Pastor charged with sexual abuse A
pastor of the Northwest- ern Minnesota Synod was charged with 16 counts of
felony criminal sexual conduct for acts that allegedly occurred between 2009 and 2014 with juvenile boys. Scott Morey, 42, of Shevlin, Minn., was formerly pastor of Calvary (Winger), Immanuel (Bejou) and Our Savior (McIntosh) Lutheran churches in Minnesota. One of the alleged victims told
a sheriff ’s deputy that Morey had been sexually abusing him for
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about seven years beginning at age 9, according to court documents reported by the Fargo Forum. The documents said Morey allegedly offered his victims money, an iPod and a phone if they engaged in sex- ual acts with him. Lawrence Wohlrabe, synod
bishop, told the Fargo Forum that Morey resigned as pastor Dec. 12 but remains on the clergy roster. “I intended to wait for the court pro- cess to run its course before we con- sider how to carry out the ELCA’s discipline process ...,” he said.
Women start mosque
A Los Angeles interfaith center that once served as a synagogue was the site of a historic worship ser- vice Jan. 30 as dozens gathered for Friday Muslim prayers in what is being dubbed the first women’s-only mosque in the U.S. Although the founder, M. Hasana Maznavi, said women-only spaces have been part of Islamic history for generations, oth- ers question the propriety of females leading prayers that have been tra- ditionally performed by men. In the U.S. nearly all mosques separate the sexes. “We want to work with existing mosques to improve and make them more women friendly,” Maznavi said.
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After heavy rains and flooding killed more than 170 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Malawi, Evangelical Lutheran Development Services (a program of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church in Malawi) responded with emergency items including maize, beans, cooking oil, chlorine, mosquito nets, kitchen utensils, tents and plastic sheets. Lutheran Disaster Response is working with Lutherans in Malawi to respond to needs there. To help, send checks to Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ELCA Gift Pro- cessing Center, P.O. Box 1809, Merri- field, VA 22116-8009 (write “Malawi” on the check memo line) or give by credit card at
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