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The Church Ladiesnew

Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests -- and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.
Riverfront Times  |  Kristen Hinman  |  11-09-2007  |  Religion

Pray the Gay Awaynew

Pastor Jim Venice, who was once gay himself, says he can turn homos into heteros. Credit cards are welcome.
Riverfront Times  |  Chad Garrison  |  12-20-2005  |  Religion

Hell of a Housenew

For the residents of a tidy, tree-lined neighborhood in St. Louis County, Missouri, their worst-kept secret might be that the events on which The Exorcist was based happened here.
Riverfront Times  |  Chad Garrison  |  11-01-2005  |  Religion

Bishop Takes a Queennew

In LaCrosse, Wis., Bishop Raymond Burke was known not only for his neo-conservative eccentricities but for gathering fringe religious orders, including one that a parishioner alleges included a transgendered nun.
Riverfront Times  |  Malcolm Gay  |  08-27-2004  |  Religion

Immaculate Deception: The Archbishop's Dirty Little Secretsnew

Raymond Burke, the new archbishop of St. Louis, seemed to have tended his garden well while bishop of the Diocese of LaCrosse, which reported a low rate of clergy convictions for sexual misconduct. But some members of his former flock say if clergy sex abuse cases were few and far between, it was because Burke was a master at keeping a lid on them.
Riverfront Times  |  Malcolm Gay  |  08-27-2004  |  Religion

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