Author: Barry Duke
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Catholic dioceses of Illinois publicly listed 103 substantiated child sex abusers. The actual number was 451!
BEFORE an investigation began in 2018 into child sex abuse allegations and the public disclosure of substantiated child sex abusers, six Catholic dioceses listed only 103 substantiated abusers. But a report just released by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, above, reveals that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers abused at least 1,997 children across all…
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As church attendances slump in the US more are favouring cremations and ‘reductions’ over burials
LAST year California incurred the wrath of the state’s Catholic Conference of Bishops (CCC) when it passed a law that will allow for the composting of human remains. The CCC, according to the Christian Post, was among several groups that opposed to the law, saying the process “reduces the human body to simply a disposable…
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Former Florida pastor arrested for allegedly stealing goods worth $1.4-million from Home Depot outlets
ROBERT Dell, inset above was arrested earlier this month along with several cronies who stand accused of stealing merchandise from Home Depot stores and selling them on eBay. The Florida Attorney General’s Office identified Dell as “a pastor of The Rock Church and the founder of a halfway house serving those recovering from drug addiction…
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Judge orders airline lawyers to take ‘religious liberty’ lessons from hate group Alliance Defending Freedom
TRUMP-appointed Texas District Judge Brantley Starr this week ordered three attorneys for Southwest Airlines to receive “religious-liberty” training from the ADF in the wake of a case involving a “persecuted” Christian flight attendant Charlene Carter, inset above. CNN explained that last year a jury found that both Southwest and Transport Union Workers discriminated against Carter…
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Newly-appointed principal of a Catholic school sacked for removing ‘spiritually dangerous books’
WITHIN weeks of being appointed head of a “lovely little Catholic school” in Tennessee, father of 15 Doug Darnowski, pictured above with his wife Adele, incurred the wrath of parents by removing “pornographic” and “spiritually dangerous” books from the library. These included Harry Potter and 1001 Arabian Nights. Such was the anger over his arbitary…
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Police remove protesters from a Lisbon church that hosted an LGBT+ Mass during World Youth Day
GIVEN the rampant misogyny, homophobia and emotional and physical abuse that characterises the Roman Catholic Church it beggars belief that people—especially members of LGBT+ communities—would want to be associated in any way with this toxic, multinational corporation. But the sad truth is that suckers for punishment exist in all walks of life, none more so…
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Pure provocation: Anti-LGBT+ café opens in Denver’s VERY gay arts district. Protesters vow to close it.
THOSE protesting the recent appearance of Drip Café in the heart of a gay area are claiming that its opening was a deliberate act of “political” provocation,” and are holding weekly protests in a bid to have it closed. The Christian Post reports that owner Jamie Sanchez believes the Denver Communists and LGBT+ protesters were…
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Fury erupts over Barbie Mary and Jesus Ken dolls. The creators insist that no offence is intended.
BACK in 2014 Argentinian artists local Emiliano Pool Paolini and Marianela Perelli received death threats when they staged an exhibition entitled “Barbie: The Plastic Religion” which was later taken to centres outside the country—including the Vatican! In addition to featuring Barbie Mary and Jesus Ken, the exhibition included religious figures from Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism and…
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Baptist seminary is in the red to the tune of $140-million, partly because lavish of spending by its ex-President
EVEN before Adam Greenway, above, became President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas in 2019, the school had an enormous deficit that worsened after $1.5-million was spent on renovations and decorations for his official residence on campus. Religion News Service reports that Green, whose tenure lasted less than three years before he resigned last…
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If this Ohio lawmaker gets his way proselytizing Christian bullies in the US military will get a free pass
IN “an almost inconceivable” move, Ohio Republican congressman Mike Turner of Ohio, above, introduced legislation earlier this year to make it illegal for members of the U.S. military to communicate in any way with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Turner’s determination to completely neuter the MMRF —established to oppose the spread of religious intimidation by…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 