April, 2019
Listen to the children who suffered clerical sex abuse
April 30, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter for www.ucanews.com
Church leaders cannot properly approach the issue of sexual abuse without listening to and being engaged by the experience of those who have suffered, says the moderator of the Vatican’s February summit on child sexual abuse. “Their suffering is due not only to abuse suffered but also to the fact that they have not been […]
Read More...Timor-Leste police arrest US former priest for sex abuse
April 30, 2019 · By Ryan Dagur, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Police have arrested a former priest dismissed by the Vatican following accusations he sexually abused young girls in Timor-Leste. Richard Dascbach, 82, who has reportedly admitted abusing children at Topu Honis orphanage he founded in Kutet in Oecusse district was arrested on April 28, according to local media reports. The former Divine Word Society priest […]
Read More...Philippine church leader says sorry to youth for sex abuse
April 30, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The head of the Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference has asked forgiveness for sex abuses committed by members of the clergy, especially against children. “We bow in shame, we beg for forgiveness,” Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao told about 15,000 delegates to this year’s National Youth Day celebration in Cebu on April 27. “We continue to say: We […]
Read More...Philippines kicks off Catholic youth celebration
April 29, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
At least 15,000 young Catholics attended the first day of this year’s National Youth Day celebrations being held in the central Philippine province of Cebu. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu welcomed the delegates on April 24 at a sports center by telling them that to “trust in the memory of God and His memory is not the […]
Read More...Filipino prelate admits Church’s failure to instill morals
April 29, 2019 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A bishop has admitted that Philippine church leaders have failed to educate the conscience of Catholics, especially on social issues. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan cited as proof the large number of Catholics who blindly believe the government’s claim that the bloody war on drugs is for law and order. The prelate claims to have received death threats after […]
Read More...Amnesty International says ‘state sponsored’ hackers targeted Hong Kong base
April 29, 2019 · By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day for www.zdnet.com
Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit with a cyberattack that the group says is the work of a state-sponsored team whose tactics are consistent with those supported by the Chinese government. The London-based group said on Thursday night that the cyberattack was first detected on 15 March 2019 on the Hong Kong arm’s local IT […]
Read More...Selling Children to the Sex Trade
April 26, 2019 ·
Selling Children to the Sex Trade Fr. Shay Cullen May 2019 Human trafficking is the most widespread crime against persons and is the third biggest earning business in the world after drug trafficking and arms smuggling. The earnings are estimated to be 32 billion US dollars a year, according to a UN report. Human trafficking […]
Read More...Pope’s Way of Cross will shine light on women ‘crucified’ by traffickers
April 26, 2019 · By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service for www.catholicnews.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Countless women and girls are being “crucified” by human traffickers, who trick them into slave labor or prostitution, and by those who seek out their services and exploit them, said the missionary nun who wrote the meditations for Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross service. Victims of human trafficking are people […]
Read More...On Good Friday, pope hears harrowing stories of human trafficking
April 26, 2019 · By Philip Pullella for www.reuters.com
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led Good Friday services dedicated to the victims of human trafficking and the plight of migrants, denouncing leaders with “armored hearts” who exploit their plight for political gain. Francis, marking his seventh Easter season as Roman Catholic leader, presided at a traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) service at […]
Read More...Police charge Indian bishop with raping nun
April 25, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
Police have charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar with raping a Catholic nun multiple times, nine months after she complained in southern India’s Kerala state. The police team probing the allegations filed charges on April 9 before a magistrate in Kottayam district, where the nun’s convent is based. A 2,000-page charge sheet listed charges of […]
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