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Prominent Texas Congregation Votes to Leave United Methodist Church

Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas had waged an unusually public campaign against the denomination’s demands for control.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas last month.
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New York Archdiocese Close to Settling Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million

The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan. The Archdiocese of New York includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and several Hudson Valley communities.
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