An ex-vicar who was recently put behind bars for sexually abusing boys and men between 1983 and 1996 has died. According to the Prison Service, 84-year-old Rev Canon Terrence Grigg died in hospital...
A retired vicar in Fylde, Lancashire, has caused a local campaign group to stop using their leaflets on fracking, after he complained to a watchdog. Revd Michael Roberts, who's 68, questioned the cla...
A former vicar's memoirs about her daughter who died in the July 7/7 bombings have been turned into a BBC drama, to mark ten years since the tragedy. Julie Nicholson's daughter Jenny, who was 24, was...
A former worship leader has said he's "delighted, if somewhat surprised" to be appointed a domestic chaplain for the Archbishop of York. Rev Simon Bray, currently an assistant curate at St Nicholas C...
A new collection of luxury biscuit tins have seemingly re-written the Biblical account of Creation by appearing to feature same-sex couples in the Garden of Ede Fortnum & Mason has unveiled an 'Adam ...
Police have revealed that 40 religious institutions have been investigated for alleged historic child sex abuse. Officers said the figure was just the "tip of the iceberg" and added that more than 1,...
Thousands of foster children face having to move home several times a year, a Christian charity has found. Action for Children, which has its roots in the Methodist Church, conducted a Freedom of Inf...
A foster parent who also heads a Christian foster and adoption charity has revealed the realities of fostering. Dr Krish Kandiah, founder of Home for Good, told Premier fostering is not like how film...
Patrick Sookhdeo, the founder of Barnabas Fund, has pleaded not guilty after being charged following an investigation by police in London who've been looking at The 68-year-old appeared at Thames Mag...
Patrick Sookhdeo, the founder of Barnabas Fund, has been charged following an investigation by police in London who've been looking at a historic allegation of The 68-year-old was arrested in Novemb...
The founder of Christian charity Barnabas Fund has been found not guilty of an indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1977. After deliberating for less than two hours, the jury at Snaresbroo...
A high profile Christian Conservative has hit out at David Cameron's plans on tax credits. Tim Montgomerie, one of the founders of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, tells Premier he is concerned...
Four people have been arrested after a Fathers for Justice protest on the roof of St Paul's Cathedral. A group climbed on to the landmark in central London on Friday night and hung banners from the f...
For the first time ever data relating to reported cases of Child Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief has been released by the Government. The data in the Children in Need Census shows there were 1,460 ca...
Four men have appeared in court in connection with physical and sexual abuse at a Catholic school in Fife. Michael Murphy, William Don, Edward Egan and Timothy Foxall are aged between 60 and 76.They ...
Leicester, Lichfield, Newcastle and Worcester Cathedrals have received over £8m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help them better engage with their c The cash injection will be used for a ...
Around 40% of paid youth workers admit to struggling to worship in the church in which they serve. New research by Premier Youthwork Magazine has found thousands are choosing to worship with differen...
Four leading Christian denominations in the UK have attacked the Government's policy of creating a "hostile environment" for illegal immigrants, saying it is le The Baptist Union, the Church of Scotl...
Research shows a link between reading the Bible and having a desire to relieve poverty. 87% Christians have taken action on poverty in the past year and see it as a core part of discipleship, accordi...
There have been four suspected uses of chemical weapons in Syria this year, a Christian minister has said. Alistair Burt said the increasing use risked going against "a century of a united response b...
