Ms. Wilson-Raybould resigned from her post in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 12 over what she called pressure to go easy on bribery and fraud charges against the Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
Criminal Justice
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‘We dare not fail’: Australia’s top bishop on the church’s sex abuse crisis
After the Vatican’s historic summit on the sexual abuse of children, Archbishop Mark Coleridge says “the mission of the church” is at stake.
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The value of public penance in the age of clerical abuse, mass incarceration and #MeToo
Where can someone who sincerely wants to repent and atone find guidance or models for apologizing well?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Demystifying the myths of mass incarceration
This week’s guest is John Pfaff. We discuss his article Why today’s criminal justice reform efforts won’t end mass incarceration. We also discuss these articles: Pope Francis approves four priorities for the Jesuits’ next decade Vatican emphasizes transparency and accountability at upcoming sex abuse summit Catholic leaders resist Trump’s ‘national emergency’ plan to fund border […]
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Why today’s criminal justice reform efforts won’t end mass incarceration
If we really want to scale back our reliance on prison, we need to change how we approach violence, and most people—politicians, reformers, the public—seem unwilling to do this.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Confronting femicide in Brazil
Ms. Morais’s death is a notorious example of an everyday horror in Brazil and other Latin American states: the crime of femicide. In 2017 at least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Can restorative justice help the church heal from sex abuse scandals?
Adopting the practices of the restorative justice movement could help re-establish the church’s moral credibility on preventing and responding to sex abuse.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Bipartisan criminal justice reform is within reach
The United States spends $81 billion to lock people up each year, and the human costs of incarceration to inmates, their families and entire communities are incalculably greater.
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Six students charged with sexual assault at iconic Canadian Catholic high school
The accused are 14- and 15-year-old students of St. Michael’s College School in midtown Toronto. Five of the accused turned themselves into police early Nov. 19 and a sixth was arrested on his way to school.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Archbishop Viganò ordered to pay back $2 million to his brother
An Italian court has ordered Archbishop Viganò to pay back to his brother more than $2 million, which he had, according to the Italian press, “illegally and illegitimately” taken from him over many years.