I've started tracking fraud in religious charities. My first story is troubling. It is alleged that some Christians feed the poor in order to grow rich. Why  would a “real Christianâ€� do that? A Walton County, Ga., judge will decide Friday whether to bar the leaders of a multimillion dollar ...

I had marked the story of bat wielding pastor Darryl L. George for submission to Hypocrisy Watch. I guess I forgot. He’s in the news again… Back on January 9th, Pastor George and his 19 year old son are alleged to have arrived at Milburn High School with a baseball bat looking to confront studen...

Pastors are capable of acting like jerks when scorned by ex-lovers just like normal people. I guess the whole Christian concept of a moral code being written on your heart does not apply to matters of the heart. What possess a pastor to send a picture of his penis to an ex-lover? Reverend Bates of R...

So... the world is full of nutballs. Take Bishop Anthony Towns of Bakersfield, Ca. He likes paddle his parishioners when they are disobedient. He paddles children and adults alike, the children he paddles without permission from their parents. "He'd spank me like a couple times, like six, and t...

When you dream, you might as well dream big. A Columbus pastor was indicted today on charges that he stole more than $1 million from his church. David A. Thompson, 46, of Canal Winchester, converted money from the World of Pentecost Church, 3431 E. Main St, for his own gain, prosecutors claim. The c...

It is not like we did not see this conviction coming. Rev. Francis Guinan’s defense was basically, fuck you, I’m a priest. A jury convicted a Florida priest on Monday of stealing from his church, but the panel found that he embezzled far less than the $488,000 prosecutors charged. The Rev. Franc...

Especially when it is the secret life a Catholic priest...  Kingdom of Christ founder led secret life Kingdom of Christ followers say they were shocked by revelations the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, the U.S. religious group's late founder, led a double life. Jim Fair, a Chicago spokesman for...

Image by mojoey via Flickr Well... at least that is my interpretation. Father Guinan is alleged to have spent nearly $500K of his churches money on himself. He claims the Catholic church allows him absolute discretion when it comes to expenditures under $50K. Of course, he is lying through his teeth...

I am instantly skeptical of cases where men or women reach back into the 60s or 70s for tales of clergy sexual abuse. I think one reason is that I'm nearing 50 myself and think back to 1971 -72 through a fog of dim memories. I can remember where I lived and the names of my dogs (and sisters), but pe...

Not that I'm tracking Muslim hypocrisy or anything, I have my hands full with the Christians. When a man beheads his wife I tend to notice. But when a man who started a TV station to help change the way American's view Muslims beheads his wife, I figure it's headline worthy. Orchard Park police are ...