A former independent Baptist church minister reportedly used the Bible to persuade females to strip before assaulting them, Croydon Crown Court heard on Friday. Howard Curtis, 72, who left his role i...
Very Revd Dr Sandy McDonald, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and media personality, has died. He was 78 and had been battling lung disease.He is best known for be...
The Very Revd Lorna Hood is being honoured along with other leaders by Glasgow University. The 61-year-old chaired the General Assembly in 2013 and is also an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen.Last ye...
A court has been told how a former church treasurer deliberately killed his wife by crashing his 4x4 into a tree. Leicester Crown court heard Ian Walters, 51, from Swindon, drove purposefully off t...
A court has been told how a former church treasurer deliberately killed his wife by crashing their 4x4 into a tree. Leicester Crown court heard Ian Walters, 51, from Swindon, drove purposefully off...
A jury is expected to deliver its verdict in the trial of a former church youth leader accused of raping two girls twice. Timothy Storey is charged with two counts of rape and one count of assault by...
Disgraced former Co-operative Bank boss Paul Flowers has been removed from the list of ministers of the Methodist Church. The 66-year-old - dubbed the Crystal Methodist - admitted a charge of "serio...
Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers has been charged with drugs offences - including possessing cocaine and crystal meth. Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers has been charged with drugs offences - in...
Disgraced former Co-operative Bank boss Paul Flowers has been banned from the financial services industry by the City watchdog. Mr Flowers was chair of Co-op Bank between 2010 and 2013, overseeing it...
A former Church of England priest from Surrey has been charged with seven child sex offences during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Ifor Whittaker from Sutton is accused of inciting the boy to commit...
A former Church of England lay priest and deputy headteacher has been convicted of 16 counts of child sexual abuse. Christopher Howarth, 68, abused the boy in question from 2005 to 2011 during his ti...
A former defence minister has backed Number 10's handling of a report in the US into the CIA's torture techniques used on terror suspects after 9/11, after Down Sir Gerald Howarth, who was sacked by ...
A former detective has told the High Court he felt "forced" to reveal the police raid on the home of Christian entertainer Sir Cliff Richard to a BBC journalist Retired detective superintendent Matth...
Former England footballer Tony Adams is giving his support to a Salvation Army homeless initiative. Each year the Christian charity brings people from its hostels across the country for a football to...
An ex- Formula One world champion has criticised Lewis Hamilton for acting like he's Jesus Christ. Jacques Villeneuve, who is also a TV pundit for Sky Italia, suggested that Hamilton's Christian fa...
The former faith minister and Conservative party chairman Baroness Warsi has accused the Government of viewing Britain's Muslim community with suspicion. Writing in The Guardian newspaper, she also c...
Ex-footballer Bruce Dyer has opened a church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Former 44-year-old striker, Dyer played for Crystal Palace and Watford but his career was caught up with drink and drugs. Dye...
Former Irish president Mary McAleese has criticised Pope Francis's endorsement of parents who smack their children in the name of discipline. Ms McAleese, a Catholic, accused the Vatican of reversing...
Stephen Crabb MP, who stood against Theresa May in 2016, tells Premier the race is a difficult time to stick to what you believe in. The Conservative MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire is supporting the Ho...
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is being remembered at a public memorial service in the Highlands. Tributes will be led by Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie at St Clement's Church ...
