National Post: Warren Jeffs’ Canadian ties
Tom Blackwell | National Post (Canada) Warren Jeffs, leader of a fundamentalist, breakaway faction of the Mormon church, has just been sentenced in a Texas court to life in prison …Continue reading
National Post: Get tough with Bountiful, child-welfare watchdog says
Tom Blackwell | National Post (Canada) B.C. authorities must get more aggressive in tackling allegations of abuse in the polygamist community of Bountiful, B.C. – or risk letting Canada become …Continue reading
CTV: RCMP prepare to visit U.S. as part of polygamy investigation
The Canadian Press (Canada) VANCOUVER — The RCMP is preparing to head to Texas to look for more than two dozen brides from Bountiful, B.C., who were allegedly sent across …Continue reading
Reuters: Polygamist leader guilty of child sex assault
Jim Forsyth | Reuters (United States) SAN ANGELO, TEX . Warren Jeffs, the U.S. polygamist leader who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was found guilty Thursday of child sexual assault …Continue reading
Winnipeg Free Press: Torture among hundreds of child porn pix on disgraced bishop’s laptop
Steve Rennie | The Canadian Press (Canada) OTTAWA – A disgraced Roman Catholic bishop betrayed little emotion Thursday as a court was told his laptop contained hundreds of pornographic images …Continue reading
Cooperativa: José Andrés Murillo: La Fundación para la Confianza no está contra la Iglesia Católica
Cooperativa.cl (Chile) José Andrés Murillo, filósofo y uno de los denunciantes del caso Karadima, aseguró que la Fundación para la Confianza -creada para ayudar a prevenir los abusos sexuales-”no está …Continue reading
CNA: Catholic Church will never violate seal of confession, affirms Vatican official
CNA (Vatican) Rome, Italy, Aug 1, 2011 / 05:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The regent of the apostolic penitentiary, Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, firmly stated that the Catholic Church will never divulge …Continue reading
IPS: Epidemia de violencia a las mujeres
José Adán Silva | IPS (Nicaragua) MANAGUA, 30 jul (IPS) – Una delegación de Amnistía Internacional (AI) concluyó esta semana que los esfuerzos del gobierno de Nicaragua para combatir la …Continue reading
Online News Website: Cult Leader Defiant in Court
Jeff Francis | Online News Website (United States) Warren Jeffs, who is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two underage girls as part of his religion, proved a bit of …Continue reading
EFE: Amnistía Internacional pide a Nicaragua restituir el aborto terapéutico
EFE (Nicaragua) Managua, 28 jul (EFE).- Una misión de Amnistía Internacional (AI) pidió hoy al Estado de Nicaragua restituir la figura del aborto terapéutico en la legislación nacional, para el …Continue reading
The Gazette: Rabbinical court advisory on sex abuse ‘big step’
Marian Scott | The Gazette (Canada) A rabbinical court has brought the long-hidden issue of sexual abuse in Montreal’s Orthodox Jewish community out into the open. In an advisory issued …Continue reading