One of Turkey's high criminal courts has rejected U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson's request to be released from house arrest and permitted to travel abroad, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolou news agency.
The US Treasury Department is sanctioning NATO ally Turkey's ministers of justice and interior in response to the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday.
The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Wisconsin pastor convicted of conspiracy to commit child abuse for advocating the use of wooden rods to spank children.
Federal Judge Barbara Crabb just issued a ruling on clergy tax benefits that promises to undermine the finances of pastors and churches all over the country -- and no one seems to have paid much attention.
Dane County prosecutors say the 51-year-old former pastor met the boy on the Internet.
A Dane County pastor will spend the next two years in prison after a jury found him guilty of instructing his church members to use corporal punishment.
Jurors have convicted a Black Earth pastor of conspiracy to commit child abuse for advocating the use of wooden rods to spank children. VIDEO: Watch The Report
