Global Church Crime News 11/06/2023 global church crime Nov 06, 2023

(October 30) Watch As Robbers Attack Ghanaian Worshippers At Gunpoint In SA Church Of Pentecost | SOUTH AFRICA

A Ghanaian community has been attacked by a group of armed robbers while they were at a Church of Pentecost service in South Africa.

In a video shared by a handle on X (formerly...

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Global Church Crime News 08/27/2023 global church crime Aug 26, 2023

(August 25) Jaranwala Pastor Arrested In Connection With Blasphemy Incident That Sparked Violence | PAKISTAN

The police in Punjab’s Jaranwala have arrested a pastor, Amjad Alam, in connection with the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran that sparked the violence in the city last week.

At...

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Global Church Crime News 08/07/2023 global church crime Aug 06, 2023

(August 04) Russia Hits Another Ukrainian Church | UKRAINE

Russian shelling on Thursday damaged a landmark church in the city of Kherson that once held the remains of the renowned 18th-century commander who exerted Russian control through the southeastern parts of modern Ukraine and annexed the...

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Global Church Crime News 07/30/2023 global church crime Jul 29, 2023

(July 28) Pope Francis To Visit Portugal, A Country Facing A Reckoning Over Child Sex Abuse In The Church | PORTUGAL

When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior...

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Global Church Crime News 07/23/2023 global church crime Jul 22, 2023

(July 17) Holy Heist: Armed Robbers Raid Roman Catholic Church, Take Priests Hostage, And Make Off With Valuables | ZIMBABWE

In a shocking incident that unfolded recently, armed robbers targeted two separate Roman Catholic Church premises in Bulawayo, leaving priests and residents traumatized.

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Global Church Crime News 07/16/2023 global church crime Jul 15, 2023

(July 13) Clerical Sex Abuses Crisis: Spanish Priests Hit With Sanctions | SPAIN

The Diocese of Mallorca in Spain has sentenced Father Julià Cifre Vandrell to three years of not celebrating Mass “in any place other than at his home” and to leading “a secluded life of...

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Global Church Crime News 07/07/2023 global church crime Jul 08, 2023

(July 7) China House Church Labeled ‘Criminal Clique,’ Tithes Deemed ‘Illegal Income’ | CHINA

Three leaders of a house church in northern China have been charged with forming a “criminal clique” and obtaining “illegal income,” the church said,...

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Global Church Crime News 07/02/2023 global church crime Jul 01, 2023

(June 29) Sex Abuse allegations: 35 Bolivian Catholic Church Members Under Probe | BOLIVIA

After dozens of victims accused more than 30 members of the Catholic Church, a probe has been launched by the Bolivian prosecutors amid coun-trywide anger.

The case has sparked outrage in Bolivia, with many...

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Global Church Crime News 06/23/2023 global church crime Jun 24, 2023

(June 23) Vatican Sends Priest’s Diary To Bolivia Amid Sex Abuse Scandal | BOLIVIA

A sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has gripped Bolivia, prompting the Vatican to send a key piece of evidence back to the South American country.

On Thursday, the Society of Jesus of Bolivia...

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Global Church Crime News 06/18/2023 global church crime Jun 17, 2023

(June 15) Jesuits Expel Prominent Priest Rupnik After Allegations Of Sexual Abuse | VATICAN CITY

Pope Francis' Jesuit religious order said Thursday it has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult...

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Global Church Crime News 06/04/2023 global church crime Jun 03, 2023

(June 2) Spain’s Catholic Bishops Find Evidence Of 728 Sexual Abusers, 927 Victims Since 1945 | SPAIN

Spain’s Roman Catholic bishops’ conference says it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945, through the testimony of 927 victims, in its first...

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Global Church Crime News 05/28/2023 global church crime May 27, 2023

(May 26) Painter Jailed 2 Months For Stealing Four Bibles, 124 Church Forms | NIGERIA

A 30- year- old painter, Zakaraya Usman, was reported to have been found guilty of stealing from a church in Abuja.

The suspect was reported to have stolen four bibles, 124 church membership forms, and other...

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