July, 2019
There is a rottenness at the heart of the Border Patrol
July 8, 2019 · By Jill Filipovic for www.msn.com
Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. As progressive members of the House of Representatives traveled to Texas to see immigrant holding facilities for themselves Monday, ProPublica published a news story about a highly offensive Facebook group […]
Read More...Russia criticised for ‘dumping’ trapped whales at sea
July 8, 2019 · By Marc Bennets for www.theguardian.com
Russia’s long-awaited operation to release the first batch of whales held in cramped enclosures in the country’s far-east region was dangerously flawed, environmentalists have said. The animals – 11 orcas and 87 beluga whales – have been held in captivity in a bay near the port city of Nakhodka since last year. They were due […]
Read More...Addressing the roots of clergy sex abuse
July 4, 2019 · By Father Amado L. Picardal, Manila for www.ucanews.com
This is the final part of a three-part series from Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal on the clerical sex abuse crisis.At the root of clergy sex abuse is the “dark side” of leadership. To overcome the dark side, a priest must be aware of it and acknowledge its existence. This requires spending time in solitude, silence and prayerful […]
Read More...San Fernando diocese cooperating with probe on priest accused of sex abuse
July 4, 2019 · By Leslie Aquino for news.mb.com.ph
The Archdiocese of San Fernando in Pampanga said it was cooperating with officials investigating the case of Father Daniel Baul, who has been accused of sexual abuse. Pampanga Archbishop Florencio Lavarias said they would exert all efforts “so that truth and justice may be served for both parties”. He also revealed that the concerned priest […]
Read More...Indian cardinal seeks to quash sex abuse cover-up case
July 4, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
India’s Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two of his auxiliary bishops have asked Bombay High Court to quash a case that accused them of failing to report to police alleged child sex abuse by a Catholic priest. The top court of Maharashtra state on June 25 postponed hearing the case to July 1. “The charge against […]
Read More...Child Captives of the Migrant Camps and Jails
July 4, 2019 ·
Child Captives of the Migrant Camps and Jails Fr. Shay Cullen 4 July 2019 They are held in captivity in small, over-crowded, jail-like pens. The unsanitary and dangerous cramped enclosures are their prisons. That was until the photo images of their confinement went viral on social media and there was an international outcry for them […]
Read More...Public School Teacher Indicted in Court
July 3, 2019 · By Francis B. Bermido, Jr.
Public School Teacher Indicted in Court Francis B. Bermido Jr. Franco Aranas, a public high school teacher in Olongapo City, was indicted in court for two counts of lascivious conduct after two male students, both 14 years old, filed a complaint against him for violation of Republic Act 7610. In his Resolution dated 24 May […]
Read More...Over 100 migrant children returned to ‘horrific’ border station
July 3, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
More than 100 migrant children have been returned to a Texas border station just a day after being transferred, US border officials say. About 250 migrant children were moved from the overcrowded centre after lawyers granted access by a judge said the children were “severely neglected”. The top US border official meanwhile has said he […]
Read More...The dark side of leadership and its links to sexual abuse
July 3, 2019 · By Father Amado L. Picardal, CSsR, Manila for www.ucanews.com
This is the second part of a three part series from Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal on the clerical sex abuse crisis. Pope Francis has issued a motu proprio, or edict, titled “Vos Estis Lux Mundi,” which provides procedures and norms in reporting and investigating clerical sexual abuse in the Church. The focus is on the responsibility of […]
Read More...News Daily: ‘Horrific’ migrant children’s station and Tory Brexit row
July 2, 2019 · By Justin Parkinson for www.bbc.com
About 250 migrant children were moved from a border station in Texas earlier this week after lawyers said they were being “severely neglected”, and gave reports of open toilets in cells, lice infestation and an influenza outbreak. But now more than 100 have been returned to the facility in Clint, just outside El Paso, after it made […]
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