TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and ...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, ...

ST. LOUIS -- A Phelps County pastor whose school for troubled boys was raided by authorities last year prepared to face charges this week of abusing a 16-year-old resident. The Rev. Joseph Intagliata ...

But on the day that now concerns the US Supreme Court — the radical Christians of the Westboro Baptist Church were very careful: “Nobody went near that funeral. We never go near any funeral. We don’t ...

Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting the funerals of members of the military, is “on the edge of death,” according to his estranged son. Nate Phelps wrote on ...

Despite a $10.9-million jury award against him this week for picketing at a funeral of a soldier who died in Iraq, Pastor Fred Phelps and his church in Kansas will reportedly not be deterred from ...

Throughout his life, Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, a small congregation made up almost entirely of his extended family, tested the boundaries of free speech, violating accepted societal ...

Associated Press file photo by Orlin Wagner -- The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. prepares July 1, 2007, to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Phelps, the founder of the Kansas church known ...