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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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UP Priest Gets Life Sentence For Kidnapping, Raping College Student
A local court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a priest after convicting him for abducting and raping a college student.
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Kerala Court Grants Bail To Priest And Nun Convicted In Sister Abhaya Murder Case
The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted bail to a Catholic priest and a nun convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 21-year old Sister Abhaya, whose body was found in the well of a convent in Kottayam in 1992.
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Sister Abhaya Murder: 28 Years On, Kerala Catholic Priest, Nun Convicted
A special CBI court in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram today delivered its verdict in a 28-year-old murder caseas it held a Catholic priest and a nun guilty.
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Kerala Ex-Priest Jailed For Raping Minor Moves Court To Marry Survivor
Former Catholic priest convicted for raping a minor, Robin Vadakkumchery, has moved an application before the Kerala High Court for bail and temporary suspension of his sentence for two months so he can marry the survivor, who is now a 20-year-old woman studying in another state.
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Pope Francis Expels Kerala Priest Jailed For Raping 16-Year-Old Girl
Adhering to a policy of "zero tolerance" towards clergy who sexually exploit minors, Pope Francis has expelled a Kerala priest convicted of rape from all priestly duties and rights, according to church officials.
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Murder Convict Serving Life Sentence Marries Inside Punjab Jail
A high-security jail in Punjab witnessed the wedding of a murder convict with his finance on Wednesday. Authorities at Nabha maximum security jail also arranged a priest to solemnise the wedding of Mandeep Singh, who is serving a life sentence in a double murder case. This is the first time a marriage ceremony was organised inside the high security...
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"He Wore Priest's Clothes, But Was Devil": US Court Convicts Sex Abuser
A Catholic priest was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing two girls at a District of Columbia church after an emotional trial during which prosecutors said he used his position of trust to victimize the young parishioners.
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Priest, Three Others Convicted Of Gang-Rape Of 5 Girls In Jharkhand
A Christian priest and three others were convicted today for the gang-rape of five girls in Jharkhand's Khuti district.
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Top Vatican Cleric Cardinal George Pell Convicted For Child Sex Abuse
Australian Cardinal George Pell, who helped elect popes and ran the Vatican's finances, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, a court said Tuesday, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.
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Pope Accepts Resignation Of Archbishop Convicted Of Child Abuse Cover-Up
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Wilson, an Australian archbishop convicted in May of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s, the Vatican said Monday.
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Australian Court Convicts Archbishop For Concealing Child Sex Abuse
An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted on such a charge.
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Priest Sentenced To Life For Murdering Texas Beauty Queen In 1960
A retired Catholic priest convicted of murdering a former beauty queen who came to him for confession was sentenced to life in prison by a jury in south Texas on Friday, local media reported, ending a cold case that has troubled the community for nearly 60 years.
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In Ooty, A Lawsuit From US Over Priest Convicted Of Child Sex Abuse
A Catholic diocese in Tamil Nadu is consulting attorneys about a lawsuit filed against it in the US after it re-assigned a priest who was convicted of child sex abuse in Minnesota.
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Vatican Revokes Suspension Of Tamil Nadu Priest, Triggering Row
Children's activists have criticised the Vatican for revoking the suspension of a Catholic priest who was convicted by a US court of sexually abusing a minor.
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"Horror Show": Priest On US Prisoner's Nitrogen Gas Execution
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first man in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, a controversial method that was condemned by human right activists as well as the United Nations and White House.
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UP Priest Gets Life Sentence For Kidnapping, Raping College Student
A local court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a priest after convicting him for abducting and raping a college student.
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Kerala Court Grants Bail To Priest And Nun Convicted In Sister Abhaya Murder Case
The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted bail to a Catholic priest and a nun convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 21-year old Sister Abhaya, whose body was found in the well of a convent in Kottayam in 1992.
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Sister Abhaya Murder: 28 Years On, Kerala Catholic Priest, Nun Convicted
A special CBI court in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram today delivered its verdict in a 28-year-old murder caseas it held a Catholic priest and a nun guilty.
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Kerala Ex-Priest Jailed For Raping Minor Moves Court To Marry Survivor
Former Catholic priest convicted for raping a minor, Robin Vadakkumchery, has moved an application before the Kerala High Court for bail and temporary suspension of his sentence for two months so he can marry the survivor, who is now a 20-year-old woman studying in another state.
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Pope Francis Expels Kerala Priest Jailed For Raping 16-Year-Old Girl
Adhering to a policy of "zero tolerance" towards clergy who sexually exploit minors, Pope Francis has expelled a Kerala priest convicted of rape from all priestly duties and rights, according to church officials.
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Murder Convict Serving Life Sentence Marries Inside Punjab Jail
A high-security jail in Punjab witnessed the wedding of a murder convict with his finance on Wednesday. Authorities at Nabha maximum security jail also arranged a priest to solemnise the wedding of Mandeep Singh, who is serving a life sentence in a double murder case. This is the first time a marriage ceremony was organised inside the high security...
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"He Wore Priest's Clothes, But Was Devil": US Court Convicts Sex Abuser
A Catholic priest was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing two girls at a District of Columbia church after an emotional trial during which prosecutors said he used his position of trust to victimize the young parishioners.
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Priest, Three Others Convicted Of Gang-Rape Of 5 Girls In Jharkhand
A Christian priest and three others were convicted today for the gang-rape of five girls in Jharkhand's Khuti district.
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Top Vatican Cleric Cardinal George Pell Convicted For Child Sex Abuse
Australian Cardinal George Pell, who helped elect popes and ran the Vatican's finances, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, a court said Tuesday, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.
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Pope Accepts Resignation Of Archbishop Convicted Of Child Abuse Cover-Up
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Wilson, an Australian archbishop convicted in May of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s, the Vatican said Monday.
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Australian Court Convicts Archbishop For Concealing Child Sex Abuse
An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted on such a charge.
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Priest Sentenced To Life For Murdering Texas Beauty Queen In 1960
A retired Catholic priest convicted of murdering a former beauty queen who came to him for confession was sentenced to life in prison by a jury in south Texas on Friday, local media reported, ending a cold case that has troubled the community for nearly 60 years.
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In Ooty, A Lawsuit From US Over Priest Convicted Of Child Sex Abuse
A Catholic diocese in Tamil Nadu is consulting attorneys about a lawsuit filed against it in the US after it re-assigned a priest who was convicted of child sex abuse in Minnesota.
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Vatican Revokes Suspension Of Tamil Nadu Priest, Triggering Row
Children's activists have criticised the Vatican for revoking the suspension of a Catholic priest who was convicted by a US court of sexually abusing a minor.
