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您估所有男性離教者去叫雞都由我做扯皮條咩?係就發咯 | |
教會自中世紀就已經營雞竇, 堪稱現存最資歷丰富的淫業鉅子: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_prostitution https://www.usna.edu/Users/history/abels/hh315/church_950_1350.htm 對於離教者客户叫雞次數、平均每月消費、喜好、 類型、age group等大數据暸如指掌 | |
安妮（Annie Lobert）在性產業中工作了16年，和癌症抗爭，染上毒癮。但當她被耶穌呼召走出死亡之門時，她發現了她的救主，找到了去安慰成千上萬其他性交易受害者的異象。她在iamsecond.com的一個新視頻中分享了她如何成為“一名在基督里的處女”。 44歲的安妮是“Hookers For Jesus”（為耶穌的妓女）的創始人。她在這個將近14分鐘的視頻中身着黑衣，坐在白色的沙發上，她回憶說她曾感到“我永遠不會是乾淨的了”。iamsecond.com網站邀請名人和普通人作個人掙扎和改變的見證。 她從小就面臨很多艱難。由於在一個充滿虐待的家庭中長大，她開始在學校求助男生來找到一些自我價值。“我在學校遇到這個男孩，他偷走了我的心。他告訴我，如果我和他上床，那麼我們可以結婚……但當我發現他和好幾個我最好的女朋友上床時，我震驚了，”她激動地敘述道。 畢業之後，安妮離開家搬到了明尼阿波里斯市。她當時18歲。“我必須做3份工作才能有住的地方並買一輛車。”她覺得如果她有漂亮衣服並且去俱樂部，“可能我可以遇到一個富有的傢伙，喜歡上我並像王子一樣照顧我。”她覺得金錢是自己對父親、對那個男孩根深蒂固不寬恕的答案，“我只是想要報復。” 金錢的誘惑把她拉進了賣淫產業。在一個假期的晚上，“我實際上把自己和女友賣給了一些日本客戶，我成了一名妓女。”一旦她發現可以通過出賣自己掙到不是上萬也至少是上千的錢，她不再滿足於每小時3.47美金的工資。“每小時500美金，接着是1000美金，現在是2000美金，這給了我極大的力量，如果你想要我過一晚，那會是1萬美金。” 有一天，安妮在一個俱樂部遇到一個男人，她當時在那裡跳舞。這個男人聲稱愛上了她，安妮覺得她找到了自己的王子。他把她帶到了拉斯維加斯，在那裡，她發現這個人實際上是個皮條客。“他掐住我的脖子，把我摔在門廊上開始對我拳打腳踢。我的血液凝固了。‘你將為我工作。’他直衝着我的臉說。‘我不知道你覺得現在是什麼時候，但是現在你將要給我錢。’我的鼻子破了，肋骨斷了，我就像在看着一個魔鬼。王子變成了黑暗。‘如果你嘗試離開，我會殺了你。’” 安妮5年後才得以擺脫他，但“當你離開一個皮條客，你是一無所有地離開。”“我開始再次攢錢，但那錢不再一樣了。我得了癌症（霍奇金淋巴瘤）。幾年後我掉光了所有頭髮。做化療，止痛藥上癮，接着是可卡因。我繼續禿頭，帶着假髮，因為化療失去了所有頭髮。” 有一次，她服用可卡因過量，她意識到了自己需要一位救主。“我完全瞎了。整個房間的燈好像都熄滅了，全黑了。我記得躺在那裡，感覺魔鬼在向我靠近……我知道一切結束了。我看到我的家人，我的葬禮，我在棺材里。每個人都在哭泣。他們擦拭他們的臉，在說，‘她就是個妓女。’” 就在那個時候，她哭喊道，“耶穌，請救救我。我不知道你是否是真實的，但我不想死。”救護車到了，醫生告訴她，如果不是神的同在，她會因為體內毒品過多而死亡。“我知道耶穌聽了我的禱告。我躺在那裡，有一種平安來到我裏面，那是我整個一生都沒有體會過的。我知道神給我了第二次機會。” 安妮慢慢好起來，開始讀聖經。剛開始，她覺得自己不應該去教會，因為“我以前是一名妓女。”但是當她這樣做的時候，基督徒們接納了她。“神開始從內面醫治我，聖靈就像在對我說話。告訴我，‘我是美麗的，我是被揀選的，我是被分別出來的，我是聖潔的，我是為了他的神聖器皿……我是在他裏面的一名處女。’” 很快，她聽到神對她說，“安妮，我想讓你回到那片地帶。我想要你告訴那些在奴隸制中的女孩們，我愛他們。”於是她回去，告訴那些女孩們。“神愛你。不管你曾在哪裡，不管你做過什麼，不管你覺得自己有多麼骯髒，有着救贖。” 安妮在2005年1月創立了“Hooker For Jesus”，宣講人口販賣、性暴力、有關色情的剝削和性產業的現實。2009年6月，她和重金屬基督徒樂隊Stryper的吉他手Oz Fox結了婚。 安妮用3句話總結了自己的故事。“小女孩迷失了，覺得沒人愛她，覺得沒人想要她，從她的城堡中逃離出來。但神在那條黑色的路上遇到了她。他說，‘你現在可以回家了。我就在這裏並且我永遠不會離開你。’” | |
November 11, 2015 by Michael Stone Vatileaks scandal widens: The Vatican is secretly operating brothels and massage parlors where priests pay for sex according to the latest claims to emerge from the Vatileaks scandal. A new report, leaked by a Vatican mole, indicates a Vatican department, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, is currently leasing and renting out Vatican owned properties at nominal fees to powerful colleagues who in turn allow the properties to be used as secret brothels and illicit massage parlors. According to reports, the secret brothels and illicit saunas are being patronized by Catholic priests. The properties implicated in the report include premises close to the Italian Parliament and a solarium near Piazza Barberini. Last week the Vatican’s gendarmes arrested two members of Pope Francis’s economic-reform committee—Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, a powerful monsignor, and Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, whose background is in public relations—for allegedly leaking documents to two Italian journalists. These latest revelations of wrongdoing comes on the heels of the publication of two books by Italian investigative journalists earlier this month: “Merchants in the Temple” and “Avarice.” Both publications paint a damning picture of mismanagement and greed in the Vatican. Citing leaked confidential documents, the books expose the greed of cardinals and monsignors, mismanagement of Vatican assets and the resistance to change from the Holy See’s old guard. Pope Francis has denounced the leaks as a crime. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pro ... r-catholic-priests/ | |
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Vatican-owned properties in Rome are operating as seedy saunas and massage parlours where priests pay for sex, according to the latest in a series of leaked reports to embarrass the Church. It is also claimed that Vatican officials are allowing buildings to be rented out at peppercorn rents as favours to powerful colleagues and turning a blind eye to shady property deals, as well as allowing addresses to be used as red-light establishments. READ MORE Vatican priest arrested in hunt for the Holy See’s enemy within Among the properties mentioned in the document, made public by a Vatican mole, are premises in two streets close to the Italian Parliament and a solarium near Piazza Barberini, according to press reports. One particular Vatican department, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, has been highlighted in the list. It owns hundreds of high-value properties in central Rome, worth hundreds of millions of euros. Two years ago it emerged the Vatican had purchased a €23m (£16m) share of a Rome apartment block, 2 Via Carducci, which housed the Europa Multiclub, Europe’s biggest gay sauna. Tales of visiting priests were legion, and a section of the sauna’s website promoting special “bear nights” included a video of a hirsute man stripping down and changing into a priest’s outfit.Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who held the Vatican’s purse strings under the previous Pope Emeritus Benedict, was said to have been behind the purchase of the block of flats in 2008. READ MORE Vatican scandal book exposes secret saint-making machine and break-in Vatican uses monastery to ‘cure gay priests’, former clergy claim Catholic bishops gather to formulate policies on gay relationships It was also alleged in this month’s leaks that Cardinal Bertone used €200,000 from a medical charity to refurbish his penthouse flat. Meanwhile, sources quoted by Ansa news agency said that Pope Francis hoped to close the leak investigation and draw a line under the affair before the Vatican’s special Jubilee Year, which begins on 8 December. Some observers believe the leaks are part of a campaign to undermine his effort to reform the Curia. http://www.independent.co.uk/new ... r-sex-a6729251.html | |
published on November 8, 2012 A five star brothel business in Italy, which is being run by a young Malayali priest associated with a diocese of Kottayam has been exposed by online malayalam news websites. The priest has been recruiting young women from localities like Ettumanur, Kaduthurutthi, Karimkunnam, Uzhavoor and Kaippuzha. The women were from financially backward families whom he came in contact at his capacity as the priest with the church. They were recruited offering jobs as home nurses abroad. The agents linked to the priest used to charge huge sums ranging from Rs 2 lakhs to 10 lakhs from their victims for processing their documents arranging for their visas. It is being reported that, the priest has a wide network back home which includes nuns, priests and local politicians who work for him for good returns as commission. The visitors to Italy from different dioceses in Kerala and politicians who go for occasional visits were his guests. One such woman who ended up there couple of months back became instrumental in exposing this unholy business. She refused to work with them and raised an alert, after which she was given employment in another firm and her family was silenced by paying a bribe of Rs 2 lakhs. It is assumed that the priest pays hefty contributions to the church establishments and politicians back home, because of which the church authorities and even the government are reluctant to take any actions against this priest. Visit the below link to read the full story in Malayalam http://keralaonlinenews.com/mala ... am-news-20447.html/ | |
A supposed man of God who is the General Overseer (GO), of a pentecostal church located at the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State, has been arrested for allegedly luring an 11-year-old girl to a brothel in the area and raping her, Daily Post reports. According an eyewitness, the pastor who is very popular in the area, had, on Saturday, January 23, lured the girl to the brothel where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her and it was screams of pains that attracted some of the prostitutes resident in the brothel. The scarlet ladies were said to have rushed to the room but found it locked and alerted policemen from the Alonge Police Division. The policemen thereafter, forced the door of the room opened where they found the girl in a pool of her blood and the GO who was half naked trying to clean her up. The man was arrested but two days later, he was released by the police, causing outrage and pandemonium in the community as residents rose enmasse to protest the release of the pastor who is said to have earlier raped three young girls in the area and had been left off the hook each time. http://pulse.ng/gist/touch-not-m ... thel-id4617982.html | |
 Female Inmate: Prison Chaplain Raped Me, Called Me His ‘Mexican Whore’ An Arkansas chaplain assaulted female inmates on a weekly basis during private ‘prayer sessions’—and one victim claims other prison officials helped him get away with it. He promised spiritual counseling and a shot at parole. But for years, Kenneth Dewitt, the aging chaplain at an Arkansas lockup, called female prisoners to his office for “special training” and raped them instead. Dewitt was sentenced to five years for assaulting three women at the McPherson Unit in Newport from 2013 to 2014. He originally faced 50 counts of sexual assault, each carrying 10 years behind bars, but took a plea deal this summer. Now the crooked clergyman is named in a lawsuit from one of his victims, Leticia Villarreal, a single mother from Mexico. Villarreal claims Dewitt sexually assaulted her 72 times, or every Monday for about a year and a half. Dewitt, 68, degraded Villarreal while he assaulted her, calling her his “Mexican whore” and “my Mexican,” the lawsuit states. “You are a criminal from Mexico. No one will help you here but me, so you better do as you are told,” Dewitt allegedly told her. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Villarreal said Dewitt preyed on women who had no family and few visitors. “Nobody wrote me letters. I was pretty much abandoned,” said Villarreal, who was released from prison and deported last year. “I didn’t have much education, I was an orphan and grew up on my own. That made me a target,” she added. Villarreal’s lawsuit—which also lists several corrections officers as defendants—provides a deeper look into allegations of Dewitt’s sickening abuse and requests damages for medical expenses, as well as an overhaul of prison policy in Arkansas. The complaint, which alleges a violation of civil rights and negligent training and supervision, also comes as the U.S. Department of Justice investigates allegations of sexual abuse of inmates at the penitentiary. Dewitt made national headlines in December 2015 after he was charged. Back then, The Daily Beast revealed Dewitt based his jail teachings on those of Bill Gothard, an evangelical minister accused of sexually harassing more than 30 women. Yet no one appeared to suspect this white-haired man of the cloth was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, who secretly coerced prisoners into sex on a schedule. He assaulted one inmate on Sundays, another on Mondays and a third on Wednesdays, prosecutors said. One victim told police that Dewitt had her sit in a chair and perform oral sex on him while he stood at the door, keeping watch. Previously a Baptist minister, Dewitt founded his prison program, Principles and Applications for Life, in 1999. He resigned in September 2014, after a former inmate wrote a letter to prison officials stating, “Chaplain Dewitt and I had a moral failure,” and sparked an investigation, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Shockingly, the state Department of Correction honored him as its “employee of the year” just one year before. “There are so many people out there pretending to be something,” Villarreal said of Dewitt’s abuse of authority, “but they’re really criminals.” The 43-year-old said she became acquainted with Dewitt not long after moving to the United States and going to prison. Villarreal immigrated to Arizona and later to Texas in 2001 to escape her abusive husband in Mexico. She told The Daily Beast she worked as a waitress and a stripper in Texas, struggling to make ends meet for her three children. She was arrested four years later as a passenger in her brother’s vehicle, which was transporting drugs. According to Villarreal, her sibling and two other male passengers lied to cops, telling them the cocaine belonged to her. (These claims could not be confirmed by The Daily Beast, but online court records show Villarreal has a conviction for cocaine possession with the intent to deliver. Meanwhile, her lawsuit states she was sentenced to 40 years.) GET THE BEAST IN YOUR INBOX! Enter your email address By clicking "Subscribe," you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy SUBSCRIBE The distraught mother sought help to turn her life around once she was incarcerated in 2007. So she signed up for Dewitt’s non-denominational “P.A.L” program—which the parole board looked favorly upon—and became a counselor whose duties included translating for Hispanic inmates. But in January 2013, Dewitt came to her with an “opportunity for advancement” and asked her to report to his office the following Monday at 6 a.m., her lawsuit states. When she arrived, Dewitt locked the door and said he knew “how very attracted [she was to him],” court papers state. The pastor then allegedly told Villarreal he wanted to give her “sexual training in order to be a true woman of God.” Despite Villarreal’s refusals, Dewitt groped her and told her she had no choice but to accept his authority, the lawsuit states. Before she left the room, he allegedly reminded her to visit his office every Monday morning “or else.” What happened between them was a “private matter,” Dewitt allegedly warned, and if she ratted him out, no one would believe her. Villarreal continued to visit the preacher’s post every Monday at 6 a.m. out of fear, the lawsuit states. Once she arrived, Dewitt would lecture her for 30 minutes “on how to have a proper relationship with God,” then rape her and force her to perform oral sex. Dewitt also allegedly told Villarreal she should be grateful for his “training” and suggested she become a missionary in Mexico and thus a “woman of Godliness.” The chaplain warned Villarreal that if she told anyone about the abuse, she would be put in segregation and never leave prison. She never reported the sexual assaults and began to contemplate suicide. The only thing keeping her from killing herself was the thought of seeing her children again, the lawsuit states. Villarreal did not only suffer emotionally from the sexual assault; she acquired sexually transmitted infections from Dewitt, court papers allege. Dewitt routinely bragged about his sexual exploits during PAL lectures, the lawsuit alleges, and told his flock he acquired herpes during his “glory years” as a “playboy.” Villarreal repeatedly sought help from medical staff for pelvic pain and bleeding, as well as sores in her mouth that nurses called “lie bumps,” the complaint says. According to the lawsuit, another of Dewitt’s victims had similar symptoms in her treatment history but medical staff did not report this to higher-ups. Dewitt allegedly continued to assault Villarreal until late July 2014, when he left for a trip and his assistant chaplain Stacey Smith took over. Smith, who was also sleeping with Dewitt, was a former inmate serving a 60-year sentence on drug charges but granted clemency by former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Smith called Villarreal into the chaplain’s room and said she knew about the Monday sex sessions with the pastor, the lawsuit says. “Then, in an utterly bizarre gesture, Chaplain Smith said she ‘forgave’ [Villarreal]” before ordering her to leave the office,” court papers allege. The next day, Villarreal asked Smith to remove her from the PAL program, but Smith said she couldn’t without Dewitt’s permission, the complaint states. Villarreal also asked another corrections employee, Tonya Gates, to change her barracks assignment but Gates also allegedly deferred to Dewitt. Villarreal claims Dewitt was furious when he returned from vacation, demanding she not ask for removal from his program again. With the help of Sergeant Phillip Allen, Dewitt escorted her back to his office, the complaint says. According to the lawsuit, Allen offered to pepper spray Villarreal and toss her into solitary confinement if Dewitt “needed help.” Once in the pastor’s quarters, Villarreal was berated by Dewitt until she promised to keep quiet about the abuse. In September 2014, Dewitt changed his tone, asking Villarreal to “forgive” him for raping her. The chaplain informed her authorities were on his tail, and he asked her to lie to investigators, court papers allege. (That month, Smith told prison officials in a letter about her “moral failure” with Dewitt.) Villarreal didn’t reply, because Dewitt “appeared mentally unstable, and she was worried about her safety if she said the wrong thing,” the complaint states. Still, in December 2014, she reported the sexual assaults to the chaplain’s temporary replacement and was told a warden would interview her. Villarreal claims in her lawsuit that the warden never took action but that Arkansas State Police came knocking months later. Villarreal’s lawsuit suggests a network of chaplains and prison employees allowed Dewitt unfettered access to potential victims. Kristina Gates, a prison chaplain known as Gramma and who is named as a defendant, continued facilitating phone calls between Dewitt and one of his victims even after he resigned, court papers allege. Because of Gramma’s help, Villarreal initially felt unsafe in reporting Dewitt’s assaults. Indeed, it’s unclear how Dewitt’s sexual abuse went undetected by prison officials. Wendy Kelley, hired as the director of the state Department of Correction after Dewitt’s resignation, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the chaplain’s office was on the unit’s main hallway and had a floor-to-ceiling window. “But that clearly wasn’t good enough,” Kelley told a reporter at Dewitt’s plea hearing. “So we made some moves to prevent that from ever being able to happen again.” (The prison knocked down some walls to prevent blind spots.) The Arkansas Department of Correction, as well as Dewitt’s attorney, declined to comment on Villarreal’s lawsuit. Joseph Lacome, an attorney for Villarreal, said he has a list of five other possible victims of Dewitt’s abuse and is awaiting the results of the DOJ’s probe into McPherson. “The [Arkansas Department of Corrections] can make it look like, ‘Well, we’ve done our job,’ but I think it’s more systemic,” Lacome told The Daily Beast. “There’s a lot more going on in that prison.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/art ... -mexican-whore.html | |
 Boston Clergyman Allegedly Found With a Prostitute Behind a Cemetery Last December, Pope Benedict XVI named Massachusetts episcopal vicar Arthur M. Coyle a Prelate of Honor, the second of three monsignor ranks within the Catholic Church. Yesterday, police allegedly discovered Coyle with a prostitute behind a cemetery. The Boston Globe reports that law enforcement saw Coyle with a woman who'd been previously arrested on prostitution charges in the passenger seat of his Chevy. The cops waited five minutes, then approached the parked car, where they "separated" (uh?) the two suspects. Coyle later admitted he'd offered her $40 for oral sex. Yesterday wasn't the first time local officers noticed the clergyman driving around an area frequented by sex workers, according to a police report submitted to the court and read by the Boston Globe. "Coyle had been spotted a dozen times in the past circling a neighborhood known for prostitution, noting, in particular, an incident in November. . . When police asked why he had been circling an area known for prostitution, he denied doing so and went home." Today, the 62-year-old pled not guilty to charges of paying a fee for sexual conduct. Soon after, the Archdiocese of Boston announced that the Reverend Monsignor had submitted to a voluntarily leave of absence, asking "for prayers for all impacted by this matter." | |
 Pastor takes Craigslist bait, wanted to meet young girl, police say KENTWOOD, MI - A man who works as a pastor tried to arrange a meeting with an undercover police officer who posed as a father on Craigslist willing to prostitute his young daughters, police said. David Robert Diehl, 39, of Kentwood, is accused of child sexually abusive activity and using a computer to commit a crime. He faces up to 20 years in prison if arrested. He is free on $10,000 personal-recognizance bond.Deihl told investigators he works full-time at a funeral home. Diehl and his wife are also pastors at Church on Fire in Grand Rapids, according the church's website. They have served in ministry since they were married in 1998, the website said. Diehl was arrested after an undercover officer, posing as a concerned Craigslist user, warned others about a man named "Daddy Dave" who was trying to "trick out," or prostitute, his young daughters. A man named David Diehl emailed the investigator for the phone number of the man prostituting his daughters. The investigator, state police Detective Matthew McLanin, provided the emailer with his own number. The man texted the detective and talked about meeting with "Daddy Dave" to have sex with his 11-year-old daughter. Police identified Diehl as the suspect and used a search warrant at his apartment on Tuesday, Nov. 22. He wasn't home but police found him at work. Diehl admitted texting "Daddy Dave" about his 11-year-old daughter and the possibility of meeting her for sex, police said. He told police he had an interest and curiosity in children ages 12 and 13, the detective wrote in a probable-cause affidavit filed in Kentwood District Court. "Diehl admitted there was a strong possibility he would have met with Daddy Dave for the purpose of having sex with the 11-year-old girl if there was zero chance of Diehl being arrested by police or having to go to jail," McLalin wrote. The church website says Diehl served in the U.S. Army for over 18 years, which included three deployments to the Middle East. The site says he "operates with a gift of prophecy and has a heart for young adults and men's ministry." http://www.mlive.com/news/grand- ... igslist_bait_w.html | |
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- What happens when members of one church walk outside its doors is enough to make them turn around and head right back to the sanctuary. It's no surprise to hear the oldest profession in the world is happening along West 10th Street in Huntington, but New Day Ministry Pastor Helen Wolfe says it's worse than ever. She says prostitutes proposition her church members before and after church services. "These ladies are literally chasing them to the front door," she said. Even Pastor Helen has been mistaken for one of the ladies in question. "An older gentleman about 62 years old pulled in front of the daycare," she said. "I walked out and I said, 'Hey, can I help you?' and he said, 'Yeah. How much?' And I looked at him and I said, 'Salvation is free.' " She doesn't intend to tolerate it any more. "Somebody has to go out and say I'm going to put a stop to this," she said. While a WSAZ crew was talking with Helen, she confronted a couple of the women as they were walking by her church.She told one of them, "Somebody is going to cut you up, somebody is going to kill you. and you're worth more than that." She also told one of the women, "Tell the pimps I'm coming after them." One of the ladies agreed to come inside the sanctuary and share her story. "I used to be a supervisor," she told WSAZ. "I had a good job, a nice home, car, everything, and I got really badly hurt and got on pain pills." She claims to no longer be addicted to drugs but continues to work as a prostitute because she can't find another job. "We're not bad people," she said. "We're just trying to survive like everybody else. That's all we're trying to do." So is Pastor Helen. She also runs a daycare next to the church. She says more than half the children's parents have pulled them out in the last couple years because of this problem. "The pimps are now getting into my pocket," Helen said. "Now the daycare is decreasing because the parents know it's a good daycare, but they tell me all the time, we'd love to bring our children there, but they say they get chased down by the prostitutes. I'm going to flip this and get in the pimp's pocket." Pastor Helen plans to start taking pictures of people involved in criminal activity outside her church, including the men who pick up the prostitutes, and sending them to the police. "If the enemy is bold enough to come on this street, I'm going to be bold enough to confront him," she said. The city of Huntington is working on new strategies in dealing with this problem, as well. The WEAR program began back in November. That added 20 spots in the drug court specifically for women who got into prostitution to support a drug habit. Huntington Police also announced in October they would begin displaying the faces of people caught picking up prostitutes on billboards. http://www.wsaz.com/content/news ... ing--370572971.html | |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- After a three-day investigation, nearly two dozen men were arrested on charges related to human trafficking, including Jason Evan Kennedy, a pastor of children's ministry at Grace Baptist in Karns.  Grace Baptist responds Those with the church say Kennedy lost his job as a result of the arrest. Church leaders released a statement that read: "The actions of the children’s pastor for which he has been arrested were part of his life outside the church, and we have received no questions or concerns related to his conduct within the church or its ministries." Church leaders said Kennedy was hired two-and-a-half years ago. Church administrators got a background check on Kennedy and it turned up with no issues at the time. It did not indicate any previous problems. Church leaders believed Kennedy was a good fit because he listed a children's pastor as a reference on his application. That pastor affirmed Kennedy had no issues in his background. "We are praying for his family and will continue to provide the services of our ministry to them," read the final statement in the church's release. The church will be closed until Monday. Details of Kennedy's arrest According to a police report, Kennedy responded to a Backpage.com ad via text message. The report says Kennedy was made aware that there would be two girls present, one was 15 years old. He negotiated $100 for a half hour of sex with both girls. He was told to go to a gas station on Merchants Road for further instructions. Then he received instructions to go to a hotel room where the girls were. The report says he stated he wanted to have sex with both girls he thought were inside. He put the agreed upon $100 on the counter. He removed his pants and then law enforcement took him into custody. "Our work is not finished. We want to make sure there is no safe place to hide for criminals who would victimize the most vulnerable among us. We want anyone answering an ad for sex to think that a TBI agent and a Knoxville Police officer may be on the other end of that line," said TBI Director Mark Gwyn. Kennedy is charged with human trafficking and patronizing prostitution. Another pastor charged TBI Director Mark Gwyn says another man, Zubin Parakh, responded to ads specifically indicating he was looking for underage girls to have sex with. Parakh was listed as a "Creative Pastor" for Lifehouse Church in Oak Ridge. "Law enforcement across the state are watching and we are working together to stop anyone from trying to buy or sell a child for sex," said Gwyn. 32 people arrested or cited, 23 men charged with trying to buy sex Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and officers with the Knoxville Police Department worked together to arrest or cite 32 people on charges related to human trafficking. Twenty-three of those arrests were of men trying to buy sex from a prostitute. "These are men from our community. They include an engineer, a volunteer firefighter, a landscaper, a student. These are people we work with and live with," said Gwyn. Five women were arrested for working as prostitutes. Of those five, three accepted service from a non-profit to get out of prostitution. "This crime is grossly protected by stereotypes that tell us it happens to certain people and certain places. Many of us like to believe that those people and those places are not here in Knoxville, Tennessee," said Kate Trudell with the Community Coalition against Human Trafficking. "This is happening right here. It's happening behind the curtain and behind closed doors. The demand comes from every single sector in our community." Details of the investigation During the investigation, undercover agents posted ads on Backpage.com, including an ad posing as an underage girl. Three-hundred people made contact in relation to those ads. More than two dozen people made contact in relation to the ad of the agents posed as an underage girl. "What so many people in our community don't quite understand is that human trafficking is a demand driven crime. And that demand comes from every single part of our society, including those parts that we'd all like to believe are not part of the problem," said Trudell. http://www.local8now.com/content ... ting-380265771.html | |
在台灣設立超過60年的天主教會，信徒教友眾多，憑藉著各方捐贈讓天主教在台灣壯大。知名的耕莘醫院亦為旗下資產之一，但卻因二年前成立開業的耕莘醫院安康院區，與合作已久的包商爆發糾紛。廠商指控，天主教不僅積欠近六千萬的工程款，對於修復費用漫天喊價，30萬預算可以完成的修復工程，天主教卻要價3800萬，已委請律師提起訴訟。 天主教台北總教區在台成立六十四年，是台灣地區唯一的總教區，負責統領台灣所有教區，直接隸屬羅馬梵蒂岡，且教友眾多，旗下機關包括光啟社、恆毅幼兒園、若石幼兒園、輔仁大學等十七所學校、三十六所幼托機構及三大教友墓園，資源非常豐沛，現任台北總教區總主教則是洪山川，二○○八年就任。本刊調查，耕莘醫院安康分院在二○○九年發包，隔年施工，二○一三年完工，二○一四年啟用。安康分院座落在新北市新店區車子路上，由SC & RC（純鋼骨鋼筋）構造，地下五層，地上十四層，總工程款為六億八千多萬元，爾後天主教再追加工程預算為三千九百萬元。 讓包商無法接受的是天主教委託技師所做的報告，對於帷幕牆存有漏水現象的修復費用竟漫天喊價，訂在三千八百九十七萬元，熟知內情的人士表示：「修復的費用根本不用三十萬元！縱使是鑑定師用最安全的方式去作估算，但三千八百多萬元也差太多了吧！」據悉，其他施工廠商亦認定帷幕牆修復費用頂多需四十萬五千元。 營造商不滿一狀告上法院，在法官調查證據、傳喚鑑定師出庭後才發現，按照規定一百萬以上的工程，須超過兩名土木技師到場鑑定，但該工程只有一名鑑定師，作單一判斷；更誇張的是，該名許姓鑑定師直接在庭上坦承，自己沒有按照該公會的鑑定手冊來執行鑑定業務，手冊用來參考，這讓包商氣炸了，認為該報告不具任何效力，是份假報告，要求法官釋疑，而法官正就「鑑定報告」部分作評議，近期宣判。 該項報告對於施工瑕疵的修復費用訂定，包括地下室平項修復費用為六百八十一萬三千多元；地下室樓地板，修復費用為一百八十五萬七千多元；地下室牆壁的修復費用則訂為四百八十一萬八千多元。另外耕莘醫院所提供的瑕疵修復費用為四千三百五十九萬多元，加起來耕莘醫院要求包商支付的修復款竟近六千萬元。 http://www.appledaily.com.tw/rea ... E6%AC%A02%E5%B9%B4/ | |
【侨报记者张苗11月18日南湾报道】11月18日，圣荷西一栋新落成的保障性公寓住宅楼举行开幕仪式。这个名为Met North的保障性公寓楼，由非牟利保障性住房开发机构慈善住房（ Charities Housing）负责开发。圣塔克拉拉县议员查维斯（Cindy Chavez）、圣荷西市长李卡多（ Sam Liccardo）、代表该选区的圣荷西越裔市议员阮谭（Tam Nguyen）、美国银行硅谷市场负责人冈萨雷斯（Raquel Gonzalez），以及硅谷住房信托首席执行官兹维克（Kevin Zwick）等人出席开幕式。 据介绍， Met North是一个拥有71个住房单元的经济适用房开发项目，位于圣荷西市蒙特瑞路第2122号（2122 Monterey Road），面向低收入和极低收入居民(收入仅为当地平均收入的30%至45%的人群)。 Met North公寓共4层，户型从1居到3居不等。楼内设施包括一个大型多用途会客厅、社区厨房、游戏/阅读室、内部庭院和烧烤野餐区、物业管理办公室、洗衣房和2层车库等。公寓还安装太阳能热水器、节能窗户、节水设备等环保设施。 Met North公寓建设于2015年4月动工启动，总造价达2200万元。项目获得美国银行、圣荷西市政府、圣塔克拉拉县政府以及硅谷信托的支持。Met North是整个项目的一期工程，二期Met South预计将于2017年春季开始动工，共31个住宅单元。 慈善住房负责人表示，项目得到圣塔克拉拉县和圣荷西市的相应政策和财政支持。目前，新公寓已经收到6500份租住申请，市长李卡多指出，这反映出该地区民众对保障性住房的极大需求，市府将继续推动保障性住房的兴建。 慈善住房成立于1993年，由圣塔克拉拉县天主教慈善机构（Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County ）创办，旨在解决可负担住房短缺问题。慈善住房自成立以来，一直将为低收入个人及其家庭提供、管理可负担住房视为使命。多年来，慈善住房获得来自国家和地方的多个荣誉和奖项。  | |
周四（24日）是美國的感恩節，是與家人團聚的日子；而在猶他州鹽湖城，就有慈善團體，準備傳統的火雞大餐，為來自敘利亞的難民過節。 敘利亞內戰已超過5年，許多國民流離失所、出走成為難民。而猶他州的「天主教社區服務」（Catholic Community Services）團隊，平時就照顧數百名來自敘利亞的難民，而慈善醫療照護機構「山間健保」（Intermountain Healthcare），則提供難民醫療照護。 而今年到了感恩節，兩個機構聯手合作準備大餐，還有志工替難民服務，讓難民非常感動。難民畢拉爾（Nour Bilal）就表示，她以前看到電影，就想要到美國，但從來不知道自己可以在美國生活；如今在這裡過感恩節，她覺得「像是活在夢裡」。 天主教社區服務的成員巴塔爾（Aden Batar）則表示，敘利亞的家庭因為很感激能夠住在他們的社區裡，和他們一起過感恩節，而他們也盡地主之誼歡迎他們。當天，敘利亞的難民還拿出蛋糕，替山間健保執行長哈里遜（A. Marc Harrison）的兒子艾利克斯（Alex Harrison）慶生。（蘇立／綜合外電報導）   | |
 Priest charged with embezzling $50k from pensioner A Galway-born priest charged with embezzling over $50,000 (€47,000) from an elderly parishioner in Florida was a vocal supporter of one of two jailed Irish clerics accused of defrauding their parish of hundreds of thousands of dollars.Fr Nicholas King, aged 73, is charged with using money belonging to the elderly woman to fund a lifestyle “beyond his means”, according to police in Brevard County near Orlando. The priest, who officially stood down as pastor of the parish he led for over 20 years just days before his September arrest, was a public supporter of Francis Guinan, one of the two Irish clerics propelled to nationwide and international infamy over their plundering of church coffers to fund gambling trips, rare coin collections, and homes. Guinan, from Offaly, spent over three years in jail after being found guilty by a jury of stealing some $100,000. The other, Kilkenny-born John Skehan, aged 81 when sentenced in 2009, served just under a year of a 14-month sentence after pleading guilty to stealing close to $400,000. Fr King, who had told reporters at the time of the trial he was a friend of Guinan’s for 45 years, gave evidence in defence of the accused priest. According to court documents, Fr King testified that a parish priest has discretion to pay for a past employee’s child to attend a Catholic high school and to pay for vacations for the pastor out of the parish’s operating account. And Fr King, speaking after Guinan was convicted and sentenced, stated: “Obviously, we’re devastated, but this should never have happened in a public forum.” Fr King, however, now faces felony fraud and theft charges with claims he moved money to his own personal account from a money trust account set up to help the parish. He spent hundreds of dollars on restaurant meals, made a $9,000 down payment on a car, gave $6,000 to his sister, and spent $900 at a gourmet chocolate shop. The former pastor of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Rockledge was arrested on charges of grand theft from the 79-year-old woman in excess of $50,000 and organised fraud involving funds over $50,000. He was alleged to have taken $88,000 in total. Donna Seyferth, spokeswoman for the Rockledge Police Department, said the priest had three residences, including a beach condominium, and lived far above his annual $28,000 salary. Fr King recently returned from a trip to Ireland, police said. In a statement read to parishioners following Fr King’s arrest, Orlando Bishop and Limerick native John Noonan said “the diocese is co-operating with Rockledge Police Department and that Fr King has been removed from ministry pending the outcome of the investigation”. Fr King studied at St Mary’s College in Galway, St Patrick’s College, Thurles, and All Hallows College. He moved to Florida in the 1960s. | |
Mr Thrower, of Church Street, Hadleigh, was arrested at the Buttermarket in Ipswich on August 4, on suspicion of voyeurism. He was interviewed and was bailed to return to police, to allow further enquiries to be carried out. On Tuesday he was brought back into custody at Martlesham Police Investigation Centre to be formally charged with eight voyeurism offences. These relate to incidents dating back to 2014 including six offences this year, on March 20, April 20, May 26, June 29, July 20 and August 4, where males were filmed while in public toilets. He is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates on December 19. John Howard, spokesman for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, said: “I can confirm that The Very Revd Martin Thrower, Rector of Hadleigh, Layham and Shelley, has been charged with voyeurism. He remains suspended from all offices within the diocese until further notice. “We have ongoing arrangements to look after all his church roles, including an experienced interim priest covering his parish duties. “We continue to offer support to all his parishes at this challenging time and can make no further comment while legal proceedings are ongoing. Our thoughts and prayers are very much with everyone affected by this.” http://www.suffolkfreepress.co.u ... -offences-1-7683253 |
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