A pastor in Louisiana who was arrested and charged with second-degree battery cited Bible scripture as motivation for the attack during a sermon he delivered shortly after bonding out of prison.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Baton Rouge pastor Mark Anthony "Tony" Spell is speaking out after his arrest in connection with a fight that was captured on video and has since gone viral online. The incident ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A well-known Baton Rouge pastor is facing criminal charges after being arrested in connection with an alleged assault that was captured on video. Pastor Mark Anthony "Tony" Spell, ...

A well-known Central pastor was arrested Tuesday morning by the sheriff’s office after he allegedly beat a 20-year-old man. Deputies responded to the incident and arrested Tony Spell for one count of ...

Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican pastor who on Tuesday night advanced to a runoff election in Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, dropped out of the race after President Donald Trump withdrew his ...

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On Sunday in his final sermon, the pastor of the 7,800-member Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Vestavia Hills - who announced by video message Friday that he’s stepping down from the pulpit - hinted ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A prominent Jacksonville pastor who admitted he tried to avoid paying more than half a million dollars in federal taxes was sentenced to 9 months in federal prison on Thursday.

A pastor who runs a ministry in a rumored swingers community for Florida seniors — and ironically wrote a book on how to love your spouse — was arrested Wednesday following allegations that he married ...

The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released Tuesday after serving six months in an Oklahoma jail. Morris pleaded guilty last year to five ...

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion. By ...

"I knew him for the last nine months of his life, well after he served time for the things that he was accused of doing," Rev. Stephanie Remington said The Missouri Conference of the United Methodist ...