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By AFP 8 hours ago in Religion Pope Francis has granted a "plenary indulgence", or religious pardon, to the ultra-conservative Legion of Christ movement, mired in a paedophile scandal, provided its members perform acts of penance, Vatican Radio said Thursday.
The Legion of Christ has for years been beset by accusations of sexual abuse. |
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An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged the head pastor of the International God’s Way Ministries, Bishop Daniel Obinim accused of assaulting a programme host at Hot FM. The Bishop was alleged to have attacked the Accra-based radio station August 8, 2011 destroying property during a live discussion that centred on him. |
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The founder of the Godsway International Ministry Bishop Daniel Obinim has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra High Court in an assault case against a radio panelist at Hot FM. According to the presiding judge Justice Iddrisu Abdulai, the evidence by the state prosecution was not credible enough to implicate the religious leader. |
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Image copyright Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Image caption The Lozells community was rocked by the violence in which a young man died. Ten years ago rumours of the rape of an Afro-Caribbean teenager by a group of Asian men surfaced in a radio broadcast, bringing to a head weeks of racial tension in the Lozells area of Birmingham. |
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VATICAN CITY has granted a special plenary indulgence to members of the scandal-tainted Legion of Christ order as it celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation by the discredited Mexican priest, Vatican Radio said Thursday that the decree was approved following a request by the current Legion superior, the Rev. |
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Some Bangui residents still do not feel safe in their homes and seek refuge in nearby camps. Working days start early in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, and they end early too because of a dusk-to-dawn curfew. |
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Thanks to large donations from a few big-name companies, the group leading the campaign for Proposition 1 — which would increase sales tax for transportation and transit — raised another $231,000 in the past two months. That brings the total gathered by Utahns for Responsible Transportation.... |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) " Pope Francis has granted a special plenary indulgence to members of the scandal-tainted Legion of Christ order as it celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation by the discredited Mexican priest, Marcial Maciel. Vatican Radio said Thursday that the decree was approved.... |
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Vatican Radio said Thursday that the decree was approved following a request by the current Legion superior, the Rev. Eduardo Robles-Gil. Robles-Gil has been leading the Legion since the Vatican signed off on its process of reform following revelations that Maciel sexually abused seminarians. |
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has granted a special plenary indulgence to members of the scandal-tainted Legion of Christ order as it celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation by the discredited Mexican priest, Marcial Maciel. Vatican Radio said Thursday that the decree was approved following a request by the current Legion superior, the Rev. |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has granted a special plenary indulgence to members of the scandal-tainted Legion of Christ order as it celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation by the discredited Mexican priest, Marcial Maciel. Vatican Radio said Thursday that the decree was approved.... |
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