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  • A Dozen Calif. Church Leaders Indicted For Allegedly Holding People Captive & Forcing

    09/10/2019 11:13:45 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 12 replies
    breaking911.com ^ | September 10, 2019 | no byline
    Full Title: A Dozen Calif. Church Leaders Indicted For Allegedly Holding People Captive & Forcing Them Into Labor El CENTRO – A dozen leaders of Imperial Valley Ministries, including the former pastor, are charged in an indictment unsealed today with subjecting dozens of mostly homeless people to forced labor, coercing them to surrender welfare benefits and compelling them to panhandle up to nine hours a day, six days a week, for the financial benefit of the church leaders. The defendants were arrested today in El Centro, San Diego and Brownsville, Texas and charged with conspiracy, forced labor, document servitude and...
  • Irish Bishop Resigns Amid Scandal

    04/01/2002 3:54:06 PM PST · by Palladin · 18 replies · 249+ views
    Associated Press ^ | April 1, 2002 | Shawn Pogatchnik
    Irish Bishop Resigns Amid Scandal By Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press Writer Monday, April 1, 2002; 4:13 PM BELFAST, Northern Ireland –– A Roman Catholic bishop announced his resignation Monday after admitting he hadn't done enough to stop a pedophile priest in his diocese, becoming Ireland's most high-profile casualty from sex abuse scandals. Bishop Brendan Comiskey said he had tried but failed to control the Rev. Sean Fortune, who committed suicide in 1999 before his planned trial on 66 criminal charges of molesting and raping boys over nearly two decades. Church superiors accepted the resignation of the 66-year-old Comiskey, who had...