Priest Stole $1.3 Million To Pay For Gay Lifestyle

Connecticut: Kevin Gray, a priest at Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury is expected to turn himself in after being charged with siphoning $1.3 million from church coffers to pay for his secret gay lifestyle.

After a lengthy investigation, the authorities have charged Gray with first-degree larceny, which could carry a 20-year sentence if he's eventually convicted. Apparently for the past seven years Gray has been spending church money to fund trips to New York and pay for hotel rooms, restaurants, clothing and sessions with male escorts.

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When questioned as to why, police say Gray told them that "he felt the church owed it to him" because he was unhappy with his church assignments.

Iranian Woman Sentenced To Death By Stoning

Iran: Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities.

Ashtiani, 42, will be buried up to her chest, according to an Amnesty International report citing the Iranian penal code. The stones that will be hurled at her will be large enough to cause pain but not so large as to kill her immediately.

Ashtiani, who is from the northern city of Tabriz, was convicted of adultery in 2006.

Governor Daniels - All Horrific Crimes Committed By Atheists

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who is being considered by some as a candidate for president in 2012, in an interview with WANE.com in December, said, "And atheism leads to brutality. All the horrific crimes of the last century were committed by atheists -- Stalin and Hitler and Mao and so forth -- because it flows very naturally from an idea that there is no judgment and there is nothing other than the brief time we spend on this Earth."

Just for the record Mitch...It is well documented that Hitler was in fact a Christian, who believed in an Aryan Jesus Christ. His interpretation of Christianity was a central motivation for his antisemitism. Mao and Stalin are typically considered having been atheists, but this due more to a lack of an official religious affiliation than anything else.

To say that "all the horrific crimes of the last century were committed by atheists" is not only inaccurate but a complete departure from reality. You are forgetting everyone from Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, George Bush, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Eric Rudolph and Charles Taylor to Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson and every douchebag to ever make an appearance on this site, which now includes you.

A vast majority of the wars every fought have had, at least to some extent, religious undertones. Some examples of recent religious "hot spots" are: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kashmir, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Macedonia, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia/Chechnya, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda and just about every abortion clinic and gay bar in the United States, to name a few.

You may also want to consider the fact that the U.S. prison population is 83.7% Christian.

Or, if you need further evidence of just how wrong you are Mitch, you could just take a look at the post above this one.

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Playing An Instrument Is Anti-Islamic

UK: Muslim pupils are being withdrawn from music lessons because some families believe learning an instrument is anti-Islamic.

The move comes despite the subject being a compulsory part of the national curriculum. While parents have legal rights to withdraw children from religious and sex education classes, no automatic right exists to pull them out of lessons such as music.

One education expert said up to half of Muslim pupils were withdrawn from music lessons during Ramadan.

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And The Muslim Council of Britain said music lessons were likely to be unacceptable to around ten per cent of the Muslim population in Britain.

Priest Jailed For Child Sex Attacks

Australia: A Catholic priest in Australia has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail for sex attacks on 25 children over nearly two decades.

John Sidney Denham, 67, pleaded guilty to a range of charges relating to attacks on boys at schools in New South Wales between 1968 and 1986. The judge said his actions "contributed to a culture of fear and depravity".

He was sentenced to 19 years and 10 months in jail for crimes including sexual acts and indecent assaults against boys aged between five and 16 years old. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 13 years and 10 months.

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The victims' group Broken Rites Australia says it has received thousands of calls reporting abuse since opening its national telephone hotline in 1993 - and has helped to sentence more than 100 clergymen.

Minister Jailed In Child Porn Case

New Mexico: A federal magistrate has denied bond for a Los Alamos, N.M., youth minister charged in a child pornography case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charlyn Rees says the judge found that 58-year-old Matthew Nichols "is a danger to the community" during Friday's hearing and should not be released.

Federal agents arrested Nichols on Wednesday on an indictment charging him with possessing, receiving, distributing and attempting to distribute child pornography. Nichols has been on paid leave from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church since January.

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The indictment says Nichols was convicted of corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in Dauphin County, Pa., in 1980.

Youth Pastor Accused Of Groping Man

Massachusetts: A Roman Catholic priest from Walpole has pleaded not guilty to groping a 21-year-old man at a Canton Park and Ride lot.

The Rev. Emile Boutin, a youth pastor at Blessed Sacrament, pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery on Monday in Stoughton District Court.

Prosecutors say the alleged victim pulled into the lot about 8:30 a.m. on Monday and walked into the woods to go to the bathroom. The man, whose name was not released, alleged that another man followed him, and touched him through his shorts. The alleged victim got his assailant's license plate number and called police.