Laurie Goodstein

The resignations at one of the nation’s most influential evangelical congregations came amid apologies to women who had accused the church’s founding pastor of sexual harassment.

The resignation of Willow Creek’s top leaders is causing some evangelicals to talk about turning the episode into a teaching moment for churches.

The grand jury report is the government’s broadest look yet in the United States at child sexual abuse in the church.

As many conservatives support the former Vatican diplomat making explosive allegations against the pope, his U.S. allies have rushed to defend him.

The abrupt departure is the latest scandal to rock the hierarchy, as the pope orders an investigation and meets with American church leaders.

The attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh is part of a wave of anti-Semitic attacks across the country and around the world.

After a cardinal’s resignation, a grand jury investigation and renewed attention to the crisis, “I hope this doesn’t look like a dodge,” one bishop said.

The search was primarily for records on the Rev. Manuel LaRosa-Lopez, who was arrested in September on four felony counts of indecency with a child.

After opening an investigation into clergy sex abuse against minors in Illinois in August, the state attorney general released preliminary findings on Wednesday.

Some Catholic parishes have quietly welcomed gay parishioners and staff. But in the aftermath of the sex abuse crisis, there is a campaign to push them out.