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2. Church defends deacon in child sex case | Says God will punish member who leaked info (The Jamaica Observer)
   
   
3. Cops raid deacon's house | Say they have copy of 'sex' video (The Jamaica Observer)
   
   
4. Moral questions in teen rape | It seems to us that serious moral issues arise here about whether the actions of those who are supposed to have his ear, acted in accordance with the laws of God (Editorial, Jamaica Gleaner)
   
   

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Pa. abuse cases :

1. The sins of our fathers | Sex abuse: What the diocese knew and didn't tell you (Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
   
   
2. The shame of the diocese | Allegations? Move Father Caparelli. More allegations? Move Father Caparelli. Convictions? Keep quiet. (Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
   
   
3. A church re-educates itself | The Catholic Church has mandated special training to recognize sexual abuse and abusers (Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
   
   
4. Reasonable people disagree, and we did | Call this my dissenting opinion in our plan to scrutinize the struggles of Diocese of Scranton (Mark Guydish, Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
   
   

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More abuse :

1. Spokane Diocese tries to clean up "a hell of a mess" | In this city of 200,000, where the Catholic Church has long been a political and social force, the bankruptcy of a diocese and the sex scandal that caused it have created deep divisions (The Seattle Times)
   
   
2. Dolan braces archdiocese for priest sex abuse costs | Bankruptcy a possibility as California cases move toward trial (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
   
   

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Crime :

1. Church bookkeeper pleads guilty in theft, gets probation | Woman 'borrowed' thousands over years before discovery (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.)
   
   
2. Attorney hints Mary Winkler not alone in scam | Defense also seeking to suppress statement pastor's wife gave TBI (The Jackson Sun, Tenn.)
   
   
3. Also: High bond keeps Winkler jailed | A $750,000 bond set Friday for the wife of a minister accused of shooting her husband to death amounts to ''no bond at all,'' according to one of her defense attorneys (The Jackson Sun, Tenn.)
   
   
4. Before the downfall of a priest, a fondness for the good life | The Rev. Michael Jude Fay, who was asked to resign from St. John Roman Catholic Church in Darien, Conn., had a taste for the gilded life that seemed to have spun out of control (The New York Times)
   
   
5. 2 indicted in church fire | Suspects are cleared in 2004 Elgin blaze; charged in '03 arson (Chicago Tribune)
   
   
6. Bullet hole found in church pulpit | "It doesn't appear to be anything related to the church, specifically," say police (Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.)
   
   
7. Put boys to work, pastor of vandalized church says | The Rev. Richard Black Jr. sees no benefit in putting two juveniles in a detention center on charges that they broke into and vandalized his rural Jackson Twp. church (The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.)
   
   
8. Saturday: 2 boys accused of vandalizing church (The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.)
   
   

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Other stories of interest :

1. At church outing, five children drown in Meramec River | The victims were members of the St. Louis Dream Center, an organization created by the Joyce Meyers Ministries (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
   
   
2. Feed the soul, trim the fat | With bestsellers and networking, the Christian weight-loss movement is creating believers (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
3. Churches advised to respect annual ban on drumming | Nii Ashie Kumuwuo II, Bubuashie Mantse has advised religious groups not to view the annual ban on drumming and noise making within the Ga traditional areas as fetish (Ghana News Agency)
   
   
4. Afghanistan Christians live in fear | Afghan converts to Christianity cannot speak of their beliefs even to loved ones (Newsday)
   
   

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