Plus: Chinese Christian leader arrested, California lawmakers revolt against pastor's comment on mothers, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Child sex investigations haunt Wash. town | It's been a decade since this placid town surrounded by scenic peaks and apple orchards first came to be haunted by whispers of a pastor and his flock taking children to the church basement and forcing them to take part in sex orgies (Associated Press)
More claims seen in Boston sex abuse cases | An attorney who represented dozens of people who claimed they were sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests says there are at least several dozen more with similar claims against the Boston Archdiocese (Associated Press)
Parishioners back accused pastor | Parishioners of St. Benedict Church in Somerville are rallying to defend the Rev. John E. McLaughlin, who last week agreed to accept a voluntary administrative leave pending the investigation of an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1980s (The Boston Globe)
Funds solicited for beleaguered priests | A letter sent out to raise funds to help three of the former priests accused of sexual abuse in Amarillo has some people in the diocese upset (The Amarillo Globe-News, Tex.)
Sins of the fathers | Karen Liebreich invites us to draw comparisons across the centuries with her account of paedophile priests in 17th-century Italy, Fallen Order (The Guardian, London)
Among the believers | Is a book about reading a book really a book or a joke? (The Washington Post)
Code words | Making people think, theologically or otherwise, is a fine thing. Thank you, Dan Brown -- and all your careful, curious readers (Editorial, The Boston Globe)
Secular illusions | The right way to rescue America from religious correctness (Richard Wightman Fox, Slate)
Chronicle of an enduring enmity | Andrew Wheatcroft's Infidels charts centuries of confrontation and hatred between Christendom and Islam (The Guardian, London)
TV, film, & music:
Bringin' down the house | Colonial House's Baptist preacher fights swearing, idleness, and floozying on reality TV—and points up a few things about nation building along the way (The American Prospect)
A religious satire preaches tolerance, in its own snarky way | "Saved!" is not without claws. But it is ultimately a movie with a gentle and universal point to make: spiritual perfection being an impossibility, the truly Christian thing is to accept imperfect adherence to the letter of religious law (The New York Times)
Stardom discounted | Kathie Lee returns to her roots as a Christian singer (The Dallas Morning News)
Praying for laughs | 'The Passion of the Christ' meets 'Mean Girls' in a cheeky teen comedy (New York Daily News)
Pop religion:
Pop culture gets religion | T-shirts with Christian tone emerge as latest fashion trend, but some retailers prefer to stick to the secular (The Wall Street Journal)
Archbishop attacks 'Pop Idol worship' | The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, launched a fierce assault on his own Church yesterday, accusing it of abandoning the mysterious for the banal and indulging in ineffective debate (The Telegraph, London)
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