Immigration
6 ways religious exemption laws are exploited
Across the country, lawmakers have carved out exemptions from common rules for religious groups, ranging from immigration to land use.
Religion
Major and minor religious organizations and their impact on society
Religion
The religious freedom loophole
In this episode of Reveal, we explore the tricky territory of religious freedom and how different groups have exploited this loophole across the U.S.
The God Loophole
These 6 states have little to no regulation for religious day cares
Most day care facilities are regulated by state agencies. But some states exempt religious day cares from the rules.
Criminal Justice
Glare of the spotlight
In this hour of Reveal, we take you behind the scenes of The Boston Globe’s Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, look at the legacy of the groundbreaking story and see how other journalists went on to expose more crimes by Catholic priests around the world.
Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower
How child sex abusers get reinstated as Jehovah’s Witnesses
One abuse case in Australia highlights a pattern among Jehovah’s Witnesses: Elders fail report child sexual abuse to secular authorities. The perpetrator is kicked out of the organization, only to be reinstated later.
Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower
Jehovah’s Witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police
A case highlights the struggle of courts to interpret a convoluted web of clergy reporting laws that stretches across U.S.
Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower
Another judge criticizes Jehovah’s Witnesses’ court tactics
A panel of judges in Philadelphia has ruled that Jehovah’s Witnesses used an “abusive tactic” to delay a trial in which a woman accused the religion’s leaders of covering up her abuse as a child.
Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower
In England, more accusations that Jehovah’s Witnesses hid sex abuse
Claims that Jehovah’s Witnesses hide child sexual abuse from secular authorities have surfaced again in England. The Daily Mail reported last week that Ian Pheasey, a 54-year-old Jehovah’s Witness, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for choking young girls for sexual gratification in the 1990s. Prosecutor Nicholas Taplow said that Pheasey’s victims were told to
Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower
Reveal mixtape: The best of 2015
Need something to listen to during this holiday season? Now’s the perfect time to check out our show, “Reveal,” public radio’s new investigative reporting show and podcast.
Criminal Justice
Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders say they don’t protect sexual abusers
In the face of evidence that the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 allegations of child sexual abuse, the religion’s leaders say they’re doing a great job of protecting children. The response comes from a 141-page document filed by the Witnesses to an Australian government commission investigating rampant child sexual
