OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch accused of child sexual abuse surrendered to Oklahoma authorities Monday. Robert Preston Morris, 63, turned himself in to officials in ...

Before an Oklahoma grand jury indicted Gateway Church founder Robert Morris on five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child, the senior pastor's resignation a year ago caused a stir ...

A Long Island pastor is facing up to three decades in prison for possessing sexually explicit images and videos of young boys he chatted with online – a crime federal prosecutors condemned as ...

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges, that state’s ...

Pastor Ricky Floyd was shot and killed outside a Downtown Memphis bar early Wednesday morning. Floyd was the senior lead pastor at Pursuit of God Church in Frayser. Memphis Pastor Ricky Floyd was ...

The power of a vaccine lies in the strength of the community that embraces it as a life-saving medicine - a message that in recent weeks has been challenged by the Trump administration and ...

“This case is all the more despicable because the alleged perpetrator was a pastor who exploited his position. The victim in this case has waited far too many years for justice to be done.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Prominent Memphis pastor Ricky Floyd was shot and killed Wednesday morning. Memphis Mayor Paul Young called for an end to gun violence following Floyd's death. Rev. Bill Adkins, a close friend of ...