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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.— An Idaho church held an indoor service. Masks optional. 1,000 people came. (0:55)— Jehovah’s Witnesses are among the few groups not taking part in an Australian program meant to help sexual abuse survivors. (5:06)— A pastor and his wife were arrested for taking part in an embezzling scheme. (11:33)— The Supreme Court just made it possible for private religious schools to receive taxpayer money. (16:58)— Sen. Rand Paul hates experts. (24:23)— A powerful megachurch pastor let a potential predator work with kids. Now we know why. (41:18)— A Catholic priest was suspended after comparing Black Lives Matter organizers to maggots. (50:23)— The numbers are in! The Catholic Church spent more than $280 million on sex abuse cases in 2019. (54:20)— “Cancel Culture” doesn’t need to get rid of Darwin. But it wouldn’t matter if he got canceled. (1:02:14)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices