Eric Killelea
Houston Religion Reporter at Chron
Texas religion reporter @chron. Previous postings: San Antonio, Minneapolis, Iron Range, Santa Fe, Helena, Bakken oil fields. NJ born. [email protected]
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4 days ago |
chron.com | Eric Killelea
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris has resigned after admitting to molesting a young girl in the 1980s. Gateway ChurchGateway Church founder Robert Morris admitted to having a "highly inappropriate relationship" decades ago with a 12-year-old girl in recent court filings, also alleging that megachurch leaders "knew the facts" of his actions.
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5 days ago |
chron.com | Eric Killelea
David Leslie, who promoted the Houston-based Rothko Chapel as an inclusive spiritual center during his 10 years as its executive director and helped foster meditation and dialogue over a range of religio-political issues, will step down at the end of June. Leslie’s expected absence from the chapel opens a reputable position at the chapel listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in the broader spiritual and artistic landscapes in Texas.
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1 week ago |
chron.com | Eric Killelea
Right-leaning podcast host Joe Rogan seems to be walking down on a spiritual path, and conservative Christians are thrilled about it. SYFY/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal viaBack in January, a popular Canadian evangelical apologist named Wesley Huff, appeared on "The Joe Rogan Experience" in what has become a momentous cultural event among young conservative Christians.
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1 week ago |
chron.com | Eric Killelea
Years of sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention were revealed in an extensive 2019 joint investigation, highlighting a disturbing culture of cover ups and enabling. Mark Humphrey/Associated PressGareld Duane Rollins Jr., who helped launch investigations into the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex-abuse cases after accusing former religious leader Paul Pressler of decades of rape—died on Friday, May 23. He was 60.
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1 week ago |
chron.com | Eric Killelea
Houston's Second Baptist Church recently denied that it had deceived the congregation, after allegations from current and former members that leadership strategized a takeover of the megachurch and its abundance of property for their own personal gain.
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