All the headlines from our Church Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 25 2013 // Three Colorado bishops said on Thursday they will review a Catholic Church hospital’s defense of a lawsuit that argues fetuses do not have legal status – apparently contradicting the Church’s teaching on...
Jan 15 2013 // An insurance settlement dispute is delaying the rebuilding of a Roman Catholic school in Springfield, Mass., that was damaged by a tornado in June 2011.The Republican of Springfield reports the Diocese of Springfield and...
Dec 27 2012 // Authorities were getting a clearer picture of the damage done by storms in Alabama as daylight revealed the extent of the destruction.In Mobile’s downtown area, a school, church and several homes were damaged by a...
Dec 6 2012 // Attorneys for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, a Montana order of nuns and hundreds of alleged sex-abuse victims said this week they will try to hammer out a settlement during a mediation conference in April,...
Nov 27 2012 // Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court to block part of the federal health care law that requires the Christian family-owned arts and crafts company to provide insurance coverage for emergency...
Nov 26 2012 // Settlement negotiations between hundreds of alleged sex abuse victims and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena may have hit a snag with the church’s insurers refusing to cover the claims.The insurers and the diocese...
Nov 21 2012 // A federal judge has rejected Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the...
Nov 19 2012 // An Albuquerque, N.M. man has settled a suit he filed against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and a Catholic ministry group that helps troubled priests over molestation he claims he suffered at the hands of a priest beginning...
Oct 26 2012 // The mother of a Claremore man found dead last year at an eastern Oklahoma drug rehab center with ties to the Church of Scientology filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the facility, alleging staff was...
Sep 6 2012 // Eddie and Sherri Granger’s new life running an antique store in West Liberty, Ky., collapsed in a heap of debris when a tornado demolished their nearly century-old building while tearing through this eastern Kentucky...
Aug 22 2012 // Glatfelter Program Managers (GPM), a business unit dedicated to Glatfelter Insurance Group’s program business, has announced Shawn T. Yingling has joined the company as president of Glatfelter Religious...
Aug 10 2012 // Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as Commercial General Liability coverage, it is frequently the subject of litigation. One recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court...
Aug 6 2012 // Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as commercial general liability coverage, it is frequently the subject of litigation.One recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court...
Jul 31 2012 // An insurance company says it didn’t sell policies to the Helena-based Catholic Diocese of Montana and is not responsible for covering costs involved in defending former nuns and priests accused of child abuse ranging...
Jul 31 2012 // Nearly a year after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene devastated villages up and down Vermont’s rivers, hundreds of volunteers are continuing to work with residents trying to rebuild.In Moretown last week, members...
Jul 18 2012 // Penn State University could face years of litigation over Jerry Sandusky’s abuse of children, but the school is also doing some things that may limit the damage, according to lawyers with experience in such cases.The...
Jun 26 2012 // An Oregon church is challenging requirements set by its insurance company for how it treats sex offenders who attend services.Pastor Chad McComas of Set Free Christian Fellowship in Medford told Mail Tribune the church...
Jun 7 2012 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia spent $11.6 million on legal fees in the past two fiscal years, most of it on priest sex abuse cases, according to a financial report released Tuesday.The figure includes $10...
Jun 1 2012 // A year after a tornado downed its steeple, The First Church of Monson Congregational in Monson, Mass., is rebounding.Photo credit: The First Church of Monson CongregationalThe town’s oldest church became a disaster...
May 23 2012 // An Outagamie County, Wis., jury has awarded two brothers $700,000 in a fraud trial against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.The civil jury found the diocese responsible for concealing a former priest’s history of...