French Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Girl Claims Abuse by Catholic Priest Turned Him Into Pedophile; Sues Vatican for $54K

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French Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Girl Claims Abuse by Catholic Priest Turned Him Into Pedophile; Sues Vatican for $54K

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Christian Post Report – Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Southwest Regional Director Mary Grant (R) speaks at a news conference commenting on the release of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles documents on priests accused in sex abuse cases at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles October 12, 2005. The documents reveal that Church officials moved accused priests between counseling and new assignments for decades.

An elderly French man who has been convinced of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl has said that sex abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of a Roman Catholic priest turned him into a pedophile. The man added that he is suing the Vatican for $54,000.

Emmanuel Ludot, the lawyer for the 64-year-old French man who was not named, told France’s RTL channel that his client is demanding punishment for the 82-year-old priest who abused him.

The French man is claiming that the priest, who cannot be jailed due to the statute of limitations, began abusing him when he was 12 at a boarding school. The incidents of sexual assault allegedly continued for several years.

“My client is pursuing this priest to allow him a speedier recovery. He has been in therapy for many years and it’s imperative that his attacker is condemned by justice,” Ludot said, adding that his client “lives with these paedophilic impulses like a disease.”

The 64-year-old man is reportedly suing the Vatican for moving the priest to Switzerland in an effort to conceal his crimes, when allegations of abuse first started surfacing several decades ago.

“In the coming days, I will pursue the Holy See, who installed the priest, who gave him a shelter in the ’80s when he was shamed by his victims,” the French man said.

The Vatican, now led by Pope Francis, has been increasing its efforts to bring to justice priests who have abused minors. In June, it created a new tribunal meant to deal with cases against bishops who have protected priests instead of their victims.

“The move marks an important step in the ongoing process to hold Church leaders accountable for the actions of abusive priests — something that abuse survivors have insisted is essential to both the healing and prevention efforts,” the Vatican Radio reported last month.

Several reports, such as one by The New York Times, noted that until Francis, no pope had publicly confronted or demoted bishops accused of gross negligence on such issues.

The psychological effects on children who have suffered abuse continue to be studied. A 2003 study by London’s Institute of Child Health found that close to one in 10 male victims of child sex abuse in the U.K. later go on to abuse children as adults. The study also found that abused children from severely dysfunctional families faced the highest risk of such a fate.

“The message here is that sexual victimization alone is not sufficient to suggest a boy is likely to grow up to become a sex offender,” study author and psychiatrist Arnon Bentovim told WebMD at the time.

“But our study does show that abused boys who grow up in families where they are exposed to a great deal of violence or neglect are at particular risk.

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Are Christians Joining Boko Haram for Financial Gain?

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Are Christians Joining Boko Haram for Financial Gain?

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Christian Post Report – Members attend a memorial church service for victims of a suicide bomb attack at St. Theresa’s Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, December 23, 2012. Boko Haram has killed hundreds in its campaign to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria and is the biggest threat to stability in Africa’s top oil exporter.This Christmas, the police and military are expecting more trouble in the north. They’ve ordered security to be tightened, people’s movement restricted and churches to be guarded.But such is the commitment to religion in a country with Africa’s largest Christian population that millions of people will pack out thousands of churches in the coming days. It is impossible to protect everyone, security experts say. Picture taken December 23, 2012.

A University College of London professor who specializes in the study of history and culture of northern Nigeria claims Christians are joining Boko Haram for financial gain.

During a roundtable discussion with fellow researchers at the European Conference on African Studies in Paris earlier this month, professor Murray Last asserted the terrorist organization employs Christians looking to earn a living, according to a soundbite from the event obtained by Radio France International.

“It’s quite profitable joining Boko Haram because you not only loot places, but you share the loot out at the end. I think is important to realize is that there are plenty of Christians who are part of Boko Haram because it’s a job,” Last said during the discussion on the topic titled: “Within and Around Boko Haram in Nigeria.”

He further asserted that being a member of Boko Haram was a “good job” and claimed that they could be paid $400 dollars a month without having to engage in any type of combat.

During an interview with The Christian Post, Last defended his claims, saying “I did mean to say that some of those involved with Boko Haram are (said to be) Christian.”

“Among those saying so are local Christian men with kinsmen supposedly in Boko Haram and local journalists who report that some Boko Haram [members] taken prisoner by the Nigerian army turned out to be Christians from the south of Nigeria,” he continued.

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    Map of the Lake Chad area in Central Africa locating recent attacks by Boko Haram militants.

“Furthermore, in talking about the economy of Boko Haram, it is known that some of those trading with Boko Haram are from non-Muslim parts of Nigeria. My general point is that Boko Haram can attract all sorts, including those needing a job or a profit. And they can come from anywhere in Nigeria as well as from outside Nigeria.”

Todd Nettleton, the director of media and public relations for Voice of the Martyrs, an organization dedicated to assisting persecuted Christians throughout the world with staff located in Nigeria, challenged Last’s claim when asked by CP to comment on the allegation that Christians have willingly joined Boko Haram.

“No number is given, so it’s hard to know what his idea of ‘plenty’ is. I know of no evidence of Christians willingly joining Boko Haram outside of this one person making that claim,” Nettleton said.

“The other thing that comes to mind is how quickly Boko Haram announced (with video ‘evidence’) that the kidnapped Chibok school girls had ‘willingly converted’ to Islam after their kidnapping. If Boko Haram welcomed Christians, then why would these girls be forced or even encouraged to convert to Islam? And how strong is a person’s Christian faith if they would be willing to join a group like Boko Haram that celebrates violence and death?” Nettleton asked.

Nina Shea, an International human rights lawyer and director of the U.S.-based Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, has worked closely with Nigerians who’ve survived attacks from Boko Haram. Based on what they’ve told her, Shea said the terrorist group would never tolerate co-existence with Christians.

“I’ve interviewed Christian survivors who independently tell the same story: Boko Haram gunmen come to their homes and demand that the male head of household convert to Islam on the spot. If they refuse, they are shot dead. I’ve interviewed female witnesses and a male survivor who was shot in the face,” Shea told CP.

“Boko Haram is utterly intolerant of any degree of coexistence with Christians. Its leader Shekau has sworn allegiance to ISIS and rivals ISIS in its brutality toward Christians. ISIS’ English propaganda magazine Dabiq recently praised Boko Haram for its practice of making Christian women sex slaves for its jihadists,” she added.

Since 2009, Boko Haram has perpetrated the killing of over over 10,000 Nigerians, including thousands of Christians. The group also has used women and children as suicide bombers, according to a recent UNICEF report.

Earlier this month, the terrorist group attempted to strike a deal with the Nigerian government to release more than 200 kidnapped Chibok school girls, who were taken captive in April of last year, in exchange for government detained Boko Haram militant leaders.

An estimated 276 girls were kidnapped, and around 219 are still being held captive after some managed to escape.

Shea, who is close to the negotiations between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram, has also had contact with some of the escapees who explained to her what it was like to be held captive by the terrorist group.

“I have spoken to several of the Chibok girls who escaped in the first two days and would not be surprised if not all the missing Chibok schoolgirls have survived their ordeal,” Shea told CP earlier this month. “Some serious observers suspect that some of the girls are the female suicide bombers that have become common over the past year.”

“These girls, most of whom are Christian, have borne unspeakable persecution and every possibility should be pursued to rescue them,” added Shea, who believes the Nigerian government should do everything possible to ensure their rescue.

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Deal Quickly with Sin

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Deal Quickly with Sin

Christian Post Report – A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
— Galatians 5:9

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    Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California, shares the Gospel with a sold-out crowd of 19,000 for Harvest America at the American Airlines Center and Victory Park in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 5, 2014.

Israel committed a great sin. They knew better. They were God’s chosen, covenant people. They had seen his power demonstrated time and time again. They saw the Red Sea parted as they passed through, and they saw it close on the pursuing Egyptian army. They saw manna provided every morning. They saw God’s fire by night and His cloud by day. They saw miracle after miracle. They made a promise to obey God on three separate occasions. Much had been given to Israel, and much was expected from Israel.

So when they worshiped the golden calf that Aaron formed from the jewelry they willingly gave him, it was a radical sin. And it would be dealt with harshly. When Moses arrived, he threw down the commandments, took their golden calf, ground it into powder, put it into water, and then made them drink it. Then he gave the command for a number of them to be put to death for their sin.

It almost seems unfair that God would deal so harshly with these people. But frankly, God doesn’t owe us the time of day, much less an explanation of why He does or does not do certain things. He just does what He is going to do.

Basically God was saying, “I hate sin. It will not be tolerated. It must be dealt with swiftly, lest it spreads and do even more harm.”

The Bible compares sin to leaven, which is yeast that is put into bread to cause it to rise before baking. It is always a picture of evil in the Bible. We could say that sin is like cancer. It needs to be cut out before it metastasizes, before it spreads through someone’s system. That is why the Lord tells us to deal quickly with sin.

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Tamar Braxton Says She’s Grateful for Harsh Criticism From Bishop T.D. Jakes

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Tamar Braxton Says She’s Grateful for Harsh Criticism From Bishop T.D. Jakes

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Christian Post Report – Tamar Braxton performs “I Don’t Have You” during the 2015 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, June 28, 2015.

Tamar Braxton, the Christian singer who was scolded by Bishop T.D. Jakes along with her four sisters on WE tv’s “Braxton Family Values,” is singing the preacher’s praises after enduring a few tough therapy sessions with him.

Bishop Jakes, the senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, appeared on two episodes of the hit WE tv show where he chastised the five celebrity women for their constant bickering and the dissension that has grow between them.

“If you were my daughters, I would go ballistic,” Jakes told sisters Tamar, Trina, Traci, Towanda and Toni on their show. “They’d have to cut the cameras off.”

After receiving Jakes’ harsh criticism, 38-year-old Tamar spoke about the experience during a radio interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez.

“Bishop T.D. Jakes came on and he gave us our life,” she said in the interview with Power 105.1 DJ, Angie Martinez.

When host Martinez asked Tamar about the best advice she received from Jakes, the singer spoke about encouraging herself.

“He told me, ‘Stop looking for people to clap for you. Clap for yourself,’ meaning, be proud of yourself and be proud of your accomplishments,” Braxton told Martinez on Monday.

“I don’t know why I would feel like every time I come in the room everybody’s supposed to be cheering, ‘Go Tamar!’ No, these are my own dreams and goals, and aspirations, so I should clap for me, because I set those goals for myself.”

The advice came to Tamar in a one-on-one meeting with Jakes, where the singer spoke about her issues with her sister being career related.

“It’s very difficult, because I’m alone. I don’t have the support from my siblings and I really want that,” Tamar told Jakes on “Braxton Family Values.” ” It’s just very difficult to feel ostracized, and to feel when wonderful things happen you can’t share it with your family.”

Jakes gave Tamar a piece of advice about enjoying her career, regardless of the praise or criticism she receives.

“Since you’ve waited all your life to have this moment, isn’t it important that you enjoy that moment without the nagging gnawing inner voice of criticism that says, ‘this moment is tainted because somebody I love didn’t clap for me,'”Jakes told her. “You cannot deny yourself of what you have worked hard to get and how God has blessed you, especially if you’re sure in your heart that you’ve been fair.”

The Braxton sisters grew up in the church raised by parents who worked in ministry. And Tamar previously spoke about her spiritual roots.

“Both of my parents at one time were pastors of their own churches and I learned a lot from that,” she told Flaunt magazine. “But not until I was an adult did I understand it and know for myself.”

In 2013, the Christian singer told Ebony magazine that God is the only reason for her success.

“I had to be really strong in my faith and I know if it wasn’t for God, I would not be here,” she said in the Ebony interview.

“Braxton Family Values” airs at 9 p.m. ET Thursdays on WE tv.

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1,500-Year-Old Burned Parchment Deciphered as Book of Leviticus, Contains God’s Instructions to Moses

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1,500-Year-Old Burned Parchment Deciphered as Book of Leviticus, Contains God’s Instructions to Moses

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Christian Post Report – A preservationist works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem October 18, 2010. Israel Antiquities Authority,the custodian of the scrolls that shed light on the life of Jews and early Christians at the time of Jesus, say it was collaborating with Google’s research and development centre in Israel to upload digitized images of the entire collection.

Researchers have finally been able to decipher, using hi-tech technology, a burned parchment originally discovered 45 years ago at the Dead Sea, and found it to be a part of the book of Leviticus from a 1,500-year-old Torah scroll.

“The deciphering of the fragment, which was a puzzle for us for 45 years, is very exciting,” said Sefi Porath, who led the Ein Gedi excavations, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Live Science noted that the parchment is the oldest piece discovered from a Hebrew Bible since the Dead Sea Scrolls, which date back close to 2,000 years ago.

The scroll is so badly charred that it is illegible to the naked eye, and for decades it was impossible for researchers to pull out enough information from the parchment.

“This discovery absolutely astonished us; we were certain it was just a shot in the dark but decided to try and scan the burnt scroll anyway,” said Pnina Shor, curator and director of the IAA’s Dead Sea Scrolls project.

Scientists used a microcomputed tomography machine to scan the scrolls, which according to Brent Seales, a professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky, is “just like what they do in the doctor’s office but at a very high resolution, probably a hundred times more accurate than the medical procedures that we do.”

The software was then able to decipher the first eight verses of Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The verses include God giving instructions to Moses, and begin:

“The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them:” ‘When anyone among you brings an offering to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock,'” (Leviticus 1:1-2).

Seales explained that the researchers did not even know they would discover writing on the parchment, and so “it was absolutely a big mystery revealed right at the lab.”

Porath added that Ein Gedi, where the scroll was discovered, was a prosperous Jewish village in the Byzantine period during the fourth through seventh centuries CE.

“The settlement was completely burned to the ground, and none of its inhabitants ever returned to reside there again, or to pick through the ruins in order to salvage valuable property,” he said.

“In the archeological excavations of the burnt synagogue, in addition to the charred scroll fragments, we found a bronze seven-branched menorah, the community’s money box containing 3,500 coins, glass and ceramic oil lamps, and vessels that held perfume.”

The Dead Sea Scrolls, which are the oldest written records of the Old Testament ever found, offer insight into the customs and religion of ancient Israelis, including information on the birth of Christianity.

The scrolls, many of which are believed to have been written between the third and first centuries BCE, were hidden in 11 caves in the Judean desert on the shores of the Dead Sea, around 68 BCE, apparently to protect them from Roman armies.

Back in September 2011, a joint effort by Israel’s national museum and Google made the ancient texts available online for all to see.

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Jill Duggar Dillard Shares Christian Conversion Update From Central America Mission

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Jill Duggar Dillard Shares Christian Conversion Update From Central America Mission

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Christian Post Report – Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard, and baby Israel.

Jill and Derrick Dillard announced on social media Saturday that their young family is settling into their lives as missionaries in Central America; though their son, Israel, is adjusting faster than his parents are at the moment.

In a blog post shared with their followers, the former “19 Kids and Counting” stars said they’ve adjusted well to being missionaries and said their 2 month old son, Israel David, is adapting well to the new environment. Jill, 24, and Derrick, 26, said previously that they felt called to share the Gospel of Jesus around the world and already the pair has helped at least one woman give her life to Christ.

“We are so excited to announce that we have safely arrived on the mission field and we can now tell you that we are in Central America! Israel seems to be adjusting to the new climate, culture, food (via mom’s milk), and language faster than Jill and I are,” they wrote on July 18.

Earlier this month, the Duggar family opted to not disclose Jill and Derrick’s destination, citing “security reasons.”

“It is encouraging to already see some of the ways God is changing the hearts of the people here,” the Dillards’ blog post read. “Just seven days ago, I had the joy of witnessing one elderly woman give lordship of her life to Christ.

“This transpired just one day after her Christian son was restored to fellowship in his local church. We were at the man’s house ministering to him with encouragement from God’s Word when the opportunity was presented to share the hope of the Gospel with his mother. It’s our prayer, and we ask you to please pray with us, that many more would repent of their ways and turn to God’s way for their life.”

The couple, who wed on June 21 of last year, previously opened up about why they felt called to do missionary work abroad.

“We have a deep love and care for all of the world and a real passion for those in the nations, as many have even seen in the early stages of our relationship, and our hope is that all peoples of the world would come to repentance and put their hope in the Lord, Jesus Christ,” the pair wrote earlier this month in a blog post titled “Ministry.” “God has put a desire in our hearts to serve Him internationally for longer than the typical short-term mission trip.”

The Dillards’ decision to travel abroad came more than one month after Jill came forward as one of five victims allegedly molested by her brother, Josh, when he was 14. Jessa Duggar, 22, is also identified as one of his victims, although both sisters have since forgiven him.

The molestation scandal sparked a firestorm of criticism in May which led to Josh resigning from his position as a director with Family Research Council Action and issuing a heartfelt apology, which stated that he’s “deeply sorry” for what he described as “my wrongdoing.”

Last week, TLC, formerly known as The Learning Channel, announced the cancellation of its long-running reality TV series “19 Kids and Counting,” less than two months after the show was suspended in the wake of Josh’s molestation case.

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Fantasia Barrino Says God Didn’t Forget About Her on Wedding Day

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Fantasia Barrino Says God Didn’t Forget About Her on Wedding Day

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Christian Post Report – Singer Fantasia Barrino arrives for the American Theatre Wing’s 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, June 8, 2014.

Singer Fantasia Barrino is asking fans to be happy for her now that she’s married the man she believes God created for her.

Barrino, 31, took to social media to share images from her wedding ceremony held on a boat with her new husband, Kendall Taylor, the CEO of Metro Transportation in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“Can you see it? How Happy I am ..,” the singer wrote. “This man … God made him just for me and me just for him. This man covers and prays for me and my children EVERY morning.”

The season three “American Idol” winner posted images of herself in her wedding gown standing next to her husband while on a boat Monday, but didn’t reveal any details about the date or location the nuptials took place.

Barrino shared her newlywed excitement with over 1 million Instagram followers while insisting that God remembered her in her time of need.

“HE COVERS ME. Be Happy with me you guys cause I’ve been thru SOOOOO much. Some stuff was my wrong decisions but all I ever really wanted was this. Real Love,” she wrote on Instagram. “This Man and this smile is real. Later you guys bye bye for a while. God did not forget about me.”

Since 2014, Barrino has been showcasing Taylor on social media while thanking God for answering her prayers in the form of her husband.

“God, I thank you!!! He’s everything I prayed for,” Barrino wrote on Instagram last November. “To feel protected and to have someone to Cover me in prayer. To believe when I don’t Believe. Man!!!”

Taylor serves as a mentor in the Charlotte Mentors of Valor Empowered program, where his biography states that he has given his life to Jesus Christ after overcoming a sordid past filled with sex, drugs and alcohol.

“He was arrested and incarcerated in a facility hundreds of miles from home and it was in that place, at that time, that he began to clearly hear and respond to the call of God on his life. He laid down the failures of his past and began to carry his cross for the sake of Christ,” his biography states on the organization’s website. “Today, Kendall is determined to win souls who are lost or who lack direction. … He has set his sights on the work of the Lord and prepares himself daily as he battles for the men who want to be what God has destined for them to be.”

Radar Online previously published information about the details concerning Taylor’s criminal past, which included a number of arrests from 1996 to 2007.The website reported that Taylor was a convicted felon who was previously arrested for a number of charges that include firearm possession, assault of a female, and drug possession. While some of Barrino’s fans took to social media to warn her about the relationship, the singer insisted Taylor’s past provides a platform for God to use him.

“I think about all the things he has told me and I’m like, man!!! Nothing but God,” the singer wrote on Instagram last year. “You can’t tell me God won’t take something out of nothing and turn it into SOMETHING I love this man and he is crazy about me.”

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Evelyn Lozada on Overcoming Traumatic Loss of Baby in Miscarriage: ‘God Doesn’t Make Mistakes’ (Video)

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Evelyn Lozada on Overcoming Traumatic Loss of Baby in Miscarriage: ‘God Doesn’t Make Mistakes’ (Video)

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    While Evelyn Lozada is devastated over the miscarriage she suffered earlier this year, the reality TV star said she wholeheartedly believes it was in God’s will, because He “doesn’t make mistakes,” and hopes other women can find hope and healing after learning about her painful ordeal.

    Two years after her departure from “Basketball Wives,” the VHChristian Post Report – 1 reality TV series that launched her to stardom in 20Christian Post Report – 10, Lozada is back on TV, this time in her own reality TV show “Livin’ Lozada,” which premiered July Christian Post Report – 1Christian Post Report – 1 on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network.

    On Saturday’s episode, viewers saw the 39-year-old mother of two come to grips with the devastating loss of her pre-born baby during the sixth week of pregnancy.

    “This was just another tragic incident in my life that I had to deal with. But I say God doesn’t make mistakes. Women just need to hold out hope,” Lozada told People.com.

    The Bronx native shares a Christian Post Report – 15-month-old son, Carl Leo, with her fiance, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford, and has a 2Christian Post Report – 1-year-old daughter, Shaniece, from a previous relationship.

    Lozada, who did not respond to CP’s request for comment for this story by press time, told People that she initially blamed herself for the miscarriage.

    “It’s just something that a woman deals with alone. You have a million and one questions in your mind as to what happened. You just feel responsible. It’s your body. It’s a loss that only you can relate to,” she said.

    Eventually, she came to understand that miscarriages are more common than people realize, particularly during the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy. She also accepted that she was not at fault for her loss.

    “It’s nothing that you ate, or did; it’s not your age. One out of all four to five pregnancies end in miscarriage,” she said. “I have three girlfriends and it’s literally happened to each and every one of them.”

    The reality star has come a long way since she made headlines in 20Christian Post Report – 12 following a headbutt incident involving her ex-husband, NFL star Chad Johnson. After facing a very public divorce from Johnson, Lozada has since found happiness with Crawford.

    “He came into my life at a perfect time. Everything that happened makes me appreciate him Christian Post Report – 1,000 times more and he also makes me a better person,” she previously told Life & Style magazine. “I appreciate everything and I thank God every day for my life. … I’m really lucky and really, really blessed.”