The Secret Epidemic by Karl Tipple
We hear in the mass media every day about the epidemics of AIDS, drug abuse, gang violence, domestic violence, poverty, and the death and human misery that these problems cause. There is one social ill of equally damaging proportions that society has so far refused to acknowledge: The sexual abuse [...]
The Asheville Film Festival has added a second showing of its closing film “Precious” on Sunday night, after tickets to the first screening sold out.
The powerful drama will now show at 10 p.m. Sunday at the Fine Arts Theatre on Biltmore Avenue. Tickets are $9 at the Pack Place box office.
“Precious,” which took top honors [...]
Family members of five men charged in a bizarre child sex abuse case reacted with disbelief and sadness Thursday to the “unspeakable” string of alleged atrocities spanning two decades.
“It’s unspeakable. I can’t think of words that would put this in perspective. I find it repulsive if it’s true,” said Darrel Mohler, a brother of one [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma mother accused of locking up her 14-year-old boy in a closet for 4 1/2 years was previously convicted in the death of her 2-year-old child in New York, investigators said Wednesday.
Oklahoma City police Sgt. Gary Knight said detectives were able to confirm that LaRhonda McCall was arrested in New York [...]
Kids sure do get bored of being told to find wisdom in the mistakes of adults. And we adults do give them plenty of opportunities.
Perhaps, they can look to young people with which they can identify. Maybe even singers Chris Brown and Rihanna.
Brown faces two felony assault charges in a Feb. 8 incident in which [...]
Oprah Winfrey’s live show about “dating violence” and Chris Brown’s alleged beating of Rihanna was one of those TV moments when Oprah becomes a nationwide town meeting, in which Winfrey uses her extraordinary outreach and influence on America to try and shed light and counsel on a cultural issue. Dedicating the hour to “all [...]
The late Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado left behind sexual misconduct charges and a daughter, reminiscent of other religious leaders involved in scandal.
Followers Betrayed by Scandal
Rumors about the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, who founded the conservative Catholic sect Regnum Christi in 1941, have been around for years. Still, the news came as a shock to the [...]
By ERIC GORSKI – 4 hours ago
Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The speaker was an insurance salesman from Colorado named Ted Haggard.
The former superstar pastor, disgraced two years ago in a sex-and-drugs scandal, had returned — this time as [...]
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