Emanuel AME

Charleston Considers Another Memorial to Church Victims

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston City Council is considering another memorial to the victims of the shootings at Emanuel AME Church. The council takes up a resolution Tuesday night to dedicate 15 trees outside the city’s new Gaillard Center in memory of those who were killed and wounded during the shootings last June. The street in front of the church…

Emanuel AME Pastor Sues Former Parishioners for Defamation

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The interim pastor of the South Carolina church where nine black church members were shot to death during a Bible study is suing members of his former church for slander. Multiple media organizations reported the Rev. Norvel Goff filed a lawsuit earlier this month against 18 members of the Reid Chapel AME in Columbia. The lawsuit…