Tag Archives: Belgium
Belgium: Islamic nutters disrupt conference
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Belgium: Family jailed for religiously-motivated murder
SMH A Belgian court has sentenced four members of a Pakistani family to prison for the “honour killing” of their law student daughter and sister. After pronouncing the family members guilty for the shooting death of Sadia Sheikh in October … Continue reading
Belgium: Sex abuse victims to sue the Vatican
SMH. GHENT: Dozens of victims of a child sex scandal in the Belgian Catholic Church have announced they are taking legal action against the Holy See, the first such suit in Europe. Lawyers and victims said a summons was on … Continue reading
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Belgium: Weasel words from Catholic head
SMH. BRUSSELS: The embattled head of Belgium’s Catholic church has defended his controversial remarks on AIDS, gays and paedophile priests, insisting that his words had been twisted. Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard has been accused of homophobia and his spokesman abruptly resigned … Continue reading
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Belgium: Church raided in child sex probe
SMH. Police have raided the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic church following fresh accusations of child sex abuse involving priests. The man who led Belgium’s Catholic church for two decades until the turn of the year, Godfried Danneels, was himself … Continue reading
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Belgium: Catholic bishop admits abuse of boy
SMH. ‘When I was still a simple priest and for a while when I began as a bishop, I sexually abused a young man in my close entourage,” Roger Vangheluwe said in a letter read out to reporters by a … Continue reading
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