RNS Morning Report: The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency

Top Stories The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency (RNS) — The changes come as the denomination prepares to welcome a new presiding bishop with a history of bringing abuse to light.   California Baptists cut staff, citing decline in Cooperative Program Giving (RNS) — Overall giving to the SBC’s national funding program is down about 2%.   Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters (RNS) — ‘The record before this Court makes clear that the Texas Attorney General’s use of the request to examine documents from Annunciation House was a pretext to justify its harassment of Annunciation House employees and the persons seeking refuge,’ Judge Francisco Dominguez wrote.   For Israel’s Reform Jews, no need to follow US peers in ordaining rabbis in interfaith marriages JERUSALEM (RNS) — 'In America there is a high rate of interfaith marriages. Here, that issue is irrelevant to us,' said Nachman Shai, dean of the HUC-JIR Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.   Lawsuits challenging abortion bans on religious freedom grounds falter (RNS) — Advocates argue the legal strategy that abortion bans violate religious freedom are not yet dead. In both the Missouri and Kentucky cases, appeals are planned. RNS Opinion The Americans with Disabilities Act is still doing its work. Churches should join in. (RNS) — A church that includes people with disabilities is a more radiant church.   Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school, but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga (The Conversation) — Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country. ICYMI After Morris allegations, Texas legislators vow to expand statutes of limitations on abuse FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — ‘These actions demand public exposure, should never be tolerated, and any person who harms a child should and must be held accountable,’ said Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline.   Partners of US Catholic bishops’ social justice department adjust after layoffs (RNS) — ‘We are hoping that there is some kind of alternative plan to keep the church going, to keep the justice and peace programs going, to keep our advocacy work going,’ said Steven Nabieu Rogers, executive director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network. In Other News Charles Carroll of Carrollton: a ‘patriotic’ Catholic Founding Father Some legislators lean into religion in public education as Supreme Court leans right   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend