Aspiring teen models from rural America: run for the hills if your prospective agent claims he's a good Christian who will help you grow your faith, and then invites you to pay to live in his pseudo-harem with other teen models. Unless his name is Tim Tebow, of course. Two more models have sued Aristeo Tengco, who runs Emmanuel New York Models, for continually groping them while preaching the Bible. “He controlled everything I wore. He controlled every aspect of my life,” 17-year-old Jessica Lee told the News. “And there was the groping. When we’d hug, it was very sexual. He’d run his hands down my back and grab my butt.” more ›

Aspiring models: if your prospective agent claims to your parents he's a good Christian and then invites you to pay to live in his pseudo-harem with other teen models, perhaps you should run in the other direction. Hayden Holt is suing former agent Aristeo Tengco, whom she claims repeatedly groped her and refused to pay her when she fled his apartment-turned-model boarding house. According to her lawsuit, 19-year-old Holt was “working and living under relentless and severe and pervasive sex-based hostility and fear.” more ›

Hey, people looking to get rid of your spouses who are afflicted with Alzheimer's, a Very Important Christian has given you an out: Pat Robertson said on the 700 Club that it's totally fine to divorce your spouse if he or she has Alzheimer's, even if you have cried while watching The Notebook. more ›

Hey ladies, do you have "a thing" for fat political hacks who drag their lovers around by their hair and slash their faces with broken glass? If so, we've got just the guy for you. His name is Hiram Monserrate, and he is back on the market! more ›

A Catholic nurse is suing Mount Sinai Medical Center for allegedly forcing her to assist in performing an abortion, despite having knowledge of her objections towards the procedure. Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo's boss allegedly threatened her with charges "insubordination and patient abandonment," if she did not comply. The suit filed at the Brooklyn Supreme Court charges the hospital with violating the state policy that employees may decline to participate in the procedure. Cenzon-DeCarlo had previously said of the day, "It felt like a horror film unfolding...I felt violated and betrayed." more ›

A 2004 lawsuit that claimed Salvation Army tried to spread its Evangelical message through government-funded socials services came to a settlement today. From now on NY City agencies will monitor the organization to make sure it's maintaining proper church-state separation. “This agreement protects the religious freedom of all New Yorkers who rely on faith-based organizations for crucial government-funded social services,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NY Civil Liberties Union, the group that brought the suit. “No one should be subject to proselytizing because they need foster care, adoption, child care or H.I.V. services.” more ›

A nurse is suing Mount Sinai Hospital, claiming the institution "forced" her to assist with an abortion, despite her pleas. The Post reports, "The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse alleges in a lawsuit." more ›

Erstwhile principal and school founder Debbie Almontaser made the front page of The New York Times today. The article is about how a woman who attempted to found a school based on cultural and religious understanding was forced from her position as the principal thanks to the resistance of spirited opponents. more ›