Huffington Post
October 18, 2011
Roy Speckhardt, Executive Director, American Humanist Association
The Religious Sex Abuse Epidemic
The public reaction to the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Vatican and Roman Catholic churches worldwide is causing rank-and-file Catholics to leave the church in droves. But concerned parents need to be wary about more than just the Catholic brand of clergy. The public rightly became disenchanted with an institution that claims moral authority while acting like those who it would condemn for their immoral behaviors.
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Texarkana Gazette
October 12, 2011
BY: Lynn LaRowe
Justices won’t hear loyalists’ argument
Alamo followers lost parental rights in 2010 when they refused to end dependence on ministry
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments from members of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries whose parental rights were terminated when they refused to find housing and employment independent of the ministry.
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Washington Post
October 11, 2011
By Associated Press
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from Tony Alamo followers who had children taken away
The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from followers of evangelist Tony Alamo (uh-LAHM’-oh) who had their children taken away when they wouldn’t agree not to expose them to the controversial ministry.
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