Scandal

“A great way to start being the spiritual leader and coach of your home is to ask Jesus to forgive you for the things you have done wrong (1 John 1:9) and ask Him to take over the steering wheel of your life. (Ask your wife and children for forgiveness also.) God has promised He will freely give the ability …

Vladimir Putin this morning dismissed the claims as “unfounded” as Russia faces expulsion from the 2016 Olympics due to a massive doping scandal revealed yesterday. CNN reports: Commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and carried out by the organization’s former president, Dick Pound, the findings uncovered a “deeply rooted culture of cheating at all levels” within Russian athletics. Asked …

The Associated Press reports: A reorganization plan for Milwaukee’s Roman Catholic archdiocese that will distribute $21 million to hundreds of clergy sex abuse victims won approval Monday from a federal bankruptcy judge, bringing closure to a long-running and emotional case. The plan confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley splits most of the money among 355 people. Another category of …

Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat, the Michigan Tea Party-backed anti-gay Christian lawmakers who were busted in a bizarre adultery cover-up scheme, yesterday lost their bids to retake seats in the chamber which expelled them early this fall. The Associated Press reports: Ms. Gamrat had 9 percent of the vote, with 90 percent of precincts reporting in her former southwestern Michigan …

Following unending scandals, the Duggars have been dumping by a convention for Canada’s home-schooling movement. The CBC reports: In a press release sent out on Sunday, the AHEA confirmed that the controversial reality TV couple, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, have been dropped from the program. “Although early feedback from our members this summer was supportive of having the Duggars …

CNN reports: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to federal investigators about plans to pay someone he had wronged $3.5 million in hush money. As part of a plea deal, Hastert could serve a prison sentence, or possibly walk away with no prison time. Prosecutors recommended that the judge consider the federal sentencing guidelines, which given …

Gawker has published two of the profile photos used by Josh Duggar on his Ashley Madison accounts. They write: A little over two months ago, former conservative reality star, former executive director of FRC action, and current sex rehab resident Josh Duggar was one of the first major celebrities exposed in Ashley Madison’s unprecedented data dump. At the time, we …

WHOA. According to an explosive report issued today by The Intercept, Family Research Council Vice President Jerry Boykin used a Christian NGO as an unwitting front for spying operations against North Korea while working as a senior Pentagon official during the Bush II administration. North Korea and other anti-Western regimes regularly imprison charity workers and missionaries on false charges of …

NBC has released a 15-second teaser for the upcoming Law & Order: SVU episode based on the Duggar scandals. Clip recap: Law and Order “Patrimonial Burden” – The SVU investigates an unraveling web of secrets when the virtuous 13 year-old daughter of a famous reality TV family discovers she’s pregnant. Starring Mariska Hargitay (Lt. Benson), Ice T (Det. Tutuola), Kelli …

The scandals just NEVER stop, do they? Raw Story recaps the latest: The Institute in Basic Life Principles, (IBLP) the homeschooling program used by the Duggar family, was accused of covering up sexual assault against underage girls in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. The five plaintiffs, identified as Charis Barker, Rachel Frost, Rachel Lees, Gretchen Wilkinson …

Fox News terrorism analyst Wayne Simmons has been charged with fraud for falsely claiming to be a former CIA agent. Via the Daily Mail: Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, pretended to be an ‘Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer’ for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 to 2000, the US Attorney’s Office for Virginia’s Eastern District said in a statement released …

Disgraced former GOP Rep. Aaron Schock has paid out $900,000 in legal fees over just the last quarter and still owes another $750K. Politico reports: Schock (R-Ill.), who resigned after a series of POLITICO stories detailed allegations of misspending in his government and campaign operations, owes Jones Day $746,985. Schock has spent almost $2.7 million on lawyers. He is the …

Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Haster will plead guilty to charges that arose after he lied to the FBI about the nature of large cash withdrawals he was allegedly using as payoffs to keep a decades-old sexual misconduct accusation from becoming public. NBC News reports: The politician, who was not in the Chicago federal courtroom where the agreement was announced …

And just when Tony Perkins thought the scandal had finally died down. E Online reports: It’s finally happening: Law & Order: SVU is putting its spin on the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting and the controversy that has surrounded the reality TV stars—and there are twists galore. In “Patrimonial Burden,” the Wednesday, Nov. 4, episode of the long-running …

In Italian priest has been suspended from his parish after telling a live TV audience that he can understand pedophilia because it’s caused by “affection seeking” children. Homosexuality, he went on to say, is just a sinful disease. The Independent reports: Don Gino Flaim, 75, of the diocese of Trento in Northern Italy, has been removed from his position and …

GOP Indiana House Majority Leader Jud McMillin abruptly resigned yesterday after a sex video was sent from his phone to unknown persons. McMillin, one of his state’s most ardent opponents of same-sex marriage, claims that his phone was “stolen in Canada.” Via the Indianapolis Star: The Star has learned that the surprise resignation came after a sexually explicit video was …

Saying that the fake conservatives in his own party had used “totalitarian tactics” to oust him over his adulterous affair with a fellow lawmaker, this morning former Michigan state Rep. Todd Courser appeared on CNN to declare that he will run in the special election for his old seat.  Courser: “I’m a believer in Christ and I’m looking forward to …

Former Michigan state Rep. Cindy Gamrat, who calls herself a Tea Party Christian, was expelled last week after being caught in an affair with a fellow representative of Christ Himself. Gamrat’s cheating partner, former Rep. Todd Courser, who resigned shortly before he too would have been expelled, had tried to cloak the affair by planting a bizarre story about being …

Early this morning the anti-gay Tea Party rep who concocted a bizarre gay hooker cover story to distract from his adulterous affair resigned from the Michigan state house shortly after it became clear that he would be expelled. His anti-gay “devout Christian” cheating partner stuck it out until she was expelled. The Detroit Free Press reports: It took 14 hours, …

The Associated Press reports: The chairman and CEO of United Airlines is stepping down in connection with an investigation into the airline’s dealings with the former chairman of the agency that operates New York-area airports. United Continental Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that Jeff Smisek and two other senior executives had resigned and railroad executive Oscar Munoz was named CEO and …