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Berlin festival launches with film about gay Catholic priest
The race for the Golden Bear top prize at the 63rd Berlin film festival began Friday with a Polish drama about a gay Roman Catholic priest who struggles with his secret love for a troubled youth. “In the Name of” by Malgoska Szumowska, one of three women vying for the…
Appeal planned in Vatican sex abuse suit: lawyer
WASHINGTON — A US man who sued the Vatican after years of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of a Roman Catholic priest plans to appeal a court ruling dismissing the case, his attorney said Tuesday. The lawsuit in the western US city of Portland, Oregon was the first in…
Ex-priest guilty of conspiring to kill boy who accused him of rape
A former Roman Catholic priest was found guilty on Thursday of hiring a hit man to kill a boy who had accused him of sexual abuse. John Fiala, 53, showed no emotion as a Dallas jury found him guilty of plotting to kill the boy, according to The Dallas Morning…
Child porn found on Montana priest’s Nintendo DS
A Roman Catholic priest in Montana has been charged with felony sexual abuse of children after sexual images of naked children were found on his Nintendo DS gaming console and personal computer. The Missoulian reported that a woman called authorities last October to report that nude images of young boys…
New York priest sentenced to prison for altar boy rapes
PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A New York man convicted of raping two altar boys while he was a Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to spend more than 20 years in prison on Wednesday. Gary Mercure’s “ghastly, incomparable acts” inflicted immeasurable suffering on his victims, said Judge John Agostini in handing…
World’s tallest Jesus looms over Poland
SWIEBODZIN, Poland (AFP) – Work on the world’s tallest statue of Jesus was completed Saturday in Swiebodzin, western Poland, looming three metres higher than the Christ figure towering over Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Measuring 39 yards in height, the Christ of Swiebodzin weighs in at an estimated 440 metric…
Police: Conn. priest stole $1M for male escorts
A Roman Catholic priest in Connecticut has been arrested on charges he stole $1.3 million in church money over seven years to use for male escorts, expensive clothing, and luxury hotels and restaurants. Waterbury police say the 64-year-old Rev. Kevin J. Gray was charged Tuesday with first-degree larceny. Gray is…
Church sued victim of convicted sex abuser: report
AP: Pope refused to defrock convicted priest A Catholic diocese in Canada sued the victim of a convicted pedophile priest, driving the victim to attempt suicide several times, according to a newspaper report published Sunday. The church’s move would prove to be a successful tactic to force the victim to…
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