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A 20-something transient was shot outside this church Sunday morning. (credit: CBS)

Knife-Wielding Burglary Suspect Shot Outside Van Nuys Church

A security guard shot and wounded a man he said was acting suspiciously outside a Van Nuys church Sunday morning.

2013/05/12

3 Men Sought In Safe Theft From Armenian Church In Santa Ana

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects wanted for stealing a safe from an Orange County Armenian church.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2013/05/07

A fire gutted a church on Crenshaw Boulevard. Parishioners found an unlikely place to hold services. (credit: CBS)

Parishioners Find Interesting Place To Worship In Wake Of Fire That Gutted Church

Investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of a suspicious fire that gutted a local church.

2013/04/28

Rick Warren's son, Matthew, died Friday evening. (credit: Saddleback Church)

Autopsy Confirms Pastor’s Son Died Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Autopsy results have determined that the adult son of Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said Monday.

2013/04/08

*Not the Kind of Sign, You Might Expect from the Church

I can’t promise that all of these are authentic (a church sign generator online is pretty hilarious), but having spent a couple of years in the Midwest and the South, I wouldnt bet against them […]

2013/03/15

Westboro Baptist Protests SaMo High For ‘Embracing Sodomy’

Protesters from a controversial Kansas church staged a protest at a Westside high school Monday.

2013/02/25

LAPD Reviews Files Of Alleged Abuse In LA Archdiocese

Detectives on Tuesday began investigating new evidence that could lead to prosecutions in alleged abuse cases in the Roman Catholic church.

2013/02/05

(Credit: 1994 Los Angeles Catholic DIrectory /CBS)

LAUSD Investigating Why Former Priest Was Hired After Admitting To Sexual Relations With Teen

The Los Angeles Unified School District was investigating Monday how a former priest, who admitted to a sexual relationship with an underage girl, was employed by the school system.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2013/02/04

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Archbishop Gomez Relieves Cardinal Mahony Of All Administrative, Public Duties

While apologizing to victims who were sexually abused by members of the clergy, LA’s Archbishop José H. Gomez also Thursday announced he was stripping his predecessor — Cardinal Roger Mahony — of all administrative and public church duties.

2013/01/31

Church of the Good Shepherd (courtesy Facebook.com/CGSUM)

2 Churches Vandalized In Arcadia; Hate Crime Suspected

Police on Wednesday were investigating reported break-ins at two Arcadia church buildings over the last two weeks.

2013/01/30

Suspected Kidnapper Who Escaped Deputies In Malibu Captured In Maywood

A kidnapping and car theft suspect who escaped from custody in Malibu Monday was captured in Maywood Tuesday afternoon.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2013/01/29

Jose Mendez Vazquez (credit: Torrance Police Department)

LA-Area Worship Leader Charged With Molesting 4-Year-Old In 2008

A 67-year-old man who worked as a worship leader at several churches throughout the South Bay has been accused of sexually molesting a 4-year-old girl in 2008.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2013/01/09

Cardinal Roger Mahony (L) listens as his successor, San Antonio, Texas Archbishop Jose Gomez (R), during a news conference at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

LA Archdiocese Ordered To Release Names Of Priests Accused Of Abuse

A Superior Court judge has ordered the L.A. Archdiocese to publicly disclose the names of any high-ranking Catholic church officials mentioned in over 30,000 pages of documents involving alleged cases of sexual abuse.

2013/01/07

1 Year Later, San Pedro Church Still Mourns Slain Member

Members of a San Pedro church held a moment of silence Monday in memory of a 60-year-old usher who was murdered after a service on Christmas Eve of last year.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/12/24

Church Parishioner’s Widow Makes Emotional Plea To Find Killer

The widow of a downtown Los Angeles church deacon who was fatally shot while attempting to stop a graffiti vandal asked the public for help in hunting down her husband’s killer.

2012/11/08