher, the recently fired chief executive of 1-800-East-West Mortgage Co., for selling ISoldMyHouse.com without his knowledge.
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A second Colorado evangelical leader in little over a month has resigned from the pulpit over a scandal involving gay sex, church officials said on Tuesday.
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A Michigan-based executive for PepsiCo Inc. of Purchase and two former executives of PepsiCo&#39;s Frito-Lay division were sued by federal regulators yesterday for allegedly helping Kmart falsify its earnings.
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Man had been charged with one of the largest such scams in U.S. history.
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Roman Catholic Church officials asked for an investigation Thursday of two U.S. lawyers and an activist they claim are trying to extort money from the Mexican church with a lawsuit alleging Cardinal Norberto Rivera protected a pedophile priest.