
Kansas priest arrested on child sex crime charges involving 6-year-old
A Catholic priest from the Diocese of Salina was arrested on July 22, 2026, on charges of sexually abusing a young child, authorities said.

A Catholic priest from the Diocese of Salina was arrested on July 22, 2026, on charges of sexually abusing a young child, authorities said.

Authorities investigated several fires and structural incidents involving churches in recent days, including an arson at a historic vacant church in Buffalo and another suspected arson in rural Maine.

A 32-year-old Omaha man was arrested Thursday on felony charges after authorities said he sent a threatening message targeting Columbus Catholic Schools and the family of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen.

The Diocese of Buffalo severed all financial support to a suspended priest and initiated steps to remove him from the clerical state after federal authorities charged him with receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), church officials announced this week.

The United States House of Representatives advanced aggressive measures to restrict American assistance to Nigeria last month, citing the Nigerian government’s failure to curb widespread violence against Christians. Lawmakers approved provisions in a major spending bill that conditioned or withheld up to 100% of certain aid until Abuja took concrete steps to protect vulnerable Christian communities.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces demanded a jury trial on July 6, 2026, as it intensified its legal fight against the Trump administration’s effort to seize sacred land at Mount Cristo Rey for border wall construction.

A large fire tore through the former Grandview United Presbyterian Church in the Mount Washington neighborhood on Tuesday evening, July 8, 2026, reducing the longtime community landmark to rubble and leaving neighbors mourning its loss.

A Catholic priest was seriously injured Saturday night when a restaurant server stabbed him multiple times as he left a downtown steakhouse, according to Austin police and court records.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco agreed to pay $395 million to resolve more than 500 lawsuits from survivors who alleged they were sexually abused as children by church officials, attorneys and church leaders announced on Monday.

A Roman Catholic nun was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Sunday while walking to church in her habit in South Texas, only to be released hours later after intervention by members of Congress.
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