October, 2018
Sex abuse leaflets ‘won’t protect a soul’
October 17, 2018 · By Rob Powell for www.bbc.com
Police are giving leaflets to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation crimes, asking for their behaviour to stop, the BBC has found. The “C5 notices” – used by Hampshire Police when there is not enough evidence to charge – explain the law to recipients. They can appear in an enhanced DBS check, […]
Read More...Christians must put beatitudes into practice, pope says
October 16, 2018 · By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
With songs, poetry and dance — including hip-hop — young people shared with Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops some of their life stories, hopes, dreams and, especially, questions. The late-afternoon gathering Oct. 6 brought more than 5,000 young people, mostly Italian high school and university students, to the Vatican audience hall. Young adults […]
Read More...Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
October 16, 2018 · By www.aljazeera.com
Pope Francis has defrocked two retired Chilean bishops caught up in a sexual abuse crisis rocking Chile’s Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican named the two men as Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, archbishop emeritus of the cities of La Serena and Iquique respectively. A statement on Saturday explained that the decision was taken on Thursday and cannot be […]
Read More...Nobel Peace Prize-winner gynecologist shaped by his faith
October 16, 2018 · By Lucie Sarr for international.la-croix.com
Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, known as “the man who heals women victims of rape,” was awarded the Nobel Peace on Oct. 5 along with 25-year-old Nadia Murad, a former sex slave at the mercy of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. Mukwege, 63, is a committed Pentecostal Christian and the son of a pastor. The […]
Read More...What happened to the Catholic Church? (Part 1)
October 16, 2018 · By Arthur Jones for www.ncronline.org
How the Vatican culture created a church that feels as if it is dying of shame On Jan. 14, 1985, I wrote a four-page, 4,000-word article in Forbes magazine about the management of the Catholic Church, “the world’s oldest and largest multinational enterprise.” The article was headlined: “Managing the Lord’s Work.” Five months later, on […]
Read More...Archbishop Óscar Romero: setting the record straight
October 15, 2018 · By Gene Palumbo for www.ncronline.org
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — The conventional wisdom about Óscar Romero goes like this: When a right-wing death squad killed a priest friend of his soon after he became archbishop, Romero — until then a staunch conservative — experienced a dramatic, indeed life-changing, conversion. The conventional wisdom is gravely mistaken. Romero himself rejected it, as did […]
Read More...The Courageous Testimony of Brave Youth
October 12, 2018 ·
The Courageous Testimony of Brave Youth Fr. Shay Cullen 8 October 2018 Makati, Metro Manila. The testimony of the five young boys in the Makati conference room on the 37th floor of a business tower was shocking and harrowing. Anyone reading the affidavits of the victims of Douglas Slade or listening to the sexual exploitation […]
Read More...‘THE VILEST MAN IN BRITAIN’ Evil paedo facing groundbreaking legal action in UK by family of three kids he abused abroad
October 11, 2018 · By TOM GILLESPIE and SIMON LENNON for www.thesun.co.uk
A PAEDOPHILE is facing groundbreaking legal action in Britain by the families of three children he sexually abused in the Philippines. Douglas Slade – a member of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange – is serving 24 years behind bars for abusing five young boys in the UK. Now they are planning to sue him for […]
Read More...Convicted paedophile Douglas Slade sued by alleged Filipino victims
October 11, 2018 · By NEWSEXPLORED for newsexplored.co.uk
A convicted British paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him overseas, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind. The five will give evidence to the High Court via video link about abuse they said they suffered while Douglas Slade […]
Read More...Convicted paedophile Douglas Slade sued by alleged Filipino victims
October 11, 2018 · By UK News for worldnewsgateway.com
A convicted British paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him overseas, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind. The five will give evidence to the High Court via video link about abuse they said they suffered while Douglas Slade […]
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