One of his victims wrote in a victim impact statement provided to the court: “I trusted him. I thought he wanted me to be a better person.”
Criminal Justice
Posted inDispatches
After botched execution in Tennessee, Catholics pray for the end of the death penalty
“We have, unfortunately, a lot of examples that point to why the death penalty should be ended once and for all,” the head of the Catholic Mobilizing Network said after a woman survived two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Catholic sisters bring fight to end human trafficking to U.N. General Assembly
Gertrude Elelegu, S.S.L., of Nigeria and Sarah Puls, S.G.S., of Australia have devoted many years to mitigating the global scourge of human trafficking and restoring the people traumatized by their experiences in this shadow world.
Posted inFaith in Focus
We are expecting too much from the Lindsay Clancy trial
True justice cannot be handed down by a jury.
Posted inNews
Quebec’s Cardinal Ouellet vindicated in abuse lawsuit; accuser ordered to pay him $100K in damages
A judge in Montreal has found sexual misconduct accusations against Quebec’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet to be unfounded and ordered his accuser to pay him $100,000.
Posted inNews
Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care
The violent assault in April on a nun walking in her habit in Jerusalem’s Old City sent shock waves across Israel and its many Christian communities.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Vatican denies reports that ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik has been found not guilty of abusing nuns
The trial of the disgraced ex-Jesuit proceeded under almost total secrecy until recent media reports alleged the judges had reached a verdict in Father Marko Rupnik’s favor.
Posted inShort Take
ICE killing in Maine raises the question: Why do the police shoot so many people in their cars?
As a former law enforcement officer and police ethics instructor, I worry that the number of deadly police shootings at vehicles is increasing before our eyes.
Posted inNews
Counter Terrorism Police take over investigation of British pro-life politician’s murder
The murder of a famous Catholic politician who was bludgeoned to death in the kitchen of her home is now being investigated by Counter Terrorism Police in what looks like a shift from previous cautious statements of investigators.
Posted inDispatches
Is the World Cup distracting Mexico from news of crimes and disappearance?
“I have to disguise myself as a duck, so the president looks at us,” read one sign held up by a demonstrator in a duck costume at a protest led by madres buscadoras, the “mothers who search.”