The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Old Apostolic Lutheran Church," curated by The Marshall Project.

Our investigation of a little-known church community in northeastern Minnesota started with something that has become depressingly familiar: child sex abuse. The Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica ...

On the Occasion of PNG’s 50 Years Anniversary – the Catholic Church has been here well before the nation’s Independence (Part ...

BOSTON — This should really go without saying. But do not steal bricks from places of worship. You might get cursed. That appears to be the case for one couple who claim to have stolen (and returned) ...

It’s one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...

“Amazing Grace” as it appears in Ginny Hawker’s family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...

Heart surgeon, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, oldest living leader of a world religion — and songwriter. President Russell M. Nelson, head of The Church of Jesus ...

The "cursed brick" on display in the crypt at Old North Church. (Lily Hansen for WBUR) A small package containing a brick arrived on the doorstep of Old North Church in March. There was no return ...

GRASSY CREEK, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A historic church in North Carolina burned down over the weekend. A fire broke out on Sunday at the Grassy Creek Community Church in Ashe County just before 10 ...