Priests Suspended

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a Russian priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Catholic priest under the Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar church was relieved of his duties as vicar on Monday, hours after he joined the BJP.

All of Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP Thursday.

A 47-year-old woman in Kerala has alleged that she was suspended from her job on the same day when she accused a priest - head of a rehabilitation centre run by the Church of South India (CSI) - of sex harassment.

The priest had allegedly posted abusive comments against the minister after BJP state general secretary K Surendran was arrested by police as he defied police orders not to go to the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

It was May 6 and Rev. Paul Ogalo - or Sweet Paul, as his fans call him - had recently become a viral sensation. Somebody had posted a video of him rapping on social media - that time while wearing both his white robe and red bandanna at once - and instantly it seemed all the churchgoers in Kenya wanted to know who this rapping priest was. So on May...

Five Kerala priests of the Kottayam-headquartered Malankara Orthodox Church have been suspended over allegations of sexually exploiting a woman from the same church, an official said.

The Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has placed a priest under suspension and served a show cause notice to another for allegedly helping a women devotee mount the chariot of Lord Jagannath before the ceremonial 'Pahandi' (procession) to Sri Gundicha Temple on Tuesday.

A Brazilian priest known for conservative views on moral issues and disapproving in his sermons of kissing and sex has been suspended for sending a nude selfie to an apparent mistress on his cell phone.

The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico confirmed on Friday that it has suspended seven priests, including one accused of abuse while serving in Los Angeles, from its diocese in the border city of Tijuana pending an investigation into alleged sexual harassment and abuse.

Barely three days after an assault on Italy-born Odissi dancer Ileana Citaristi on the chariot of Lord Jagannath, the Nepal's royal priest (Rajguru) Madhav Prasad Bhattarai also faced harassment at the hands of a lady police person at the 12th century shrine.

A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to 280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a several-year period. The 46-year-old priest, who has been suspended, went on trial on Thursday at the state court in Braunschweig.

The Philadelphia archdiocese suspended 21 Roman Catholic priests on Tuesday who were named as child molestation suspects in a scathing grand jury report last month. It is a decision that comes more than eight years after US bishops pledged swift action to keep potential abusers away from young people.The priests have been removed from ministry whil...

Twenty-one Roman Catholic priests in Philadelphia have been suspended after being linked to an investigation into widespread child molestation, church authorities said.The suspensions followed a Grand Jury report that identified 37 current and former priests."I wish to express again my sorrow for the sexual abuse of minors committed by any member o...

The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that embroiled Pope Benedict XVI continued working with children for more than 30 years, even though the pope was personally involved in his case and a German court convicted the priest of molesting boys.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a Russian priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Catholic priest under the Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar church was relieved of his duties as vicar on Monday, hours after he joined the BJP.

All of Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP Thursday.

A 47-year-old woman in Kerala has alleged that she was suspended from her job on the same day when she accused a priest - head of a rehabilitation centre run by the Church of South India (CSI) - of sex harassment.

The priest had allegedly posted abusive comments against the minister after BJP state general secretary K Surendran was arrested by police as he defied police orders not to go to the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

It was May 6 and Rev. Paul Ogalo - or Sweet Paul, as his fans call him - had recently become a viral sensation. Somebody had posted a video of him rapping on social media - that time while wearing both his white robe and red bandanna at once - and instantly it seemed all the churchgoers in Kenya wanted to know who this rapping priest was. So on May...

Five Kerala priests of the Kottayam-headquartered Malankara Orthodox Church have been suspended over allegations of sexually exploiting a woman from the same church, an official said.

The Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has placed a priest under suspension and served a show cause notice to another for allegedly helping a women devotee mount the chariot of Lord Jagannath before the ceremonial 'Pahandi' (procession) to Sri Gundicha Temple on Tuesday.

A Brazilian priest known for conservative views on moral issues and disapproving in his sermons of kissing and sex has been suspended for sending a nude selfie to an apparent mistress on his cell phone.

The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico confirmed on Friday that it has suspended seven priests, including one accused of abuse while serving in Los Angeles, from its diocese in the border city of Tijuana pending an investigation into alleged sexual harassment and abuse.

Barely three days after an assault on Italy-born Odissi dancer Ileana Citaristi on the chariot of Lord Jagannath, the Nepal's royal priest (Rajguru) Madhav Prasad Bhattarai also faced harassment at the hands of a lady police person at the 12th century shrine.

A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to 280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a several-year period. The 46-year-old priest, who has been suspended, went on trial on Thursday at the state court in Braunschweig.

The Philadelphia archdiocese suspended 21 Roman Catholic priests on Tuesday who were named as child molestation suspects in a scathing grand jury report last month. It is a decision that comes more than eight years after US bishops pledged swift action to keep potential abusers away from young people.The priests have been removed from ministry whil...

Twenty-one Roman Catholic priests in Philadelphia have been suspended after being linked to an investigation into widespread child molestation, church authorities said.The suspensions followed a Grand Jury report that identified 37 current and former priests."I wish to express again my sorrow for the sexual abuse of minors committed by any member o...

The priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that embroiled Pope Benedict XVI continued working with children for more than 30 years, even though the pope was personally involved in his case and a German court convicted the priest of molesting boys.