All the headlines from our Church Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 19 2023 // A Los Angeles-area church was destroyed in a massive fire early Sunday, just hours before a celebration that was set to include a Christmas play and a toy giveaway.Firefighters arrived at Victory Outreach church in Pomona...
Dec 19 2023 // A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover the Archdiocese of New York parishes and schools as they contend with thousands of sex abuse...
Dec 5 2023 // Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story.When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he...
Nov 20 2023 // Caring for Employees and Clients AlikeThe National Church Group Insurance Agency’s mission is to protect its clients’ missions. For nearly four decades, the Leesburg, Virginia-based organization has secured...
Nov 13 2023 // A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland told supreme court justices Thursday that Maine’s elimination of time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits is unconstitutional and imposes new liabilities, a...
Oct 16 2023 // A 70-year-old man who recently reached a settlement with a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts over sexual abuse he suffered at age 8 said Wednesday he is speaking out because “my voice was taken away from me for...
Oct 5 2023 // The judge overseeing the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy has denied a request by the committee representing sexual abuse claimants for permission to sue the church’s insurers, calling the filing a...
Sep 14 2023 // Fred C. Church Makes Key Personnel Changes to Its Education TeamChris Duble, Fred C. Church chief executive officer and client executive, has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2024. Duble began his career in 1976...
Sep 1 2023 // Greaves Joins Fred C. Church Insurance Commercial LinesFred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., hired Damual Greaves to its education team as a client executive. Greaves joins Fred C. Church after serving...
Sep 1 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey must rework its bankruptcy plan to better protect insurers from invalid and inflated sexual abuse claims and unreasonable attorneys’ fees.Citing some concerns raised by...
Aug 16 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Names Hart Vice President, Personal Lines ManagerFred C. Church, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Kate Hart to vice president, personal lines manager. Hart began her insurance career in...
Aug 2 2023 // Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky...
Aug 1 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual abuse victims as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.Catholic dioceses around the state are dealing...
Jul 28 2023 // The Catholic Diocese of Rochester and sexual abuse survivors have reached settlements with additional insurers on amounts available to cover abuse claims, bringing the total fund now available to survivor claimants to...
Jul 25 2023 // A New Hampshire executive pastor has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing about $130,000 from his church to pay off gambling debts and make purchases.Gregory Neal, of Barrington, 45, was sentenced in federal...
Jul 19 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 100 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.The diocese, like others in the state, is...
Jul 18 2023 // Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales LeaderFred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began...
Jul 6 2023 // Churchill Downs is extending Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension through 2024, keeping the two-time Triple Crown winner from entering horses in the Kentucky Derby and other races for an additional...
Jun 27 2023 // It seems that few are safe from soaring property insurance rates in Florida, not even those with strong connections to a higher authority.The Crux, a Catholic news outlet, reported that the Catholic Church’s...
Jun 5 2023 // A fire that burned down a 160-year-old Massachusetts church was likely started by a lightning strike, a fire chief said.The First Congregational Church in Spencer caught fire Friday afternoon, when a storm was moving...