"Hillsong megachurch pastors Josh and Leona Kimes have stepped down from their position as leaders of the Australian institution's Hillsong branch, the couple wrote on social media this week.
The announcement comes days after a leaked internal investigation alleged that Leona was once repeatedly punched in the face "with a closed fist" by scandalized ex-pastor Carl Lentz's wife, Laura. The incident reportedly occurred one night in 2016, when Laura caught Carl and Leona canoodling on a couch in the home of former NBA player Tyson Chandler.
'It was never in our plans to ever leave Hillsong Church," Josh Kimes captioned a Monday Instagram post. "It's been home for 22yrs of my life. It's where I've pastored for the last 16yrs.'"
"The California Supreme Court has denied the Church of Scientology's petition to review "religious arbitration," thereby restoring a lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson's accusers against the church.
It was another loss for the religious institution, which previously argued its case to the California Court of Appeal, claiming the court misstepped when allowing members the "sweeping and unbounded" right to leave the church.
On January 20, however, it was shut down and determined that church members cannot be bound to a perpetual agreement to resolve disputes before a religious arbitration panel after the members have left the faith."
Despite excellent performances and production values, Hulu's 'Banner' left me with the same wary bewilderment I felt after reading Jon Krakauer's book.
"Under the Banner of Heaven," a new Hulu miniseries with an all-star cast that debuts Thursday (April 28), may not make many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints happy. But then again, neither did Jon Krakauer's 2003 bestseller on which the seven-episode show is based.
The miniseries closely tracks Krakauer's account of the gruesome 1984 murders of 24-year-old Brenda Lafferty, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones of "Normal People," and her 15-month-old daughter near Salt Lake City, Utah. Like the book, it explores the underworld of Mormon fundamentalism and polygamy, following the descent of a family of brothers into madness, misogyny and violent religious extremism."
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