August, 2018
‘If a child is old enough to talk it’s old enough to have sex’: Pervert’s sick claim revealed as he loses appeal against travel ban stopping him ‘going to countries where age of consent is lower’
August 28, 2018 · By ALEXANDER ROBERTSON FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
A convicted pervert who a court heard wants to travel to other countries to have sex with children has lost an appeal restricting his movements abroad. Jason Leonard, 37, has been described by police bosses at a court hearing as ‘one of the most dangerous’ registered sex offenders in the country. He brazenly admitted to […]
Read More...Dallas priest goes missing after ‘credible’ sexual-abuse allegations, bishop says
August 28, 2018 · By WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth for www.usatoday.com
DALLAS – A Dallas priest accused of molesting teens and taking at least $60,000 from his parish now is missing, Roman Catholic Church officials said. At St. Cecilia Catholic Church, where the Rev. Edmundo Paredes had served for 27 years, parishioners said Sunday that he may have fled to his native Philippines, where he has been taking […]
Read More...Dark Shadows over World Meeting of Families
August 24, 2018 ·
Dark Shadows over World Meeting of Families Fr. Shay Cullen 23 August 2018 Dublin, Ireland. “We showed no care for the little ones, we abandoned them,” Pope Francis says in a letter to the entire Catholic Church in which he condemned the clericalism, the arrogance, abuse of power and position of bishops and religious […]
Read More...Mother and partner jailed after young boy repeatedly raped and sold on the dark web to other paedophiles
August 24, 2018 · By Associated Press Reporter for www.independent.ie
A German mother and her partner have been convicted over the repeated rape of the woman’s young son and for selling him for sex on the internet. They were sentenced to prison in a case that has horrified the country. News agency dpa reported that the Freiburg state court in southwestern Germany sentenced the woman, […]
Read More...Pacquiao pulls no punches on Vatican’s death penalty stand
August 24, 2018 · By india.ucanews.com
Manila: Boxing champ Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, a Philippine senator who has been vocal about his Christian beliefs, has hit out at a Vatican statement last week against capital punishment. The boxer said he has the scriptures to back his advocacy for the revival of the death penalty in the Philippines despite Pope Francis’ pronouncement against capital […]
Read More...Tribal refugees in Philippines refuse to go back home
August 24, 2018 · By Mark Saludes, Surigao del Sur for www.ucanews.com
Tribal people in the southern Philippines who fled their homes last month have vowed not to return to their villages after the military refused to sign an agreement banning soldiers from entering their communities. About 1,600 tribal people from villages in the town of Lianga, Surigao del Sur province, left their homes on July 16 because of […]
Read More...Southern Philippines on full alert after deadly bomb blast
August 23, 2018 · By Bong Sarmiento, Cotabato for www.ucanews.com
Security forces have been placed on full alert in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao following a deadly suicide bomb blast in Basilan province that killed ten people on July 31. Catholic Church leaders in the region warned the attack — blamed on the Abu Sayyaf terror group — could heighten tensions between Muslims and Christians in […]
Read More...India confirms death penalty for child rapists
August 22, 2018 · By Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
India’s parliament has passed a law allowing the death penalty for raping girls aged under 12, but Catholic Church officials doubt the effectiveness of such a law to curb increasing sexual violence against children across the country. The bill replaces an emergency amendment made to a criminal law on April 21 following the national outcry […]
Read More...Pope Francis Says Death Penalty ‘Inadmissible’
August 22, 2018 · By learningenglish.voanews.com
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has changed Church teaching about the death sentence. The new teaching says that the earlier policy was outdated and that the church should work to end the death penalty. The Vatican said the Pope approved a change Thursday to the Catechism of the Catholic Church — the […]
Read More...Impunity blamed for Bangladesh trafficking rise
August 22, 2018 · By Stephan Uttom and Rock Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Poor law enforcement and low prosecution and conviction rates in a culture of impunity are being blamed for an increase in human trafficking in Bangladesh. About 7,340 men, women and children were trafficked out of Bangladesh from 2013 to June this year, according to Bangladesh police statistics. A total of 6,106 people were arrested in […]
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