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Priest Is Charged in Church Theft


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 24, 2008
WHITE PLAINS (AP) — A parish priest was arrested and charged on Friday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts, including a fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The priest, the Rev. Patrick Dunne, 63, was arraigned on a grand larceny charge, Janet DiFiore, the Westchester district attorney, said. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison.
The New York Archdiocese said in March that Father Dunne, who was pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in White Plains, took church money because of a “very powerful” gambling addiction. Ms. DiFiore said he used the money for recreation and personal expenses, writing checks to himself and to “cash.”
Father Dunne’s lawyer, Richard Ferrante, said the priest “was not doing anything for personal gain.” He said people should withhold judgment “until they hear or see all the evidence.”
Father Dunne is undergoing treatment and counseling, the archdiocese said.
The theft occurred between 2002 and 2007 and involved the church building fund, the regular Sunday collection and the Katrina relief fund, the district attorney said. The archdiocese’s chancellor, Msgr. William Belford, said in March that new regulations had been implemented to safeguard parish funds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/ny...l?ref=nyregion
Don't know where God is but the Devil is in the details
嗱,唔好話我盲目反基,今次我就站在牧師一方啦,我認為朱牧師的教導好啱喎,5姑娘同顏射口爆的確可保處女之貞的同時,弟兄亦感相當過癮。而收一皮救靈魂亦明瑪實价,當低收入超於十皮,十一捐就会多過一皮啦,係慳到信徒錢喎

踢爆 淫邪牧師觀落陰斂財
一萬元救一亡魂 被斥荒唐

【專案組╱台北報導】讀者L小姐向《蘋果》投訴,神之子基督教會朱虹恩牧師妖言惑眾歛財,自稱奉上帝旨意,只要信徒奉獻金錢就可帶他們「觀落陰」,搶救陰間受難親人靈魂;記者調查還發現,朱虹恩寫書教女信徒幫未婚夫口手淫解決性慾。對此中華福音神學院教授康來昌牧師表示,「觀落陰」既荒唐又違反《聖經》,若收費更是道德錯誤;財團法人基督教基金會社長黃清一牧師痛斥,教未婚女性幫男性手淫、口交,不但淫亂也扭曲婚姻價值。

記者昨向朱虹恩詢問如何搶救陰間靈魂,朱虹恩表示:「這都是主耶穌賜予恩典,才能開靈眼觀異象,看見天使在陰間搶救靈魂經過。」他可到陰間救亡靈,包括古今中外名人,他自稱在大陸成立50個分會,信徒數千人,二度被大陸公安逮捕驅逐出境。而台灣神之子基督教會在台灣也有北、中、南三個分會,信徒130人,大部分是知識份子。
記者並向朱虹恩求證他撰寫冊子教女信徒替未婚夫口交、手淫目的;他解釋,「是為了讓兄弟姊妹不犯下姦淫罪」,才著書教導未婚男女如何避免性行為。
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我都係有嗰句講果句啫,我為人腸直肚直,唔多識講嘢,很多時辭不達意,難得您明白我向來嫉惡如仇正義感強勁
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原來,武藝一定係会愈老愈差..........

義餐館老闆指控神父修女聯手打他
中廣新聞網 (2008-11-04 14:31)

義大利一家餐廳老闆被一個神父和兩個修女用椅子給砸傷了。
四十九歲的老闆說,他的餐廳是跟教會租的。神父跟兩個修女在餐廳裡吵了起來。他過去勸架。勸架不成反倒跟這幾個神職人員吵成一團。神父順手抄了一把椅子,往他頭上砸。他還沒回過神來,兩個修女又抬腿踹了他的肚子。雙拳難敵六掌,老闆登時倒在地上。老闆說這三個方外人士不但打人,嘴裡還不乾不淨的罵個不停。
神父的律師說,老闆胡說八道。律師表示,神父和修女都已經年過半百了,不可能把老闆打傷。
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20081104/1032855.html
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老闆49歲,其實年紀相差並不遠嘛。而神父和修女雖年届半百但共有3人,反而較有優勢
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各位同業請注意,唔怕金融海嘯了!牧師終於医番好Lu wor,

Pastor in gay scandal: I'm back from 'wilderness'


By ERIC GORSKI – 12 hours ago

Speaking out two years after being embroiled in a gay sex scandal, former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard said Friday his sexual identity is complex and can't be put into "stereotypical boxes," but that his relationship with his wife is stronger than ever.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Haggard did not rule out a return to public life or the pulpit. He spoke before he appeared before TV critics in Los Angeles to promote "The Trials of Ted Haggard," an HBO documentary on Haggard's exile after his confession to "sexual immorality" and fall as a top evangelical leader.

"I am guilty. I am responsible," Haggard, 52, said Friday in a phone interview. "I got off track, and I am deeply sorry and I repent ... I'm moving along in a positive direction."

Haggard resigned as president of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals and was fired from the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., in November 2006 amid allegations that he paid a male prostitute for sex and used methamphetamine.

In a written apology at the time, Haggard confessed to a long battle against feelings contrary to his beliefs and admitted buying the drugs but said he never used them.

During a guest sermon last November at a friend's church in Illinois, Haggard said a co-worker of his father molested him when he was 7, an experience that "started to produce fruit" later. Clarifying that Friday, Haggard said: "I'm certainly not saying that because of that, I did this. I did what I did by my choice, and I'm responsible for it."

Haggard said he isn't qualified to judge what factors into one's sexuality, but still believes it's "God's perfect plan" for marriage to be between a man and woman.

"I think sexuality is confusing and complex," Haggard said. "I am totally completely satisfied with the relationship with my wife now, but I went through a wandering in the wilderness time, and I just thank God I'm on the other side of that."

Asked whether he could define his sexual identity, Haggard said: "The stereotypical boxes don't work for me. My story's got some gray areas in it. And, of course, I'm sad about that but it's the reality."

Later Friday, in a Q&A session with reporters at a Television Critics Association meeting in Universal City, Calif., Haggard said he should have been more open with his family and his congregation earlier, calling his actions "hypocrisy."

Asked to expand on his attitude toward homosexuality, Haggard said, "I believe all human beings fall short of the standards they believe in."

He added, "I would say the biggest change is I now know about hatred than I ever dreamed, and I know it doesn't help. And I know more about judgment and I know it doesn't help. Since my experience, I know more about the power of love and forgiveness. I know a lot more about the necessity of people not judging one another."

At the time the film was shot in 2007, Haggard described still occasionally struggling with same-sex attraction. Asked Friday whether those attractions remain, Haggard did not say definitively but said he was "not anywhere near" where he was at that time.

In the documentary premiering Jan. 29, Haggard is shown shuffling from motel to motel, driving a moving truck, enrolling in a college psychology course, struggling as a door-to-door salesman and pondering his fate while laying in a motel bed in a white undershirt.

"At this stage in my life, I'm a loser — a first-class loser," he says.

Now back living in Colorado Springs, Haggard said Friday he hopes to build his business selling insurance and debt-reduction software and is considering marketing himself through a speakers bureau to share his story — "if the terms were right. I have to earn a living."

"If what I have is helpful to other people, then I want to make that available to them," he said. "If it's not, then I'm perfectly happy building my business."

Haggard also plans to launch a nonprofit group to help the poor and needy, his Web site says. As for a return to pastoring a church, Haggard said: "I have learned enough to know a lot can happen to anybody. And when Jesus is our Lord, we can't plan our path."

The nature of Haggard's return — and his harsh words in the film for his former church — is drawing criticism. Haggard is also is to tape an "Oprah Winfrey Show" appearance next week for an episode scheduled to air this month, a spokesman for the show confirmed Friday.

"If you're going to come out and begin a new life, why would you choose an HBO documentary, then meet with the liberal Hollywood press?" said H.B. London, a former counselor to Haggard and an executive at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. "The fact that he's attacking the church or New Life Church, when they did so much to help him and his family, is below the belt."

Haggard lashes out at "the church" in the documentary, which was produced by Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He said "the church has said go to hell" and "the church chose not to forgive me."

Over a 14-month period ending Dec. 31, 2007, New Life Church paid the Haggard family $309,020 in salary and benefits, according to a church document obtained by The Associated Press.

The payout included $152,360 in salary for Ted Haggard, $62,177 in salary for his wife, Gayle, $26,426 for counseling, $11,168 for legal fees and $26,000 to help care for the couple's special-needs son, who is in his early 20s.

Haggard on Friday said his family is grateful for the severance, but he was angry for being forced to leave Colorado Springs as one condition. He also challenged the church's statement that he halted a process meant to restore him, saying he still receives counseling.

The church has since released Haggard from all restrictions, including a prohibition on speaking publicly, and both Haggard and church leadership say relations are positive.

Haggard's successor at New Life, Brady Boyd, wrote in a blog post Friday that "the motives behind every decision" involving the Haggards were pure, and the church was generous in its severance and support. He would not respond to Haggard's specific complaints.

In the AP interview, Haggard credited his therapists, whom he described as Christian believers who used secular therapy methods.

"I just thought a spiritual solution would be the solution to everything that's internal," Haggard said. "That turned out not to be the case."

Of Mike Jones, his accuser, Haggard said: "I know he's gone through a lot. When he said he had to say something, I believe it. And I think that was God encouraging him to do that."

Jones said Friday he considers Haggard a salesman seeking attention for his business.

"I know he's apologized to his church and family, blah, blah," Jones said. "But the people he hurt is the gay community, and he's never apologized to the gay community. He owes that."

Haggard has said his childhood experiences, including same-sex "sex play" with friends when he was in the seventh grade, started to manifest themselves when he turned 50, a few months before the scandal. That conflicts with Jones' statement that Haggard paid him for sex for three years. Haggard on Friday declined to discuss the discrepancy.

Associated Press Television Writer Lynn Elber in Universal City, Calif., contributed to this report.
http://www.mercurynews.com/religion/ci_11417621
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Mexico Priest Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges
VERACRUZ, MEXICO -- Police in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz arrested a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing boys at a church-run residential facility.
The Rev. Jose de Jesus Sandoval Gonzalez was detained in Veracruz city, the state Attorney General's Office said.
Authorities said police were still looking for a nun accused of acting as Sandoval's accomplice.
The priest's arrest came hours after the mayor of the town where the alleged crimes took place held a press conference to complain that prosecutors had failed to act on the criminal complaint the Boca del Rio municipal government filed in mid-December.
Late Monday, state Judge Beatriz Rivera acceded to a request from prosecutors to issue warrants for the arrest of Sandoval and Sister Maria Guadalupe Zaragoza Barajas.
Mayor Miguel Angel Yunes Marquez told reporters earlier Monday that the municipal government had received complaints from boys who said they were mistreated and subjected to sexual abuse by the priest with the connivance of Sister Maria Guadalupe.
According to Yunes, the mothers of two alleged victims said the nun accepted payments of 500 pesos ($36.20) to take boys to the house of the priest, where he then abused them.
Any boys who dared to mention what happened at the house were punished by making them eat hot peppers or spoiled food, or they were forced to kneel in the yard for four hours in the sun or on top of metal bottle caps and sleep with dogs all night or out in the open air.
During his meeting with reporters, the mayor presented videotapes of the testimony of several boys who were rescued from the church-run institution and who are now being taken care of by the municipal family services agency.
Yunes said that the city hall presented the criminal complaint on Dec. 15 but decided to go public with the matter because prosecutors have dragged their feet.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Veracruz said on television Tuesday that "if there was a crime," the law should be applied against whoever turns out to be responsible.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp? ... mp;CategoryId=14091
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Pastor gets five years in jail for assaulting girls

Daniel Cormier, the self-proclaimed pastor who was found guilty in October of the sexual assault of a minor from the time she was 8 or 9 until she was 13, was sentenced to five years in prison this morning at the provincial courthouse in Montreal.
Cormier, 57, was arrested in 2003 and charged with sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual assault and sexual exploitation of two girls. Acting in his own defence, he delayed the trial for years.
He argued his sexual relations with one of the underage girls were legal because he married her in the church that he invented when she was 10.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/n ... /1219036/story.html
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Ex-Mobile pastor Marshall Seymour pleads guilty in Florida molestation case
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
By DAN MURTAUGH
Staff Reporter
A pastor who once worked in both Mobile and Biloxi pleaded guilty or no contest last week to five felony charges in a child molestation case in Florida, according to news reports.
Marshall Seymour faces as many as 65 years in prison at his March 12 sentencing hearing.
Seymour worked as a youth pastor at the Parkway Assembly of God church in Mobile from 1995 to 1999.
He was arrested and charged with sexual abuse in Mobile in 1999, but that was plea-bargained to a lesser assault charge, and he moved to Florida.
Three years later, Parkway's insurance company settled a lawsuit with the boy's family.
Police in Lakeland, Fla., arrested Seymour in 2007. A jury trial was supposed to start in Florida's 10th Circuit Court on Wednesday, but Seymour instead entered his pleas.
According to Lakeland's newspaper, The Ledger, Seymour pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting the sexual performance of a child and one count of tampering with a witness.
Seymour also pleaded no contest to one charge of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and to a third charge of promoting the sexual performance of a child, according to the report.
Phone calls to the number listed for Parkway Assembly of God on Dauphin Island Parkway were not answered Monday afternoon.
While the amount of the 2002 settlement was undisclosed, papers filed in Mobile County Circuit Court revealed claims that Seymour molested a B.C. Rain High School student nine times.
http://www.al.com/news/press-reg ... 6080.xml&coll=3
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退休牧師性侵罪成立
2009-02-15 03:14:00

(星報專訊)一名育有4名子女、情緒抑鬱的42歲女子加入多倫多Manor Road聯合教會時,滿心期望牧師給予心靈慰藉與咨詢。但不久便與牧師梅卓(Rev. William Major)陷入長達9年的性關係,而牧師堅稱這一關係是兩相情願,充滿「關懷與愛護。」然而,安省高等法院法官史超域(Elizabeth Stewart)周五裁定,65歲的退休牧師性侵犯罪名成立,牧師利用自己的權力、信任與權威。法官指出:「被告當時便知道這是錯誤的,他了解教會的政策與禁止這類行為的規定。」育有兩名成年子女的牧師對在1996年至2005年期間性侵犯女子的指控不認罪。受害者的姓名不可公佈。法庭聆訊顯示,受害者成長於虔誠的羅馬天主教教會環境,她以為神職人員「接近上帝。」由於在童年期受到父親與兄弟的性虐待,女子缺乏自信,並有自殺念頭。當她加入該教會時,每周接受心靈輔導。法官史超域表示,女子相信「牧師回答了其所有的祈禱。」法官說,女子每周接受心靈輔導,隨著而來的便是各種性活動,從愛撫至性交。法官指出,在這種情況之下,並無真正的同意,因而女子是性侵犯的受害者。
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1036802/1.html
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競猜:此行為係出自那段經文?

Pastor, man cited for shooting arrow in church

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A pastor and parishioner have been cited by police for shooting an arrow during a church service. The pastor asked to have the arrow shot across the front of the church during a recent service at Pentecostals of Sheboygan County as a 'teaching tool.'
As the parishioner prepared to shoot the arrow with his bow, one man stood up and objected, telling the pastor it was unsafe and illegal. Parishioners said the pastor told the man to be quiet and sit down.
When the man objected a second time, the pastor asked him to leave. He did and called police.
The parishioner was cited for using a missile indoors and the pastor was cited for aiding and abetting. Both were fined $109.
http://www.google.com/hostednews ... usQUElJ49AD973U8500
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教院宗教教授 涉非禮女助理
校方紀律委員會調查         2009年5月7日

【明報專訊】教育學院爆出醜聞,教院宗教教育與心靈教育中心總監吳梓明教授涉嫌於年初非禮女同事,教院收到投訴後成立了紀律委員會調查,已完成報告並呈交校長及相關人士,並進入了校內紀律程序。吳梓明在接受調查期間並無停職,如常上班及出席其他學校活動。

涉事地點私家車遊艇
據了解,吳梓明被指於今年初涉嫌非禮宗教教育與心靈教育中心一名女研究助理,事發地分別是私家車內及一次遊艇出海活動期間,女事主事後曾撰寫數千字信件給吳梓明抗議無果,其後直接向教院高層投訴。女事主現時已被調往教院其他部門。

另有前教員指控性騷擾
據了解,校方收到投訴後認為指控嚴重,已即時安排學生事務長兼協理副校長(課程發展)林智中領導紀律委員會調查,委員會成員包括教授及教職員代表,確保調查公允。林智中本周一(5月4日)回覆本報時說﹕「不可回應。」
據悉,校方已向女事主表明教院會內部調查,不會阻撓事主報警,女事主則不願報警。
校方設立的調查委員會,除女事主作供指證吳梓明外,另一名該教育中心的前教員,亦為校方提供旁證,指控去年底離職前曾被吳梓明性騷擾。

校長張炳良﹕正調查 不拖延
教院校長張炳良前天接受本報查詢時承認正調查事件,但強調不會評論事件,問及調查進度,張炳良說﹕「我們不可強行說要在什麼時候完成。校方會處理,我們不會拖延。」他指校方有為員工提供指引,指示男女同事相處應注意事項(詳見另稿)。

本報記者於本周一及二(5月4日至5日)辦公時間內在教院等待吳梓明,宗教教育與心靈教育中心經理何榮漢表示,吳梓明周一放假,周二出席一間小學的典禮,約在下午4時返回辦公室,直至5時,何榮漢改稱吳梓明不會返回辦公室。

吳梓明受查無停職 拒回應

吳梓明昨日出席教院一個講座,被問及有否被指非禮女同事、是否被學校調查時,他一概拒絕回應。

教院發言人表示,因申訴程序仍然進行中,學院不會就個別個案提供細節及評論,以免影響有關程序的公正,及可能對有關人士構成困擾及傷害。發言人承認,今年的確接獲兩宗涉及職員的投訴,其中一宗仍在處理中。

教育專業人員協會副會長馮偉華表示,近年社會對男女同事之間身體接觸的敏感度提高,大部分院校均會提供指引,避免同事間發生性騷擾的爭拗,至於非禮等問題,則涉及刑事罪行,並非院校能力範圍內可處理。

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142# Jennifer


假如係佢而不幸地妳又冇被佢非禮............不要太介意,佢唔非禮妳,未必係因為妳比佢嘅女助理差,相反地,可能Prof.對妳不敢高攀啫
Don't know where God is but the Devil is in the details
因為我知道女人嘅本能就係咁啦。即使不願被非禮,都想知道:「點解佢要非禮佢而唔非禮我?究竟我有咩比唔上佢?」就算當時並無咁諗,五年後回想,都會禁不住有此念頭。
但英明如我都有一事不知。
請問.........如何入職天主教學校????



女童:老師與我性交320次(星島)2009年5月8日 星期五 06:30(綜合報道)(星島日報    報道)前油蔴地天主教小學(海泓道)男教師涉與年僅十二歲女生展開忘年師生戀,近三年來交往中更與女童性交多達三百二十次,期間女童更因此懷孕而進行墮胎;男教師昨否認十一項非法性交及一項串謀促使流產罪名而受審,女童昨供稱雖將自己處子之身奉獻給被告,但她根本不愛被告,與被告性交感到「很慘」。  油蔴地名小學前男教師涉與女童多次非法性交一案,昨在高院開審。現報稱無業的三十九歲被告朱志華,否認六項與十三歲以下女童非法性交、五項與十六歲以下女童非法性交及一項串謀促使流產罪名。控方開案陳詞指案發於○四年一月至○六年十二月,被告當時在油蔴地天主教小學(海泓道)任教,受害女童X為該小學的畢業生,被告曾是她小學三至六年級的科目老師。  現年十七歲的女童X在警方錄影會面帶供稱,被告為她的數學及體育科小學老師,深受學生愛戴,而她亦很尊敬被告,更不時到被告油麻地平安大廈替他改簿,期間她曾坐在他大腿上,作出親密的行為。○三年九月X升讀同區中學,被告開始為她補習,○四年初兩人單獨在涉案單位共處時,兩人在沙發上親吻,被告突問她:「想唔想試吓同佢發生性行為?」她在不知如何回應下,被告抱她入房發生關係。  X回憶指,她獻出處子之身痛到流淚,數周後被告再要求發生關係,卒於○四年暑期她發現月經遲來,在油麻地萬榮大廈一間診所被驗出有身孕三個月,被告即時要求她「快啲落咗佢」,他更向診所將墮胎費由三千元壓至二千八百元,數天後她被安排墮胎,她形容過程痛楚,全身冒汗。雖然醫生吩咐她手術後一個月內不能性交,但不夠兩周,被告又與她發生性行為。  她粗略估計,她墮胎前與被告性交三十至四十次,由墮胎後至○六年十二月與被告分手,兩人發生關係達二百八十次,即使他的寓所有其他學生補習或留宿,他也會與她在房中發生關係,但因她已獻出處子之身,「拒絕他發生關係也沒有意思」。她升到中四時,懂得分辨自己根本不愛被告,決心與被告分手。不過,控方開案陳詞指,○五年被告曾致電女童X的母親,飲泣地說愛上X,「發了很多事情」。  案件編號:高院刑事二八——二○○九。http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090507/3/c2lv.html
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殺害AVU0艷星女友 兇手男友是牧師
2009-09-19 05:44:00

(本報記者陸宜蒙羅維亞報道)曾在《尖峰時刻2》(Rush Hour 2)和《狂野極速》(The Fast and the Furious)客串演出的前成人電影華裔女星31歲李斐莉雪(Felicia Lee,譯音,藝名為Felicia Tang),日前遭同居白人男友藍道(Brian Lee Randone)毆打施暴、最後窒息死亡,而昨天據《聖蓋博論壇報》指出,該男子曾是神聖的牧師。該報寫道,45歲的藍道大學在芝加哥慕迪聖經學院 (Moody Bible Institute)就讀,接著從德州西南浸信會神學院(Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth)取得神學碩士,不過後來涉足演藝事業,1996年在德州貝勒大學(Baylor University)從事校園喜劇演員,2000年還參與福斯(Fox)電視台真人秀《美國最性感單身漢》(The Sexiest Bachelor in America)。目前藍道已被警方逮捕,控以謀殺罪、且保釋金200萬元。
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1269735/1.html

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Catholic bishop facing child porn charges

A Roman Catholic bishop who oversaw an historic settlement with victims of past sexual abuse by priests in Nova Scotia has been charged with possessing and importing child pornography.
Bishop Raymond Lahey of the archdiocese of Antigonish was searched at the Ottawa airport as he re-entered Canada on Sept. 15. Officers found images “of concern” on his laptop, and seized it along with other media devices. He was released pending further investigation.
After a forensic examination revealed child pornography, Ottawa police charged Bishop Lahey, 69, Friday and issued a warrant for his arrest.
In a statement Saturday, Bishop Lahey said that “after much thought and careful consideration” he had submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict “for personal reasons.”
“…To so many of you I would want to say a personal word of farewell and thanks. However, I have already left the diocese to take some much-needed time for personal renewal. I simply ask for your prayers, as I assure you of my continued prayers for you all,” he wrote.
Archbishop of Halifax Anthony Mancini told CTV News that he spoke to the former bishop yesterday but doesn't know where he is and would encourage him to surrender “and allow the legal process to unfold.”
When Bishop Lahey sent his resignation letter to the Pope, Archbishop Mancini said the clergyman would have been specific about why he was stepping down.
“The Pope would have to know what the grave cause is,” he said. “And I have to assume that since he responded and accepted Bishop Lahey's resignation that the Pope knew the gravity of the matter.”
Rev. Paul Abbass, a spokesman for the Antigonish diocese, said there was “a ton of speculation” about why the bishop resigned, with many people inferring it was because of stress or his health.
“We know the reason now and now we have to deal with that,” he said, calling the charges “pretty devastating,” especially in light of the recent sex abuse settlement.
Father Abbass described the former bishop as a warm, respectful and “very pastoral” man who was “absolutely committed” to resolving the abuse allegations. But he said the nature of the charges he faces makes helping the victims heal even more difficult. “There's a pretty big disconnect here,” he said.
In August, the Antigonish diocese reached a $15-million class-action settlement with known and alleged former child victims of sexual abuse by its priests dating back to 1950. At the time, Bishop Lahey, who was bishop of Antigonish for six years and was not implicated in the allegations, apologized to the victims and noted they were entitled to protection from priests.
“Sexual abuse, indeed any abuse, is wrong. It is a crime and it is a serious sin in the eyes of God. I want to assure you that for some time our diocese, like others throughout Canada, have been taking steps to protect children and youth,” Bishop Lahey told a news conference.
Last year, the Antigonish diocese and the Roman Catholic Church were named in the class-action lawsuit, which alleged they kept the assaults secret and failed to warn or protect children.
John McKiggan, the lawyer who initiated the suit, said yesterday that he was “very surprised” by the news.
In August, Mr. McKiggan said the settlement was “unprecedented in Canada,” noting that churches typically fight such claims until they declare bankruptcy or the alleged victims give up.
Originally from Newfoundland, the former bishop once served as a professor of theology at Memorial University in St. John's and was bishop of the province's Diocese of St. George's for 17 years.
With a report from The Canadian Press
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Pastor, Bluffs church sued by victim

Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009 12:22 AM CDT
OMAHA (WHNS) – An Omaha girl told her pastor that her body belonged to God, not to him.

The pastor disagreed. He said having sex with him was OK, and “This is what love is.”

Those allegations are contained in new documents reviewed by The World-Herald News Service in the case of a Lincoln pastor accused of sexually assaulting the girl in Omaha and Council Bluffs.

Attorneys for the girl, now 17, say she will need psychological treatment and will suffer from the abuse for the rest of her life. She and her father are suing Efrain Umaña Sr. for damages for emotional pain and distress, according to a lawsuit filed in Pottawattamie County District Court.

He also faces criminal charges in Douglas and Pottawattamie counties.

She alleges in the civil suit that Umaña, who is now 54, raped her at least three times: once at her home in Omaha, once at the church in Council Bluffs and once in Umaña’s car. She said she was in fourth or fifth grade at the time of the assaults.

Umaña’s attorney, Andrew Wilson, said Umaña denies the girl’s allegations.

“He denies all the allegations both civilly and criminally,” Wilson said.

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The girl and her family regularly attended the church in Council Bluffs where Umaña formerly preached, Templo Monte Horeb. It is near 30th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Umaña had influence and authority over her and used that power to sexually abuse her, attorneys John McHale and Robert Knowles said in the lawsuit.

The girl and her father also named the church as a defendant in the same lawsuit, alleging that the church was negligent in failing to check Umaña’s background. They also say the church failed to supervise Umaña.

A church member said that the congregation had no idea anything was amiss with Umaña and the girl and that Umaña never would have been allowed to work there if they knew he had complaints of impropriety in his past.

“This is a good place,” said Jose Escobar, 34, a member of the church for five years. “It is very important we try all we can to protect everybody in the church.”

The current pastor, Raul Jimenez, said the church board that hired Umaña knew him to be a good pastor. Umaña left the church last year.

“They never knew he had a bad record,” Jimenez said. “He was a good preacher, a good teacher and he always came with his family.”

Umaña worked as a Lincoln Public Schools bus driver from 1992-97. In 1993, three students reported that they felt uncomfortable around Umaña, according to memos obtained by The World-Herald News Service.

The students reported that he hugged them, said things like, “Hi, Babe” and told them how pretty they were. He also kissed one and grabbed at their coats, according to the documents. One girl reported that she told him the bus was cold and he said, “Yes, but you and me are hot.”

In 1994, three elementary school students reported that Umaña grabbed them in inappropriate places. Umaña denied the allegations to school officials. In 1997, Umaña was terminated.

The official reason for his termination, according to Lincoln school district documents, was that the district continually received calls about him doing the route incorrectly and saying inappropriate things. The final problem was when he gave a student a note saying, “I will kill you next time I’ll see you!” He told officials it was a joke.

Umaña had been pastor at an Assemblies of God church in Lincoln, Neb., called Efesios 2:20 until the church’s Midwest Latin American District Council dismissed him in 2002.

According to a letter the church sent to Umaña, his dismissal resulted in part from a report by a 17-year-old parishioner that she’d had a physical relationship with him. She later sued and said the case was settled out of court for $18,000.

A 14-year-old girl also reported that he made advances.

He was dismissed from another Lincoln church, at 1305 N. 52nd Ave., in 2008.

The church was an affiliate of the International General Assembly of the Church of God, of Cleveland, Tenn. A Church of God trial found him guilty of ecclesiastical charges of unbecoming ministerial conduct.

David Gosnell, administrative bishop of the Church of God in the Midlands, declined to say what the ecclesiastical charges were. Gosnell said the ecclesiastical charges involved no minors.

Umaña also is charged with forcing a woman parishioner to have sex with him and with making unwanted advances to two women at the Bluffs church.

He awaits trial in Douglas and Pottawattamie counties on criminal charges involving the minor and the women at the Bluffs church.

He is out on bail and continues to preach at his church, Iglesia Templo Pentecostal El Nuevo Nacimiento, in Lincoln.
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高雄法辦殺貓美國牧師
(明報)2010年3月11日 星期四 20:00

美國牧師John Sisk涉嫌持氣槍射殺流浪貓,遭高雄市鼓山警分局依槍炮彈藥刀械管制條例移送檢察署偵辦。

台灣動物緊急救援小組昨天指稱,這名牧師涉嫌持氣槍射擊流浪貓,造成一死一癱瘓。

高雄市鼓山警分局偵查隊長劉博升說,John Sisk不知道流浪貓竟會受重傷,他感到非常懊悔,多次表示歉意。(中央社)
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100311/4/gysd.html
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