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  Oct 26, 2023

  James MacDonald’s PTSD goes on trial as he seeks to avoid prison for assaulting woman

  A California judge ruled Wednesday that Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald's diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder makes him eligible for a mental health diversion program that would keep him out of prison for allegedly attacking a 59-year-old woman.

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  Oct 26, 2023

   ‘Being a pastor is an awful existence,’ JD Hall says a year after being removed from the pulpit

  Former pastor and notorious blogger Jordan Daniel Hall, who was removed from ministry amid scandal, says being a pastor is an “awful existence” and he would never want to return to it.

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  Oct 26, 2023

  At least 18 dead, dozens more injured in Maine mass shooting as suspect remains at large

  At least 16 people are dead and dozens more injured after separate mass shootings at two recreational business venues in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday as law enforcement continue a desperate manhunt for 40-year-old Robert Card who has been described as a person of interest in what could be the state’s deadliest shooting.

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  Oct 26, 2023

  More than a billion people struggle with loneliness globally: Gallup

  More than a billion people — or close to a quarter of the world's population — are struggling with loneliness,  a new survey from Gallup and Meta shows. Younger adults are more likely to suffer from the condition, which health experts warn can have the same effect on health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

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  Oct 25, 2023

  Mother who alleges son was gang raped at Christian boarding school files wrongful death lawsuit

  An Idaho mother who says she trusted a now-shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri to rehabilitate her son struggling with behavioral issues has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the abuse and brutal gang rape by staff members he suffered at the school caused his early death last year at the age of 29.

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  Oct 25, 2023

  Pastor Mark Burns plans to open $200 a month Military Christian Academy to fight ‘woke’ agenda

  One-time Donald Trump surrogate, Pastor Mark who admitted in 2016 that he lied about his military service and his educational achievements,  says he plans to open a $200-per-month Christian military school in the next academic year  to fight the influence of the “woke” agenda in American public schools and he wants parents to wear the school’s uniform to show their support.

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  Oct 25, 2023

  Mother of man suspected of killing pastor’s son blames ‘demonic spirit’

  The mother of a 22-year-old Florida man accused of fatally shooting the son of a pastor inside the parking lot of his church in Winter Haven on Sunday morning said he had been struggling mentally for several days prior to the killing and blamed his actions on a “demonic spirit.”

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  Oct 24, 2023

  Family grieves as pastor’s son is murdered ‘in cold blood’ by gang member, police say

  A Florida pastor’s son, whom local police called a “solid, good young man” with no criminal record, was found murdered “in cold blood” in the parking lot of his father’s church where he worked after a confrontation with a known gang member with 11 felony arrests and six misdemeanor arrests early Sunday morning.

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  Oct 24, 2023

  Greg Locke’s expansion plan stalled ahead of mass deliverance service for children on Halloween

  Pastor Greg Locke, leader of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, is facing another hurdle to the continued expansion of his church as he is set to host a massive deliverance service for children and burning of items related to witchcraft and the occult on his church’s campus Halloween night.

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  Oct 24, 2023

  Fake priests charging hundreds of dollars for sacraments, Diocese of Stockton warns

  A number of Spanish-speaking conmen posing as Catholic priests from Mexico, have been charging unsuspecting believers in Modesto, California, hundreds of dollars to celebrate sacraments, teach classes and issue certificates and the Diocese of Stockton is warning members of the community to call 911 should they encounter these "wolves in sheep's clothing."