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A fourth young male member of Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch says the prominent pastor coerced him into a sexual relationship.

Two men have filed a lawsuit accusing Bishop Eddie Long of exploiting his role as pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch to coerce them into sexual relationships when they were young members of his congregation.

Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was ashamed of the "unspeakable" sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he was deeply sorry and hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal.

The pope criticized the “lamentable methods” of Belgian police who last week confiscated files, detained bishops and drilled into the tomb of at least one cardinal in the Brussels cathedral in a search for documents.

The church expressed “shock” after clerics were detained as part of an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse.

Jarretta Hamilton, a 39-year-old teacher from St. Cloud, Fla., was fired from Southland Christian School for becoming pregnant three weeks before she and her husband Sam were married. In a letter to her lawyer, the school said she "was asked not to return because of a moral issue that was disregarded, namely fornication."

The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests, an expert commission reported after a probe into previously secret church records.

Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering....

A polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had entered into a "spiritual" marriage, the state's attorney general said.

A student is appealing his suspension from a Christian college in western Pennsylvania for appearing in gay porn videos using a pseudonym.