SECURITY. Religious leaders say they are taking a variety of steps to protect their congregations, including controlling access, instituting drills and making plans for what to do in what one security expert said called a ‘low probability but ultra-high consequence event.’

04 Jun 2026 | 11:48

In June 2015, nine worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, S.C., were killed when a person who had been invited in for Bible study began shooting.

Three years later, a gunman opened fire during Saturday morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh,...