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• Popular mentor's removal a 'shock' | Some suspect that the sudden removal of Officer Ronald Williams from a Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Club was due to the man's devotion to Christianity (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Commandments' foes miss point | In 1927, displaying the Ten Commandments was a liberal initiative. A pacifist one, even. Seventy-five years later, liberals seem to have forgotten the left-leaning implications of the Bible. (Editorial, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Modern-day Moses traverses Tennessee, drumming up support for Commandments in 82 counties | June Griffin has logged more than 7,000 miles in her travels across Tennessee to ask county commissions to adopt her resolution. (The Tennesean)
  
  
• Bill might allow churches more political voice | Meanwhile, church supports sheriff's re-election campaign (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
  
  
• A good neighbor and an atheist | It's a paradox: Dick Hogan, Parker County's best-known atheist, is looked upon as a friendly and good neighbor except for his periodic trips to the Parker County Courthouse to debate religious displays outside and, inside, prayers sprinkled with the word Jesus (Fort Worth [Tex.] Star-Telegram)
  
  
• State targets Amish for unlicensed feeds | Breaking bread with tourists breaks law (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  

Lawsuits:

• Woman gets $300,000 in exorcism suit | Pastor and some church members were found liable for abusing and falsely imprisoning 17-year-old (Fort Worth [Tex.] Star-Telegram)
  
  
• Pastor accused of affair in lawsuit | A man whose wife allegedly had an affair with their pastor, who was providing marriage counseling for the couple, is suing the pastor and the church. (The Fresno [Calif.] Bee)
  
  
• Law limiting Internet in libraries challenged | Children's Internet Protection Act goes to court (The New York Times)
  
  
• Church v Google, round 2 | An update on the latest Google and Scientology developments (Microcontent News)
  
  

Fallout from abuse scandal:

• Can the Church be saved? | As allegations of sex abuse—and official cover-up—mount, outraged Roman Catholics are urging their leaders to redeem and reform the faith (Time)
  
  
• Catholics in crisis | With continued revelations of sex-abuse scandals and coverups, the faithful look to the church for change (U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• The big payoff | Not just morally bankrupt (U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• Of rage and revolution | The rage sweeping through the church over stories like these is likely to have a profound impact. (John Leo, U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• Religion at risk of losing its moral authority | The moral foundation of the church is cracking, and religious leaders have only themselves to blame. (Philip Gailey, St. Petersburg [Fla.] Times)
  
  
• For Catholic Church's future, tradition vs. radical change | Two camps advocate vastly different courses (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Legislators in no hurry to amend reporting law | While the scandal over pedophile priests has some states pushing for laws that would add clergy to the list of professionals who are required to report abuse, Colorado is moving more slowly. (The Denver Post)
  
  
• NY mayor raps church's sex policy | The church is not above the law, says Bloomberg (New York Post)
  
  
• Crisis of the cloth | Sex-abuse scandal saddens priests; many call for openness, accountability (The Denver Post)
  
  
• A faith survives a church in crisis | Conversions to Catholicism hold steady (The Boston Globe)
  
  

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March (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46