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Church of England Unfair to Dead Bishop, Abuse Inquiry Finds

2017-12-15T16:02:56+0000

A report said church investigators had “rushed to justice” in the case of Bishop George Bell, accused decades after his death of abusing a young girl.


1,000 AT CARRILLO RITES; Acting Colleagues at Funeral in Santa Monica Church

1961-09-15T05:00:00+0000


The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church dies after presiding over a packed funeral.

2020-11-20T11:37:56+0000

The leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, died of the coronavirus on Friday, according to the church, three weeks after he attended a packed funeral for a senior bishop who had died after contracting the virus.


Church That Hosted Emmett Till’s Funeral Is Designated ‘Endangered’

2020-09-26T11:00:09+0000

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where thousands paid their respects to the murdered teenager in 1955, was placed on a new list of endangered historic places in the United States.


Deborah Henson, Church Member With Generous Spirit, Dies at 56

2020-08-14T19:18:13+0000

In Ocala, Fla., she counseled couples, donated clothing and aided women who suffered from domestic violence. She died of the coronavirus.


Rev. Vickey Gibbs, Activist in a Progressive Church, Dies at 57

2020-07-15T21:56:36+0000

Ms. Gibbs used her pulpit in Houston to treat broken parishioners in a broken social world. She died of the coronavirus.


Thomas Blanton, Who Bombed a Birmingham Church, Dies at 82

2020-06-26T21:40:24+0000

He was the last survivor of three Klansmen who were convicted, years later, in the killing four black girls in 1963, a case that was a turning point in the civil rights struggle.


Julio Guzman, Salvadoran Refugee Who Started a Church, Dies at 64

2020-06-09T22:57:15+0000

Mr. Guzman proclaimed his faith in God even as he lay dying of Covid-19 in the hospital. He started his church in New Jersey 30 years ago.


Pastor Who Defied Social Distancing Dies After Contracting Covid-19, Church Says

2020-04-14T05:21:56+0000

The death of Gerald O. Glenn, the bishop of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Va., was announced during Easter services.


Armed Man Dies After Shooting at Catholic Church in California, Authorities Say

2020-03-02T05:34:16+0000

The man entered Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Santa Ana on Sunday afternoon before Mass, the police said. The authorities do not know if the man was killed by the police, or if he fatally shot himself.



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Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:32:49 +0000

Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.

Roland Huntford, Lore-Debunking Historian of Polar Exploration, Dies at 98

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:46:55 +0000

He caused an uproar by challenging the heroic status of Robert Falcon Scott, the Briton who led a doomed quest to the South Pole in 1912.

Philippe Morillon, General Who Made Fateful Protection Promise, Dies at 90

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:26:27 +0000

“I will never abandon you,” he told residents of Srebrenica amid sectarian armed conflict in Bosnia. The town later suffered the worst massacre in Europe since World War II.

Sonny Jurgensen, One of N.F.L.’s Greatest Passers, Dies at 91

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:29:14 +0000

The Hall of Fame quarterback threw 255 touchdown passes with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.

Myra MacPherson, Who Wrote Wrenchingly About Vietnam Vets, Dies at 91

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:39:11 +0000

A political reporter at The Washington Post, she wrote the book “Long Time Passing,” about the Vietnam War’s social, political and psychological aftereffects.

Ted Berger, Indefatigable Patron of Artists and Schools, Dies at 85

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:09:28 +0000

As head of the New York Foundation for the Arts, he oversaw almost $23 million in grants and helped bring arts education to struggling schools.



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