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At top, a family photo of Martha Peight, left, at 13 years old, and her brother, Jesse Hostetler, right, at 14, work on their homeschooling lessons sometime between January and May 2002 at their home in Alexandria. Around the time of this photo is when Martha’s father started abusing her, she says. (Courtesy of Martha Peight.)
The Why
Courts & Law

Uncovering abuse in Pa.’s Amish, Mennonite communities

A recent investigation has revealed numerous cases of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite communities. Why has the abuse gone unchecked for so long?

Air Date: June 20, 2019

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Grace Baptist Church of Germantown demolished their 38-year-old community center to make way for the Vision 20/20 project, a new 15,000 square foot energy-efficient building. (Samaria Bailey/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Urban Planning
The Philadelphia Tribune

Demolition marks big step in fulfilling promise at Grace Baptist

Grace Baptist Church of Germantown demolished its community center to make way for a new 15,000-square-foot, energy-efficient building to provide enhanced community services.

7 years ago

The compensation fund for victims of clergy sex abuse opens just a few weeks after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law expanding the state’s civil statute of limitations. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Catholic Church compensation fund for N.J. victims opens this weekend

The first-of-its-kind fund in the Garden State will offer financial settlements to survivors of clergy sex abuse and comes amid an investigation by state AG Gurbir Grewal.

7 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), speaks during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2019 Spring meetings in Baltimore, Md.,Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Community

U.S. Catholic Bishops approve measures to police themselves

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

7 years ago

Survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New court ruling may help older clergy abuse claims proceed

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an evolving legal landscape means a woman can pursue her lawsuit claiming church officials worked to conceal her alleged molestation.

7 years ago

Parishioners pray the Rosary at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania after mass on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, the same day, Pennsylvania Attorney General released his two-year grand jury investigation into widespread sexual abuse and cover-up within six Catholic dioceses across the state. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Catholic Church lobbying costs spiked in Pa. as statute of limitations debate raged

The Catholic Church spent more on lobbying efforts in Pennsylvania than in seven other northeastern U.S. states combined, according to a recent report covering 2011-2018.

7 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza is ready for its closeup

The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from

7 years ago

Members of the Muslim community pray at the end of Ramadan festival Eid al-Fitr in Fairmount Park. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia Eid in the Park brings thousands to celebrate the end of Ramadan

Muslims across the Delaware Valley are celebrating Eid-al-Fitr — a celebration for the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

7 years ago

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Patricia Cahill pauses to collect herself as she recounts her story of child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NPR
Community

Survivors of sexual abuse by nuns want greater visibility for their accusations

Victims of sexual misconduct by nuns say their claims have been swept aside in the larger reckoning around sexual abuse by male Catholic leaders.

7 years ago

(From left) Anas Dabbour, Abbulah Ibrahim, and Munir Odeh work in an assembly line to create boxes of fish, chicken, and lamb dinners at the Al Amana Grocery on May 20, 2019. Dabbour's family established the grocery in 1993, after emigrating from Syria in 1992. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
View Finders
Community

Philadelphia family helps people break their fast during Ramadan

The Dabbour family began to offer meals during Ramadan after an anonymous donor gave them the means to do so six years ago.

7 years ago

Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan
Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

What happens to business when restaurants close for Ramadan?

Proprietors say cooking while you’re thirsty is worth it for faith. And relatively speaking, the monetary hardships don’t weigh heavily on many Muslim restaurateurs.

7 years ago

Darrell Patterson, a devout Seventh Day Adventist, says he was fired after he refused to work on Saturday (Dan Weber/Courtesy General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists)
NPR
Courts & Law

How the fight for religious freedom has fallen victim to the culture wars

The promotion of religious freedom in America, a cause that not long ago had near unanimous support on Capitol Hill, has fallen victim to the culture wars.

7 years ago

The National Museum of American Jewish History opened at 5th and Market streets in Center City in 2010. Ivy Barsky is the museum's CEO. (Dana DiFilippo/WHYY)
Community

CEO of the National Museum of American Jewish History to step down

Ivy Barsky, head of the NMAJH since 2012, is stepping down. The museum has not performed as expected in its building on Independence Mall.

7 years ago

Imam Abdullah Dibba (left) and Mujeeb Choudhary (right) in the men’s prayer room at the Bait-ul-Aafiyat Mosque in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Local mosques invite neighbors to pray, break fast this weekend

Muslim leaders across the U.S. are opening their doors to build understanding.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Goodbye Game of Thrones

How will Game of Thrones end? It’s the question on the minds of over 40 million fans, who are eagerly anticipating the series’ final episode this Sunday.

Air Date: May 17, 2019 10:00 am

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