A 46-year old mother from Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for child endangerment after claiming God would protect her child. The mother, whose name was withheld by the Toowoomba District Court, was charged with gross negligence in 2019 and was sentenced on July 15, 2021. The jury took just over an hour to reach a verdict.

On July 15, Rev. Michael Cote, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, announced that the diocese filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The announcement was made amidst the string of lawsuits related to alleged sexual abuse at the Academy at Mount Saint John School.

California court ordered the dismissal of a criminal case against a Mexican megachurch leader on procedural grounds.

Defrocked French priest who acknowledged sexually abusing scouts over a 20-year period was sentenced to five years in prison.

Canada’s Justice Minister David Lametti put forward a bill that would ban anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy.