An historic settlement of sex abuse cases will see clergy in two US dioceses required to testify that they don’t know of any unreported abuse in the Church. Clergy in St Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese and Winona diocese will also have to testify that they have committed no abuse themselves. An agreement was reached involving the two Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Police’
Kaikohe church leaders object to liquor outlet boom
Friday, August 22nd, 2014Church leaders in Kaikohe have voiced their opposition to a council plan that would allow an unlimited number of bottle stores in the Far North Town. The Far North District Council’s draft plan would also allow supermarkets to be able to sell alcohol from 7am to 10pm seven days a week. Of the 98 written Read more
Police burning out after surge of historic abuse cases
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
Police officers in the United Kingdom investigating hundreds of historic child sex abuse cases are at breaking point psychologically, a clinician warns. Dr Noreen Tehrani, who advises specialist child abuse detectives,says many officers suffering exhaustion, secondary trauma and stress. Pressure from politicians has also forced officers to divert attention from children at risk now to Read more
Auckland Muslims have few problems with police
Friday, August 2nd, 2013South Asian Muslims living in Auckland reported feeling safe and secure but some said they had received “prejudicial treatment” in their dealings with New Zealand police because of their ethnicity. In the research for an AUT University study on ethnicity and policing, all but one of the 16 people interviewed by researchers Sameer Nisar and Read more
Irish archbishop slams Church treatment of children
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has hit out at the Catholic Church’s treatment of children after an official report trenchantly criticised three former Dublin archbishops for their mishandling of an abuse case. The report also found there was “shocking” police connivance with Church authorities in failing to investigate complaints. “The priest was looked after, people Read more
Israel apologises after Coptic priest was beaten
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Israel’s deputy foreign minister has issued an apology to the Coptic Orthodox Church after a Coptic priest was beaten by police during Holy Saturday observances at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Police confronted pilgrims outside the church on May 4, as thousand of Christians arrived for Easter celebrations, according to the Orthodox Read more
Archbishop submits himself to police vetting process
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Archbishop of Wellington, the Most Reverend John Dew is requiring priests, parish volunteers and employees who work in schools to undergo police vetting. He will also go through the process himself. Archbishop Dew, Tuesday, wrote to all priests and deacons in the Archdiocese saying that following recent incidents throughout the country, the Education Review Office requires police Read more
Nun tipped off paedophile priest, commission told
Friday, May 10th, 2013
A nun tipped off a paedophile priest the night before he was to be interviewed by police, a former police officer has told a commission of inquiry into child sex abuse in New South Wales. Troy Grant, a former police officer who is now a member of the state Parliament, said the nun visited his Read more
Caring cop farewelled from St Mary of the Angels Wellington
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Senior Constable Dean Gifford was farewelled Tuesday from a packed St Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington. Raised in Berhampore and educated at St Patrick’s College Wellington, Gifford was a tireless charity worker and was publicly known as the “caring cop”. The Wellingtonion of the Year finalist, Gifford turned his predicament with cancer into Read more
Bishops condemn killings of striking miners in South Africa
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012South Africa’s Catholic bishops have condemned killings of striking miners at a platinum mine in Marikana. They called for a judicial inquiry into the circumstances that led to the violence. Thirty-four people died and 78 were injured when police opened fire on striking miners gathered on a rocky outcrop at the mine, 60 miles northwest Read more