NASHUA, N.H. (AP) A New Hampshire pastor was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of child sexual assault images. Stephen Bates, 46, the pastor of the Bible Baptist Church in Nashua, was arrested after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at the church parsonage and found two flash drives containing “numerous" child pornography images, police said.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan authorities on Wednesday announced the first criminal charges stemming from the state's review of child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America, charging a former troop leader before his release from a New York prison on separate crimes.
Ed Litton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, announced Tuesday he will break with tradition and not seek a second term in the top convention role.
BERLIN (AP) A prominent Roman Catholic archbishop who faced strong criticism for his handling of the church's sexual abuse scandal in Germany said Wednesday that he has offered his resignation to Pope Francis following a “spiritual timeout” granted by the pontiff.