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On Aug. 25, 2019, Rev. Joseph Rizzuti Sr., was tased by an officer with the Worcester Police Department in Worcester, Massachusetts. Rizzuti Sr.'s son, Pastor Joseph Rizzuti Jr., has shared new details with ChurchLeaders regarding what transpired that day.

Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, has recently come under fire for the scale of its Christmas Production, which features drummer boy's suspended from the ceiling of the church's auditorium.

A 2018 talk by author Andy Crouch is going viral after a snippet was shared on Twitter. The entire message, titled “Overcoming Our Greatest Affliction,” addresses topics such as cultural revolutions, knowledge, personhood, power, and status.

“We cannot allow predators to hold power and influence in our churches,” said sexual abuse survivor and advocate Tiffany Thigpen.

Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, is set to make his return to the pulpit this weekend following a three-month leave of absence that was both “disciplinary and developmental.” 

The Rev. David Rosenberg was arraigned Thursday on embezzlement charges and other crimes in Clinton County, north of Lansing, the attorney general's office said.

The credibility of a key prosecution witness, Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, was thrown into question by new information from an unexpected source during the Vatican's sprawling megatrial addressing alleged financial mismanagement and corruption among top officials.

The Vermont Agency of Education and several school districts will pay tuition costs and legal fees to five families to settle lawsuits.