Ga. Preacher Found Guilty in Church Scam
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A preacher was convicted Monday of stealing nearly $9 million from hundreds of small black churches across the country that were promised hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for small investments.
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A judge unsealed an indictment Wednesday against a homeless street preacher accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, a day after the self-proclaimed prophet was ruled competent to stand trial.
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A Presbyterian minister was found guilty of violating church law for officiating the weddings of two lesbian couples, the minister's defense team said Friday.
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The rare United Methodist Church (UMC) trial of a lesbian minister who violated church law by being honest about who she is ended Thursday with a guilty conviction and a vote to defrock her.
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A man demonstrating against cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed is found guilty of soliciting to murder.
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A gangmaster is found guilty of money laundering and people smuggling.
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LAFAYETTE, Ga.  - A Georgia crematory operator,  cutting a deal that could spare him life in prison, pleaded  guilty on Friday to dumping hundreds of bodies meant for  cremation in storage sheds, burial pits and the woods.
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By Matt Gryta, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Dec. 19--s The former office manager of St. Christopher Catholic Church in the Town of Tonawanda remained in jail Monday after prosecutors agreed to let her try to post $20,000 bail in a six-figure church embezzlement case.
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A military jury found a Navy chaplain guilty Wednesday of disobeying an order by appearing in uniform at a White House protest.
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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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Analysis: The former leader of the Christian right suffers a humiliating defeat in his Georgia primary race, thanks to his ties to a disgraced lobbyist
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A Kentucky businessman was found guilty Thursday of election fraud for orchestrating a scheme to buy votes from impoverished mountain residents in two races in 2002.
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THE REGION A Georgia man was sentenced to three years of probation, fined $5,000, and ordered to perform 150 hours of community service for his involvement in a scheme to steal more than $4 million from Building 19, a discount retail chain based in Hingham. Michael Brown, 63, pleaded guilty to six counts of larceny and three counts of conspiracy ...
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - A Sullivan County judge threw out a case between a preacher and three feuding sisters and warned them to leave one another alone.  All four faced assault charges that stemmed from a family scuffle and claims of being possessed by demons.
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Two women were convicted of running a religion-laced scam that duped more than 1,000 investors out of nearly &#36;2 million by promising a cut of the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos' fortune.
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A church elder was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for abusing an 8-year-old autistic boy who died in what prosecutors called an exorcism at a storefront church.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - A bizarre murder case involving a Pentecostal pastor convicted of manipulating his former nanny to shoot his wife will go another round in court as both prosecutors and defence lawyers appealed the initial ruling.