In 33 states, including Maryland, clergy are exempt from any laws requiring professionals such as teachers and physicians to report information about alleged child sexual abuse if the church deems the information privileged.

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We turn now in the book of Montgomery County civil litigation to chapter 398741. There was a church called Faith Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring. And the church was overseen by a Board of Trustees. And on this board ...

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A leader of an Episcopal Church legislative body is calling for reforms to the process of electing bishops after Maryland's second highest-ranking bishop was accused of fatally hitting a cyclist while driving drunk in Baltimore.

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A Baltimore County judge has thrown out a wrongful-discharge lawsuit brought by the former pastor of a Parkton church.

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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a dispute between the Episcopal Church and a conservative northern Virginia congregation that left the denomination in a rift over homosexuality and other issues, ending a seven-year legal battle over a historic church that traces its roots back to George Washington.

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Otho M. Thompson was home again last week, standing in the damp grass behind the one-room schoolhouse and in front of the sagging lodge hall supported by wooden scaffolding.

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No quick fix — diplomatic or military — will dissolve the centuries of distrust and rivalry that fuel the sectarian conflict in Syria, where Alawites and Shiites are pitted against Sunnis, with Christians caught in the crossfire.

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NEW YORK — In a split with U.S. bishops, a trade group for Catholic hospitals said Tuesday it can accept the Obama’s administration latest compromise on birth control coverage by religious employers. “We are pleased that our members now have ...

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WESTMINSTER — A citizens group aims to limit new construction at a former Catholic school complex in rural Howard County that an Islamic community is considering buying. The Carroll County Times reports that residents of the Cooksville area met Thursday ...

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WESTMINSTER — The city of Westminster is halting construction of a church in one-half of a duplex in a residential area. Interim planning and zoning director Steve Horn tells the Carroll County Times that he made a mistake when he approved ...

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