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Former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have been dismissed from a sexual abuse lawsuit against Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee member Paul Pressler.

Fox News on Tuesday agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million as part of a settlement that also included a statement from Fox saying it acknowledges it made false statements about Dominion in the days and weeks after the 2020 election. Dominion alleged that Fox News hosts knowingly told lies about the company that damaged its reputation. The settlement came just before a jury trial was set to begin and less than a month after a judge ruled that the evidence “demonstrates that it’s CRYSTAL clear that none of the Statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true.”

A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit involving a student who accused a former Southern Baptist Convention leader and an SBC-affiliated seminary of mishandling a case of sexual abuse.

Judah and Chelsea Smith’s Churchome, a Washington state megachurch, is at the center of a class-action lawsuit filed by current and former employees over the church's alleged required tithing policy.

Officials in Maine are being sued by a local church over a state law that requires schools to adhere to an LGBT anti-discrimination policy in order to participate in a school tuition program.

Pastor Greg Locke says he will counter-sue the Wilson County Government in Tennessee after the county sued Locke for zoning violation and “excessive noise” at the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet.

A group of 38 church congregations is leaving the United Methodist Church and suing the denomination over its disaffiliation procedures.

Former megachurch pastor and Southern Baptist president Rev. Johnny Hunt is suing the Southern Baptist Convention for defamation.

A Black man on Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s executive leadership team has filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing the organization of discrimination.

Former Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. is suing the school for more than $8 million, alleging he is owed retirement funds that were never paid.