The wholesome image portrayed by the friend group of Mormon TikTok stars — all moms in Utah — came crashing down in 2022 with a sex scandal. Taylor Frankie Paul, one of #MomTok’s main creators, announced she and her husband had decided to divorce after “soft swinging” with other couples in their friend group. (Paül, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe arrest concludes a fraught showdown between the pastor’s supporters and police who had surrounded a compound in the country’s south where Quiboloy had holed up. In posts on Facebook, the Philippines’ Interior Minister Benhur Abolos, confirmed that the preacher, who had been on the run for three years, “has been caught.” (Nicholls, Orie & Magramo, CNN)
Read MoreWith thousands of followers and millions of dollars in donations, Mountain Gateway grew in size, finances and influence in Nicaragua, where it drew nearly one million people to a series of evangelical revivals that packed town squares and stadiums around the country. It was all possible because the church enjoyed the government’s blessing. Until it didn’t. (Robles, The New York Times)
Read MoreA phenomenon referred to as “population stereotypes” helps explain how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy. (French, The MIT Press Reader)
Read MoreWare is one of a growing number of people using the services of an eco-chaplain, a new kind of spiritual advisor rising among clergy trained in handling grief and other difficult emotions. (Winston, NPR)
Read MoreOver several decades, at least 10 priests and missionaries moved to Papua New Guinea after they had allegedly sexually abused children, or had been found to do so, in the West, according to court records, government inquiries, survivor testimonies, news media reports and comments by church officials. (McKenzie, New York Times)
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