After a wave of church scandals, the government there is now in the midst of rolling out a plan that would initiate a gradual shift away from having church authorities act as the official patrons of virtually all public schools — something that would limit teachings of Catholic sacraments and …
Mother Teresa may have spent her life looking after the sick and poor, but researchers from Montreal and Ottawa universities have now raised questions over the ‘dubious’ nature of her care, as well querying her “questionable” political contacts. The researchers also raised concerns over the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s ‘suspicious’ …
A group with links to the Church of Scientology is targeting Australian kindergartens, claiming that new health checks will put children at risk from psychotropic drugs. The federal government is expanding its health checks program, performed by GPs, which ensures children are ready for school by assessing their development. But …
A LEADING Australian priest who sexually preyed on a disabled and vulnerable woman for 14 years has been allowed to return to preaching and running community groups at one of the nation’s busiest churches. The recent decision by the Catholic Church to allow Father Tom Knowles to return to his …
VICTIMS have been left stunned after their personal information was leaked online following an alleged hacking attack on the ABC website. The personal information of thousands of Australians, including email addresses, location and gender, was leaked following the hacking. Hacker “Phr0zenMyst” announced the attack about 1am on Twitter, posting a …
As American science students struggle to compete with the global competition, Oklahoma is moving forward with a law that could ban Biology teachers from failing students who argue that humans co-existed with dinosaurs. The state legislator’s committee in charge of education standards has approved a law that would forbid teachers …
The Church of Scientology in Sydney has been accused of holding a young Taiwanese woman hostage after she suffered a mental breakdown. In March 2012, Alice Wu was hospitalised after she punched a window at the Church of Scientology’s headquarters in Dundas, in Sydney’s west. Ms Wu badly damaged her …
The pope has forced the abrupt resignation of Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic as the church made a frantic attempt to minimise the impact of allegations of “inappropriate acts” committed by Cardinal Keith O’Brien against fellow priests. O’Brien stood down as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh the day after …
Dhaka: At least four people were killed and over 200 injured in Bangladesh on Friday as hundreds of Islamists clashed with police here and other major cities demanding execution of “atheist bloggers” they accused of blasphemy. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse Islamists backed by Jamaat-e-Islami …
In the past several days, I have experienced many examples of being humiliated. In recent days, I have been confronted in various places by very unhappy people. I could understand the depth of their anger and outrage — at me, at the Church, at about injustices that swirl around us. …
Damaso. That was the one-word message, painted on a placard, that activist Carlos Celdran delivered to a group of bishops in Manila Cathedral in a 2010 protest. To many Filipinos, the meaning was instantly clear: Padre Damaso is perhaps the most famous literary character in the Philippines, a corrupt and …
An Egyptian Salafi preacher said raping and sexually harassing women protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square is justified, calling them “crusaders” who “have no shame, no fear and not even feminism.” In an online video posted Wednesday, Ahmad Mahmoud Abdullah, known as “Abu Islam” and owner of the private television channel …
What a horrific story. The Irish Prime Minister gave a partial apology today for the government’s role in a 74-year scandal in which, a new official government report says, over 10,000 women were forced to work without pay at commercial laundries called Magdalene Laundries, operated by the Catholic Church for …
A Saudi preacher who raped his five-year-old daughter and tortured her to death has been sentenced to pay “blood money” to the mother after having served a short jail term, activists said on Saturday. Lamia al-Ghamdi was admitted to hospital on December 25, 2011 with multiple injuries, including a crushed …
A cross-dressing Catholic priest, who had been suspended by church officials after he was found to be having sex with men in the rectory, was arrested by police for allegedly dealing crystal meth. Gotta love the church. Source
As I said in my lates video, Pedeophiles, zgeek and the church how do they relate – I do not like Pedophiles as well as anyone. When they get into prison they are callewd rock spiders and are hated by other prisoners as well. but Not just the Church Pedeophiles …
A Catholic Church inquiry into its handling of a priest who repeatedly sexually abused altar boys has cleared three senior clergy of a cover-up, laying much of the blame at the feet of a deceased bishop. The present bishop of Armidale, Michael Kennedy, has apologised ‘‘unreservedly’’ to victims and their …
For Zack Kopplin, it all started back in 2008 with the passing of the Louisiana Science Education Act. The bill made it considerably easier for teachers to introduce creationist textbooks into the classroom. Outraged, he wrote a research paper about it for a high school English class. Nearly five years …
An anti-gay lawyer who videotaped her own daughter having sex with two men was found guilty of filming and possessing child porn yesterday (11 January). Lisa Biron, 43, from New Hampshire, US, faces a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison. The attorney, associated with reactionary Christian anti-gay firm Alliance …