News about Tony Evans

Tony Cammarota (circled), 51, was an associate pastor at Stonebriar Community Church (inset) in Frisco for 17 years before he was fired over a 'moral failure' and 'sin.' Stonebriar did not specify what Cammarota's failure was, but advised members to avoid discussing the matter. 'Please guard against giving the Devil any foothold for more damage to our church through unnecessary speech and speculation,' church leadership said.

After 48 years of preaching, evangelical pastor Dr. Tony Evans is calling it quits at his church because of an unknown sin he committed. Evans, 74, who once served as the chaplain for both the Dallas Cowboys and the Mavericks, announced he was stepping away as senior pastor for the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas via a written statement to his congregation.

IAN HERBERT: It's no apology, of course, that some of the most notorious injustices of modern times have spawned some of the most enthralling moments of drama-documentary television. It was a Thursday night in December 1996 when ITV broadcast Jimmy McGovern's Hillsborough, expressing, among other things, the moment Trevor and Jenni Hicks waved off their daughters Sarah and Vicki to the Leppings Lane stand, never to see them again. It's heartbreaking. Unfortutable. It was journalism that gave the film its greatest importance. McGovern had requested Katy Jones, a world investigative journalist, to collaborate with him. On the day of Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest, she discovered new supporters, including a video technician, Roger Houldsworth, who was on duty in the police control box at the ground.