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Democrat Maryland Mayor Arrested on 56 Child Porn-Related Charges
March 10, 2023 · By NICK GILBERTSON for www.breitbart.com
Democrat Maryland Mayor Arrested on 56 Child Porn-Related Charges The mayor of College Park, Maryland, Patrick Wojahn, was arrested Thursday on 56 child pornography possession and distribution charges. The 47-year gay Democrat faces 40 counts of possession of exploitative child material and 16 counts of distribution of exploitative child material, a press release from the […]
Read More...Shamed priest placed on sex offenders register
March 8, 2023 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Shamed priest placed on sex offenders register A priest who was convicted of sexually abusing four girls has been sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and put under supervision for three years. Father Neil McGarrity, 58, targeted his victims at two churches in Glasgow as well as his parish home in the city. The […]
Read More...Judge orders release of report on clergy abuse in Baltimore
February 28, 2023 · By George P. Matysek Jr., OSV News for www.ucanews.com
Judge orders release of report on clergy abuse in Baltimore Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Robert Taylor Jr. ruled Feb. 24 that a redacted version of the Maryland Attorney General Office’s report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore must be released publicly. The judge ordered the attorney general’s office to redact more than […]
Read More...Uphold human rights, rebuild confidence in peace process
February 28, 2023 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for opinion.inquirer.net
Uphold human rights, rebuild confidence in peace process We are peace advocates in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia concerned with the human rights situation and roadblocks to the peaceful and just resolution of armed conflicts in the Philippines. Recent events, including the terrorist designation of community doctor Naty Castro, and the arrest of Jennifer Awingan […]
Read More...Top NHS consultant and girls’ rugby team coach who downloaded more than 100 ‘abhorrent’ child abuse images on his phone avoids jail
February 28, 2023 · By OLIVIA JONES FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
Top NHS consultant and girls’ rugby team coach who downloaded more than 100 ‘abhorrent’ child abuse images on his phone avoids jail An eminent NHS consultant who was found with more than 100 ‘abhorrent and perverted’ images of children on his phone has been spared jail. Plastic surgeon Mansoor Khan was deemed a ‘pillar of society’ and […]
Read More...Myanmar junta to close Kachin IDP camps
February 23, 2023 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar junta to close Kachin IDP camps To prove that normalcy has returned ahead of polls in August this year, the junta in civil war-torn Myanmar is winding up shelter camps, leaving thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the lurch. Nearly 25 camps in Myitkyina, the capital of Christian-majority northern Kachin State, are slated […]
Read More...Eight billion and the count-up to disaster
February 17, 2023 · By UCANEWS for www.ucanews.com
Eight billion and the count-up to disaster The world’s population exceeds eight billion people, more than the planet can easily bear. The environment, other species, and all of us face a bleak future that calls us to a deeper trust in God’s love that used Jesus’ embrace of the way of the cross to bring […]
Read More...Portugal’s Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors
February 17, 2023 · By AFP, Lisbon for www.ucanews.com
Portugal’s Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims’ accounts. Thousands of reports of pedophilia within the Catholic Church have surfaced around the world and Pope Francis is under pressure to tackle the scandal. […]
Read More...Portugal commission reveals ‘full extent’ of clerical abuse
February 16, 2023 · By UCANEWS for www.ucanews.com
Portugal commission reveals ‘full extent’ of clerical abuse A final report of the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse of Children in the Catholic Church in Portugal revealed more than 4,800 children had been victims of clergy sexual abuse in the country from 1950 to 2022. Responding to the report, the president of […]
Read More...Thousands of children abused by members of Portugal’s Catholic Church over 70 years, report finds
February 16, 2023 · By CNN News for edition.cnn.com
Thousands of children abused by members of Portugal’s Catholic Church over 70 years, report finds At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church – mostly priests – over the past 70 years, a report by the commission investigating the issue said on Monday, adding the findings are the tip of the […]
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