July, 2018
Fake news blamed as lynchings rage on in India
July 18, 2018 · By Saji Thomas, Bhopal for www.ucanews.com
India needs stringent laws to curb the spread of fake news through social media, said a church official after five people were lynched on July 1 in the western state of Maharashtra on suspicion of being child abductors. They were beaten to death in a village in Dhule district by a mob after rumors spread […]
Read More...The Rescue of Victims of Human Trafficking and Conviction of a US National
July 17, 2018 ·
The Rescue of Victims of Human Trafficking and Conviction of a US National Francis B. Bermido Jr. July 17, 2018 It was another night of surveillance in the sex bars of Calapandayan, Subic. Preda social workers were there seeking out to save the young victims of human trafficking. Thousands of children are bought and sold […]
Read More...Mindanao church leaders celebrate coal mine rejection
July 17, 2018 · By Bong Sarmiento, South Cotabato for www.ucanews.com
Church leaders in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao have welcomed a decision by the South Cotabato provincial government to reject a proposed coal mine in the area. It ruled on June 25 to reject the development of a 2,000-hectare coal mine in the village of Ned in the town of Lake Sebu. Local officials […]
Read More...Mayors seek dialogue with Duterte after Halili, Bote killings
July 17, 2018 · By Rambo Talabong for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – Following the back-to-back killings of their colleagues, Philippine mayors are seeking a “dialogue” with President Rodrigo Duterte. This was announced by the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) president Marife Brondial, the mayor of Socorro town in Oriental Mindoro, in a radio interview on Wednesday, July 4. “Kagagawa lang po (ng request). Kahapon […]
Read More...Philippines Deports American Missionary Over ‘Political Activity’
July 17, 2018 · By Felipe Villamor for www.nytimes.com
MANILA — The Philippines on Wednesday deported an American missionary found to have engaged in “political activities,” but two of his colleagues, both Africans, were waiting for their fates to be decided by the government. The missionary, Adam Shaw, of Brunswick, Ohio, was headed to Cleveland to be reunited with his family Wednesday night, said Thomas […]
Read More...Pianist James Rhodes wins right to publish autobiography telling of abuse
July 16, 2018 · By Ian Cobain and Robert Booth for www.theguardian.com
An internationally renowned classical pianist has overturned a ban that had prevented him from publishing his autobiography detailing the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. The supreme court’s decision on Wednesday to sweep aside the injunction that prevented the book from appearing was hailed as a milestone in the defence of free speech. The […]
Read More...Philippines pressured over Protestant missionaries
July 16, 2018 · By Jose Torres Jr., Manila for www.ucanews.com
Various church groups around the world are calling on the Philippine government to release a detained Protestant missionary and let two others return to their home countries. Catholic and Protestant church organizations have united in urging the Manila government to release the missionaries, one of whom has been in detention for seven weeks. A recently launched online […]
Read More...Columban Centenary Mass of Thanksgiving at Southwark Cathedral
July 16, 2018 · By Ellen Teague for www.indcatholicnews.com
“It’s wonderful to see so many smiling faces”, said Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark as he greeted the huge congregation at the Columban Centenary Mass at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark last Saturday. “This is a Mass of Thanksgiving for 100 years of great missionary work and we pray that it will continue in the […]
Read More...Zimmer the Alleged Pimp who Abused Little Children
July 14, 2018 ·
Zimmer the Alleged Pimp who Abused Little Children 11 July 2018 Lillian May “Sherry” Zimmer is a US national and a suspected pimp of little children with an outstanding arrest warrant in the Philippines. She has allegedly sexually abused three of five little children or allowed foreign men to do it to the five-year-old girls […]
Read More...Hong Kong Protestant leaders accused of sexual harassment
July 14, 2018 · By ucanews.com Hong Kong for www.ucanews.com
More than half of alleged sexual offenders identified in a survey of Hong Kong Protestant churches were leaders or pastoral staff. The survey, conducted between August and April by the Hong Kong Christian Council, followed the public airing of sexual misconduct claims against a pastor of the Brotherly Love Swatow Baptist Church. Of 55 responses considered […]
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