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Vatican may try priests on charges related to sex abuse at pre-seminary
September 23, 2019 · By Cindy Wooden for catholicphilly.com
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican City State prosecuting attorney requested an indictment against two priests on charges related to the sexual abuse of boys at a minor seminary located at the Vatican. Following an investigation that began in November 2017, the Vatican prosecuting attorney issued notices Sept. 16 and Sept. 17 requesting that Father […]
Read More...Climate change: Electrical industry’s ‘dirty secret’ boosts warming
September 19, 2019 · By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent for www.bbc.com
It’s the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned. Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical industry to prevent short circuits and accidents. But leaks of the little-known gas in the UK and the rest of the EU in 2017 […]
Read More...Climate change: Greenland’s ice faces melting ‘death sentence’
September 18, 2019 · By David Shukman for www.bbc.com
Greenland’s massive ice sheet may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists have warned. During this year alone, it lost enough ice to raise the average global sea level by more than a millimetre. Researchers say they’re “astounded” by the acceleration in melting and fear for the future of cities on coasts around […]
Read More...The fall of plastic, the rise of paper, and the gold rush at the center of 2019’s unlikeliest cultural battle.
September 18, 2019 · By SETH STEVENSON for slate.com
One day in 2015, swimming in waters off Costa Rica, a sea turtle felt himself brusquely hauled from the ocean and onto the deck of a small boat. He struggled against the human hands pinning down his flippers. He endured a biopsy and was affixed with a metal tag. When the researchers noticed an object […]
Read More...Total of 43 convicted sex offenders across Ireland pose ‘high’ risk of re-offending
September 18, 2019 · By Darragh McDonagh for www.irishmirror.ie/a>
A total of 43 convicted sex offenders living in communities across Ireland pose a “high” or “very high” risk of re-offending. Officials said 146 freed perverts are being monitored under the Sex Offender Risk Assessment and Management scheme at the beginning of this year. Aged between 20 to 81, their offences include rape, defilement of […]
Read More...Faster pace of climate change is ‘scary’, former chief scientist says
September 17, 2019 · By Roger Harrabin for www.bbc.com
Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heatwave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, an ex-chief scientist says. Prof Sir David King says he’s been scared by the number of extreme events, and he called for the UK to advance its climate targets by 10 years. But the UN’s weather […]
Read More...Oregon Child Sex Ring Uncovered: “They’re Worth $5000 A Night”
September 13, 2019 · By Sean Adl-Tabatabai for newspunch.com
Investigators in Oregon have discovered a massive child sex ring in which children were sold as sex slaves to high ranking pedophiles for as much as $5,000 a night. Curry County residents Genevieve Wilson and Jackalene Antunes say they are working to help child victims of human trafficking in Southern Oregon, with very little help […]
Read More...Pope: ‘Apostolate of prevention’ needed to protect minors from sexual abuse
September 13, 2019 · By Devin Watkins for www.vaticannews.va
Participants in a month-long course held at the Pontifical University of Mexico received an unexpected surprise. In the middle of their third week learning methods to prevent the sexual abuse of minors, Pope Francis sent a video message encouraging their efforts to protect the Church’s vulnerable members. The course is important because all minors need […]
Read More...The Alleged Last Living Relative Of Adolf Hitler Was Just Convicted Of Pedophilia
September 13, 2019 · By Marco Margaritoff for allthatsinteresting.com
While the lineage Romano-Lukas Hitler claimed remains in dispute, his advances on a 13-year-old girl have officially made him a convicted pedophile. He firmly rejects what he did was wrong. A self-proclaimed relative of Adolf Hitler has just been convicted of pedophilia for kissing a 13-year-old girl. According to Bild, the unemployed 69-year-old responded to an advert for […]
Read More...Violence Follows Pro-Independence Protests In Indonesia’s Papua Region
September 12, 2019 · By ASHLEY WESTERMAN for www.npr.org
Pro-independence protests in Indonesia’s restive Papua and West Papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week, according to activists and reports from the area, where most Internet access has been shut down since Aug. 21. Conflicting reports of deaths, injuries and arrests have emerged from the region. On Wednesday, police said two protesters […]
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