Read The Los Angeles Times obituary, “Televangelist Oral Roberts dies; pioneering preacher of the ‘prosperity gospel’ was 91.”

Read Charisma magazine’s obituary.

June 25, 2009, Associated Press article posted on FoxNews.com about the “exorcism” of a gay teenager by a group of Connecticut church elders in 2009. The article includes video of the “exorcism.”

Read an April 5, 2013, article published by Reuters about Pope Francis’ first statement on clergy sex abuse. He urged the church to “act decisively” when dealing with accusations of sexual misconduct.

Read a June 18, 2013, article published by The New York Times about the release of documents that trace the beginnings of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy back to 1932.

Read a July 2, 2013, article published by The Christian Science Monitor about the clergy abuse scandal in Milwaukee. Newly released documents reveal plans to pay abusive priests to leave the church. The Milwaukee archdiocese is currently enmeshed in bankruptcy court after facing accusation of fraud from victims of sexual abuse.

Sept. 27, 2009, The Vancouver Sun article about the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit where the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu jointly received the Fetzer Prize for Love and Forgiveness.

Dr. Tim White is the senior and founding pastor at Washington Cathedral in Redmond, Wash. He has led the creation of five non-profit foundations that are primary outreaches into neighboring communities and that now extend worldwide.

Statement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on DOMA and Proposition 8.