Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 15, 2013

  Meet the Family Left to Weep in the Aftermath of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr's Suicide as They Prepare to Say Farewell Saturday

  Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s family was once a picture of perfection, but America will witness the crushing grief left in the wake of his suicide on the faces of his wife, two daughters, and family and friends as they say their final farewell at his funeral on Saturday.

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  Nov 15, 2013

  Youth Pastor Shot Dead Hours After Community Leaders Pray to End Gun Violence; Victim's Mom Tells Killer 'God Loves You'

  Just hours after community leaders held a prayer rally to end gun violence in Pomona, Calif., a beloved youth pastor, on his way home from a church party, was brutally gunned down in a car early Monday morning.

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  Nov 15, 2013

  In Wake of Pastor's Suicide, Richard Land Shares Advice on How Young Ministers Can Cope With Loneliness of Ministry

  One thing that Dr. Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Matthews, N.C., can tell you about Christian ministry after 51 years in it, is that "it's very lonely." And as pastors across America reel in the wake of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s suicide on Sunday in Warner Robins, Ga., he shared some advice on how they can stay alive.

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  Nov 14, 2013

  Belief That Pastor Who Killed Himself Is Going to Hell Is 'Ludicrous' and 'Unbiblical,' Say Dr. Richard Land, Pastor E. Dewey Smith

  Pastor E. Dewey Smith Jr., longtime friend of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr., who shot himself outside his home as his church and family waited for him on Sunday, dismissed "diabolic" chatter about his friend Thursday, including the notion that he is going to hell for what he did as "ludicrous" and "unbiblical."

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  Nov 13, 2013

  White Supremacist Who Tried to Create All-White North Dakota Town Shocked by DNA Test Proving He Is Part Black

  A self-proclaimed white supremacist who tried creating an all-white town in North Dakota was shocked then roundly ridiculed after a DNA test he took to prove his genetic purity revealed he was 14 percent Sub-Saharan African.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  Pastor Who Killed Self Battled Manic Depression, Struggled to Keep It Secret; Was Taking Medication, Had 'Physical Challenges'

  His family knew and were trying to help, but everyone else was in the dark about Pastor Teddy Parker's mental health struggles until he shot himself in his truck in the driveway of his home in Warner Robins, Ga., on Sunday.

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  Nov 12, 2013

  Man's Promiscuous Wife Says 'Praise the Lord' After He Is Acquitted of Murdering One of Her Lovers on Valentine's Day

  A Nebraskan woman who repeatedly cheated on her husband before and during their marriage, which eventually caused him to kill one of her lovers during a heated confrontation on Valentine's Day this year, celebrated Friday when a 12-person jury acquitted him of her lover's death.

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  Nov 12, 2013

  'Inner Beauty Doesn't Exist; That's Something That Unpretty Women Invented,' Says Head of Ms. Venezuela Pageant

  Veteran head of the Miss Venezuela pageant, Osmel Sousa, who is claiming responsibility for starting his country's obsession with cosmetic surgery, recently dismissed the concept of inner beauty as a concept invented by ugly women to make themselves feel better.

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  Nov 12, 2013

  Pastor Who Confessed: There Are Times 'I Don't Feel Like God Is Hearing Me' Kills Self as Congregation, Family Wait for Him on Sunday

  A Georgia pastor and father of two who once confessed that sometimes "I don't feel like God is hearing me" killed himself outside his home while his wife, kids and 800 member congregation waited for him to show up for church on Sunday.

• Nov 11, 2013

  Polish Priest Shockingly Claims 10-Y-O Children in Pedophilia Cases Chose to Go to Bed With Adults Because of Broken Homes

  As investigations of alleged sexual abuse of multiple young boys by two Polish clerics continue, one Polish priest, Father Ireneusz Bochynski, of Piotrkow Trybunalski in Central Poland, claims he is aware of 10-year-old children who "went to bed with adults, wanting to be fulfilled, and it was the choice of the child."