This Week's Winner

Over the last seven days...

Washington : Pastor Dirk Jackson arrested for the rape of a 12 year-old girl. Tennessee : Pastor Ronnie Powe charged with aggravated statutory rape. Kentucky : Pastor Jerry Cannon charged with posting hundreds of child porn images to Facebook. New York : Rabbi Milton Balkany sentenced to four years in $4M hedge fund extortion. Minnesota : Father Christopher Wenthe charged with felony sexual abuse of female parishioner. Virginia : Father Felix Owino sentenced to nine months for molesting 11 year-old girl. Britain : Imam Ebrahim Kazir charged with multiple counts of sexual assault on girls under the age of 14. Washington : Pastor Royce Shorter charged with multiple felony counts of child molestation. Massachusetts : Pastor Angel Morales on trial for rape of 14 year-old girl. California : Pastor Alonzo McCowan pleads guilty to swindling $300K from an elderly parishioner. North Carolina : Pastor Timothy Bailey charged in $670K Ponzi scheme. Alabama : Pastor Steven McQueen charged with stealing $250K from his own church. Massachusetts : Father Gary Mercure sentenced to 20-25 years in prison for the rape of two minors. Britain : Pastor Lucy Adeniji charged with beating immigrant children and using them as personal slaves. Kentucky : Archdiocese of Louisville sued for allowing known child molester priest to head parish. Hawaii : Unnamed Catholic priest charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. Florida : The Archdiocese of Miami and Father Neil Doherty have been sued for the alleged drugging and rape of an eight year-old boy. According to the suit, Doherty assaulted the boy more than 50 times over a three year period and was kept in his position by the Archdiocese despite sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1970s. Doherty has previously been sued by 25 other victims and in 1994 the Archdiocese of Miami paid a $50,000 settlement to one of them.

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