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Survivors of Greater Grace and their loved ones held a protest outside of the Baltimore campus on June 28, 2024. The protest lasted about five hours.
Dozens protest at Greater Grace church in wake of sex abuse investigation
Many former members of Greater Grace World Outreach flocked to the East Baltimore church Friday evening to protest leaders’ handling of allegations of child sex abuse — the subject of a Baltimore Banner investigation.
Jediah Tanguay, a survivor of Greater Grace Church, painted his body with the words "shame", "broken", and "failure", taped his mouth shut, took off his shoes and stood in front of the church on Moravia Road during their large convention on June 24, 2024 in protest.
Painted in protest, a sex abuse survivor begs church to change
The Tanguay brothers, survivors of Greater Grace Church, recount their stories of abuse and how the church handled it.
Greater Grace World Outreach Pastor Thomas Schaller said during a sermon Sunday that the church is being “misrepresented” and “attacked.” He denied allegations of impropriety.
Baltimore pastor defends church’s record on child sex abuse: ‘If we know it, we act on it’
“We are being attacked,” said Greater Grace church's head pastor, Thomas Schaller.
Illustration of two women and one man sitting at a table with disposable coffee cups in front of them. We see the back of one woman's head and the other woman leans forward to hold her hand. A hazy image of a Jeep floats in the background.
One family’s agonizing journey to uncover secrets and abuse at a Baltimore church
Accusations of child sex abuse extend to Greater Grace World Outreach's churches in Ghana. One family confronts church leaders, but discovers the primacy of the church's "brand."
Illustration shows six individuals on Zoom screens in various stages of research or on the phone. There is a large millstone behind them and padlocks sprinkled around the image.
Web of megachurch sex abuse leads to a trusted pastor and his sons
A group raised to revere their pastors reaches out to former classmates and friends. They discover dozens of abuse allegations, including several linked to one family.
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This megachurch warned of hell. Then it concealed its own sins.
A campfire confession exposes decades of child sex abuse claims at Baltimore megachurch — and inspires a group to seek justice for alleged victims.
The church steeple at Saint Benedict Church is photographed Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 in Baltimore.
Question looms over Baltimore pastor’s ouster: How does a monk come up with $200K?
Questions are swirling among parishioners at Saint Benedict Church in Baltimore after the removal of their longtime pastor over a secret $200,000 settlement he paid five years ago.
The St. Benedict Church photographed Sunday, Oct.15, 2023, in Baltimore.
Parishioners fight to clear pastor dismissed over $200k fraud, abuse settlement
Parish members are compiling information that they believe raises doubts about the allegations of fraud and sexual assault against their pastor of almost 40 years.
Photo of Paschal Morlino
Popular St. Benedict pastor accused of rape, fraud removed over $200K secret settlement
The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched an investigation into Rev. Paschal Morlino after he admitted the payment to The Baltimore Banner.
Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued seeking compensation for its routine use of cells that were taken from her decades ago without her consent. Attorney Ben Crump, center, says there are others who’ve profited off her cells that the family may bring to court.
Like Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cells, the legal case lives on: More lawsuits expected
Lawyers who represent Lacks’ descendants said any company using her cells, known as HeLa cells, for research or product development without consulting or compensating the family might be the next target they “see in court.”
Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives reached a settlement with the biotechnology company they sued seeking compensation for its use of cells that were taken from her decades ago without her consent. From left, Ron Lacks, Alfred Carter and attorney Ben Crump.
‘No better present’: Henrietta Lacks’ family celebrates historic settlement over stolen cells
Lacks’ family and Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to keep terms of the settlement confidential. Her family celebrated the deal with cake on what would have been Lacks’ 103rd birthday.
Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old mother of five, died of cervical cancer on 4 October 1951.
Settlement talks scheduled in Henrietta Lacks family’s lawsuit seeking compensation for her stolen cells
Lawsuits alleging profits have been made from stolen, regenerative biological material aren’t common. But if the strategy works, this could become the first in a series of complaints seeking compensation for and control of Lacks’ cells.
Eric Marshall sits at his dinner table reviewing his 529 program folder to find documentation supporting his claim of the money he is owed after almost two decades of saving for his kids’ college tuition on March 11, 2023.
Families who invested in Maryland 529 plans win long-fought battle with state over earnings
Parents who invested in the state's prepaid tuition program to save for college called State Treasurer Dereck Davis’ decision to set a 6% earnings rate on their contributions an overdue victory.
Photo collage of patient in medical gown sitting on exam table, reading chat bubbles that partially obscure white doctor’s coats and stethoscopes hung on the wall.
Johns Hopkins Medicine joins national move to charge patients for messaging their doctor
Johns Hopkins medical offices will begin charging a fee to send some messages through its online patient portal, according to a memo to staff obtained by The Baltimore Banner. The change goes into effect July 18.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Carroll County woman, 76, charged with murder, accused of bludgeoning her husband with a cane
Gail D'Anthony told first responders her husband, John, was in cardiac arrest. But an autopsy revealed he had suffered extensive injuries, including lacerations, broken bones and black eyes, inconsistent with a natural death.
The Homeland sign near Loyola University, defaced with a slur at some point following the 2023 Baltimore Pride Parade on June 24, was temporarily patched up by the following afternoon.
As Baltimore Pride ends, Homeland neighborhood sign vandalized with anti-gay slur
The ‘e’ in the hand-carved, wooden sign situated at the corner of Charles Street and St. Albans Way was taped over and replaced with a spray-painted ‘o’.
Photo collage of red torn image of Virgin Mary and child statue, with dark background that includes number 149 and redaction boxes.
Final name stripped from Maryland report on Catholic sex abuse is nun from Philadelphia
With the identification of the late Philadelphia nun, all the names have been unmasked in the attorney general report.
Photo collage showing statue of man cradling infant in arms next to image of priest and boy sitting in pews reading Bibles, overlayed with variety of short and long white redaction boxes.
Unmasked: Catholic high school teacher returned to classroom after abuse claim
A former teacher at the old Cardinal Gibbons High School has been identified as one of the redacted names in the attorney general's report on sex abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Photo collage of page from Baltimore archdiocese directory of parishes next to page from 1973 newspaper including photo of St. Ann’s in Baltimore, with red border and red redaction marks sprinkled over the image.
Two more alleged Catholic Church abusers revealed: ‘It still haunts me’
Two alleged abusers whose names were redacted in the Maryland Attorney General's report on child sexual abuse have been identified as Michael V. Scriber and the Rev. Joseph G. Fiorentino.
David Lorenz speaks at sidewalk news conference along with abuse survivors and advocates who are part of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, on May 8, 2023 outside of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
‘They are all still at large’: Clergy abuse survivors call for suspensions, release of names after investigative articles
Fallout begins over church sexual abuse report; one official, Monsignor Richard Woy, resigned from the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center’s board of directors.
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