The Catholic Church in Melbourne has apologised for comments by a priest about a woman who was raped and killed. The priest made the comments in an end-of-term service for a Catholic primary school. He reportedly said that if Irish woman Jill Meagher had been more “faith-filled” she would have been at home instead of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Murder’
Priest gets death sentence for murdering his bishop
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014A Kenyan Catholic priest has been sentenced to death for the murder of his bishop. Fr Guyo Wago Malley and four other men were sentenced over the murder of Bishop Luigi Locati of Isiolo in 2005. The execution was stayed last week to give the men an opportunity to file an appeal within 14 days. Read more
Melanesian Brother attack – suspect released without charge
Friday, November 7th, 2014
The Police in Honiara have told Pacific Beat they briefly held a man in relation to the attack made on two members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, but he has been released without charge. Novice Jackson Lodo and another novice were walking to Tabalia from the capital Honiara when they were the victims of an unprovoked Read more
Shock at killing of Solomons Brother
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014There is shock on Guadalcanal following the killing of a member of the Solomon Islands’ Anglican Church’s Melanesia’s Brotherhood. Our correspondent says both locals and expatriates at north west Guadalcanal have expressed horror at the killing of Brother Jackson Lodo. It is reported he was set upon by a group of men early last Thursday Read more
Catholic prisoner in Belgium wins right to assisted suicide
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Belgium’s legal system has granted the wish of a long incarcerated Mass-going prisoner to die by assisted suicide. Frank Van Den Bleeken, 50, had been in prison for decades after being convicted of murder, rape and other sexual crimes. He had argued that he had no prospect of release, since he could not overcome his violent Read more
Hearts breaking at Aussie school over family murder/suicide
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Mystery surrounds the reasons behind the killing of all members of a family whose children went to a Catholic school in rural New South Wales. The bodies of Kim Hunt, 41, and her three children Fletcher, 10, Mia, 8 and Phoebe 6, were found on the family’s property near Lockhart on Tuesday. The next day Read more
Italian nuns raped, killed and decapitated in Burundi
Friday, September 12th, 2014Three Italian nuns were raped and beaten before two were decapitated and another murdered in a convent in Burundi. The bodies of Srs Bernardetta Boggia, 79, Lucia Pulici, 75, and Olga Raschietti, 82, were found in their dormitory in Kamenge, north of the capital Bujumbura. Police said three suspects had been detained for questioning as Read more
Pope Francis remembers Blessie in his prayer
Friday, June 6th, 2014
The family Blesilda “Blessie” Gotingco who was murdered on her way home from work last month has received a message of support from the Vatican. Father Craig Dunford, who presided at her requiem mass on Thursday said he had sent a message to the Vatican this week asking that Pope Francis remember her in prayer. Read more
Recently ordained priest and a catechist murdered in PNG
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
A priest and a catechist have been murdered in the Goilala Mountains in the Central province of Papua New Guinea. Fr Jerry Inao and the communion minister, Benedict, were shot dead at Kamulai on Sunday 4th May. Fr Jerry, a native of the area and a member of the Kunimeipa tribe, was in his early Read more
Murder convictions reveal ‘ugliness’ of abortion
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013The conviction of a Philadelphia abortionist for murdering three babies born alive during abortions reveals “the ugliness of abortion”, said Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia. “We need to stop cloaking the ugliness of abortion with misnomers like ‘proper medical coverage’ or ‘choice’,” he said. “It’s violence of the most intimate sort, and it needs to Read more