Religion Apologia

AccusedAccusationYear of Apologia
Cardinal Bernard LawKnowing Father John Geoghan was fondling and raping children and doing nothing2002
Henry B. EyringMountain Meadow massacre2007
Jimmy SwaggartCorruption charges as televangelist1988
Mark ApplewhiteHis father, Marshall Applewhite, was the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult1997
Pat RobertsonCalling for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez2005
Pat RobertsonSaying that Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, suffered a stroke as a result of divine intervention for returning land to Palestinians2009
Pope Benedict XVISexual abuses within the Catholic church2010
Pope John Paul IISexual abuses within the Catholic church2000
Ted HaggardAfter condemning homosexuality, it was discovered he paid a male prostitute for sex2009
Devin DurrantAttempting to profit from a non-commercial religious sermon2015
Charles Ellis IIIGroping Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's Funeral2018
Pope FrancisSlapping a woman's hand2019
Archbishop of Montreal Christian LépineAbuse perpetrated by the
Catholic Church against indigenous Canadian Children
2021