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In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Father Reweis Khalil brings the bread (Body of Christ) to worshippers during Sunday service at St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Hampton, VA., on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. Khalil was removed from the priesthood in July. Sally Zakhari has alleged, including in a police report and to Coptic Church officials, that Khalil has sexually abused her. Khalil has denied the allegations through his attorney. (The' N. Pham/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

For Coptic Church, changes, questions after priest ouster

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, journalist and author Shady Lewis Botros poses with a copy of his book, &quot;Ways of the Lord,&quot; in London. The new Arabic-language novel, the author’s first, explores the lives of Egyptian Christians, dealing with discrimination but also a Church aligned with a state seeking to control them. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Egyptian novel explores Christians under controlling church

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pope Tawadros II, 60, sits on the throne of St. Mark, the Coptic Church's founding saint, wearing the papal crown, during an elaborate ceremony lasting nearly four hours and attended by the nation's Muslim prime minister and a host of Cabinet ministers and politicians, in the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Sami Wahib)

Egypt’s new Coptic pope enthroned

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 18, 2009, file photo, Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, leads a midnight service to celebrate Christ's resurrection, at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church dies

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses and an Egyptian flag during a Copts demonstration that developed into clashes with army soldiers in Cairo on Oct. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

Egypt finance minister resigns over Cairo protests

By Maggie Michael and Tarek El-Tablawy - Associated Press

A Coptic Egyptian demonstrator sets fire to an army vehicle during clashes with Egyptian army soldiers following a demonstration in Cairo on Oct. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

26 killed, 500 injured during rioting in Cairo

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

** FILE ** Firemen try to put out a vehicle blaze following a car bombing in front of a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt, early on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. The car exploded in front of the church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Mediterranean port city, killing at least seven people, officials said. (AP Photo)

Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb

By Maggie Michael and Lee Keath - Associated Press

Iraqi churches cancel Christmas festivities

By Sameer N. Yacoub and Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press

Irini Ibrahim (left) and Rizk Kands are married on Oct. 14, 2008, by Coptic priest Bejemeni Shawki in Alexandria, Egypt. In April, Ibrahim was found murdered in a hotel room she and her husband had reserved after "reconciliation sessions." (Associated Press)

Egypt church rule absolute to Coptic Christians

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press