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Former pastor gets life behind bars for murder of disabled man and more...

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Former pastor gets life behind bars for murder of disabled man and more...

Former pastor gets life behind bars for murder of disabled man

A former pastor was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for ordering the murder of a blind, developmentally disabled man in Baltimore so he could collect $1.4 million in life insurance policies.

In addition to the life sentence, Kevin Jerome Pushia was sentenced to 45 years in prison for charges related to the insurance fraud.

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Vatican Weighs In On Cult-Like Group In Legion of Christ

The Vatican has proposed giving hundreds of women who live like nuns within the troubled Legion of Christ order greater autonomy after a Holy See investigation found serious problems in their regimented communities.

In 2010, former consecrated women spoke of the cult-like conditions they lived in.