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2018-07-24 23:30 智利天主教會涉包庇神職人員性侵，因事件所牽涉範圍甚廣，繼教宗方濟各上個月首次接納34名主教團集體請辭後，當地檢察官於星期一表示，教會158名神職及非神職人員，由於涉嫌自1960年起性侵266名信眾，其中178人更是兒童，當局正式立案調查。檢察官表示，絕大多數通報事件都與神職人員，或所屬教育機構人士有關，整個天主教會包括主教、僧侶及部分在教會任職的信徒等均有份參與上述犯罪。梵蒂岡早前亦主動調查智利主教涉嫌包庇神父1980年代至1990年代性侵兒童事件。  | |
29/7/2018 4:15 美國一個有份創辦基督教音樂節的前牧師, 承認性侵犯兒童, 被法院判監18年. 75歲的托馬斯是馬薩諸塞州梅德福一個新約教會的牧師, 是全國最大基督教音樂節的創辦人之一, 星期五被法院判刑. 托馬斯在今年較早時的認罪協議中, 承認在2005年性侵犯一個9歲兒童, 在2000年及2010年, 與3個年齡介乎7至9歲的女孩有性接觸, 在2008年至2010年期間, 向一個女孩裸露身體. 控方要求判處最高的20年刑期, 辯護律師要求判最低的15年刑期, 指出以托馬斯的年齡及多項健康問題而言, 判最高刑期, 較判死刑更嚴厲. http://www.metroradio.com.hk/news/live.aspx?NewsId=20180729041513 | |
已婚的長老教會知名牧師羅順定驚傳性騷擾女教友，並與至少2名女子發生婚外情。本刊調查，羅從去年開始，就與一名疑似在KTV酒店上班的女子，及一名女性教友過從甚密，他們不僅牽手散步、親密用餐、臉貼臉自拍，甚至到汽車旅館幽會。另外，羅還用LINE傳「念妳、戀妳、愛妳、想妳」等字眼，騷擾已婚的女教友，差一點害對方婚姻破裂。 此外，還有教友透露，羅順定曾在教會放假時，私下約女教友到教會，兩人在房間裡待了半小時，後來被清潔人員發現，才尷尬離開。 一名知情的教會人士告訴本刊，牧師是專職帶領、照顧教會中其他基督徒的神職人員，聖經原文的用字則是「牧羊人」，但羅順定根本不是「牧羊人」而是「吃羊人」，他用的手法是「慢慢挑、慢慢吃、願者上鉤、不願者騷擾！」 該人士透露：「跟羅順定進摩鐵的小三，當初就是在教會裡，被羅的花言巧語誘惑，單身的她明知羅有老婆，卻還是甘願成為他的女人。至於被羅騷擾的已婚女子及其家人，今年3月向所屬的信義教會議長許榮豐牧師反映，要求對羅騷擾女教友、與女教友發展婚外情的行為，進行懲處。」 不過，信義教會只在4月15日出版的週報「消息報告」欄中刊登一小段：「羅順定牧師在本會協助牧會工作結束案，出席會員一致通過至2018年3月31日止結束。」沒寫原因，也沒懲處，讓不少知情的教友無法接受。 今年6月，有教友向上級教會、七星中會議長沈俊成牧師反映羅順定的事，沈僅回應：「信義教會已處理，所以就不再處理了。」 本刊調查，羅順定是許榮豐的同學、沈俊成的老師，又是長老教會總會議長薛伯讚牧師的學弟。一名教友氣憤地批評：「拜託長老教會，別再姑息養奸了！類似案件絕對不只這一件，若議長們不願意徹底調查、保護被害者、懲處加害者，反而官官相護，只會讓長老教會變成一個不公不義的教會！」 https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20180731inv008 | |
01/08/2018 南韓京畿道果川市恩惠路堂（Grace Road Church）女牧師申玉珠（Shin Ok-ju，譯音）7月29日在仁川機場被捕，同時被捕的還有與她同行的3名教會領袖。申玉珠從2014年起，預言朝鮮半島將發生饑荒，吸引約400名信徒跟著她前往斐濟，但她涉嫌在斐濟限制信徒行動且要求他們奉行暴力儀式。 衛報報導，由申玉珠親選的一群「監護人」在信徒抵達斐濟後，沒收信徒護照，以免他們離去；她還叫信徒彼此打鬥，說是藉此避免上帝懲罰。南韓基督教媒體報導，其中一名父親被迫揍兒子100次以上，另一名信徒則在被打後受到腦部重傷。至少有5名信徒後來逃脫，向南韓當局舉報。 南韓約有28%民眾自稱是基督徒或天主教徒，當地一些相關邪教吸引許多信眾。曾有一名自稱是救世主的邪教領袖因性侵罪入獄，他鼓勵女性信徒與他性交，說是此舉可收「淨化」之效。申玉珠並非首次觸法，她2014年曾在美國布魯克林遭一名27歲心智缺陷患者告上法庭，求償600萬美元。紐約日報當時報導，申玉珠嘗試藉由祈禱治療此人的精神分裂症，但後來他病情惡化，必須住進護理之家。 http://www.supermedia.hk/17575/4 ... %E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95/ | |
A self-described “chief apostle” of a religious cult was beaten to death and dismembered by two other members, who scattered his body parts across a Connecticut city – all at the behest of the leader’s wife. Rudy Hannon and Sorek Minery were busted this week in the death of Paul Sweetman, 70, a high-ranking member of the cult known as “The Work,” which gained hundreds of followers in the 1980s and ‘90s, the Hartford Courant reported. Sweetman once threatened Connecticut lawmakers who were considering legalizing same sex marriage with the wrath of “Julius Christ” — the cult’s leader Julius Schacknow. An arrest warrant that was released Wednesday reveal disturbing details into Sweetman’s July 2004 murder, the grim result of a fight for control of the cult after Schacknow’s passing. Sweetman’s wife Joanne ordered for him to be killed, according to the Courant, and Hannon spent months trying to convince Minery that Sweetman “needed to be killed because he was hurting his wife … and that God would have wanted them to kill Sweetman,” the warrant said. Minery said he respected Joanne, who was known in the cult as “the holy spirit,” as a “high religious figure,” court papers said. In statements to police, Hannon and Minery pointed the finger at each other, telling different accounts of what happened. Minery told police he found Hannon standing over Sweetman’s body at a construction office in Southington and that he’d asked Minery for help in disposing the body. Hannon claimed, however, that it was Minery who beat Sweetman and believed he was still alive. Both men agreed that they stuffed Sweetman’s body into a freezer — with Hannon saying heavy items were placed on top to prevent him from escaping — and then using an electric saw to hack off his body parts. “Minery stated that he used an electric saw and dismembered the body while it was still in the freezer,” the warrant said. “Minery stated he remembers cutting off the head easily and cutting off both legs.” Sweetman’s legs and head were buried in the woods near the New Britain reservoir, while his torso and arms were shoved into garbage bags and tossed into a hole under a shed, which was then covered in concrete, Minery told police. The parts under shed were excavated in 2016 and testing showed the torso was Sweetman’s. Gold jewelry was also found – two rings, including one that was engraved with “Joanne.” Part of one of the legs, likely dug up by a coyote, had turned up at the Shuttle Meadow Country Club golf course in August 2004, just weeks after Sweetman’s slaying. His wife had filed a missing persons report for him then — which New Britain police was able to connect to the severed leg in 2016 by taking a DNA sample from his son in order to make the match. It was then that police also learned that, in 2006, the FBI had interviewed Hannon who told them Minery killed Sweetman. It’s unclear why that information didn’t make its way to local police. Hannon, 72, was charged Tuesday in Sweetman’s death while Minery, 42, was nabbed Wednesday. Both are being held on $2 million bond. Hannon had already been serving a prison sentence in Nevada for violating his probation in another case. Joanne, who was previously married to Schacknow, died in 2011. Schacknow gained a following in central Connecticut by styling himself as Jesus Christ reincarnated and then duped his followers into running a multi million-dollar real estate and construction business. The business — and cult — crumbled toward the end of the ’80s. | |
【星島日報報道】梵蒂岡一名前外交官在駐美國期間管有兒童色情物品，周六被法庭判囚5年，並罰款5千歐羅（4萬5400多港元）。 涉案神父卡佩拉（Carlo Alberto Capella）是梵蒂岡駐華盛頓大使館的第四號人物，他已在梵蒂岡法庭承認控罪。他的手機被發現藏有40至55張兒童色情照片、影片及日本動畫片。他遭另一名梵蒂岡外交官舉報後，去年8月被梵蒂岡召回。 檢察官指，有關兒童色情資料包括年齡介乎14至17歲的未成年人士進行性交的內容。 卡佩拉求情時稱，在2016年在教廷駐華盛頓大使館擔任外交官期間，因轉職經歷一段脆弱時期，而面對一場個人危機。他現已明白行為不恰當，並為自己的「軟弱」對家人、教區及教廷所造成的傷害道歉。 經過兩日審訊後，梵蒂岡法官周六將他判監五年。卡佩拉將在梵蒂岡一個小監獄服刑。 美國國務院去年指卡佩拉涉嫌違法，要求梵蒂岡撤銷他的外交豁免權，以便在美國起訴他，但被梵蒂岡拒絕。 加拿大警方亦通緝卡佩拉，懷疑他到訪當地教會期間，在網上發放兒童色情物品。 https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E9%A7 ... 9%B4-060000236.html | |
Pedophile priest at centre of Nova Scotia class-action lawsuit sexually abused more than 100 kids in Ontario George Epoch sits surrounded by students he taught in the 1950s, a few years before he allegedly sexually assaulted a Nova Scotia boy. (Submitted by Dorio Lucich) The pedophile priest at the centre of a Nova Scotia class-action lawsuit was one of the worst child abusers in this country's history, the lawyer filing the notice of action says. George Epoch died in 1986 with his name publicly unblemished. But John McKiggan of the Halifax law firm McKiggan Hebert said the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada paid more than 100 victims of Epoch's abuse in Ontario alone over the next decade. "He's likely one of the most prolific sexual abusers in Canadian history," McKiggan said. Sex abuse claim sparks lawsuit against Catholic diocese in Nova Scotia McKiggan filed a notice of action to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Halifax-Yarmouth Thursday, informing them he was filing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of one of Epoch's alleged victims in Nova Scotia. The diocese said it condemns all sexual abuse and makes "a sincere attempt to do the right thing by way of the victims and achieve an appropriate and fair settlement for established claims." McKiggan expects more claimants to come forward. The Ontario abuse happened in the 1970s and 1980s; the Nova Scotia allegation dates to the early 1960s. 'He was an evil man' Mark Handelman is a health-law lawyer with Whaley Estate Litigation in Toronto. In 1994, he worked with Epoch's victims from his time as priest on the Cape Croker and Saugeen First Nations in Ontario. Cape Croker is now called the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation "I learned he was an evil man who abused children," Handelman said Friday. "He was the priest. He had as much trust as any other priest, and in my view more, because of the vulnerable population he served." News reports from 1994 noted that while he was alive, Epoch was viewed in the general public as a wonderful Christian who doted on children, especially the altar boys. He was known to be generous, offering money to those in need and sheltering kids in times of trouble. But victims later revealed that he plied them with cigarettes and candy and offered them his own bed. The boys reported waking up to find the naked priest on top of them. His earliest Ontario victims were becoming adults as the big man lay dying of a chronic heart condition. They began to speak the truth about him, and those voices increased after he died in 1986 on Manitoulin Island. Boys often fled dangerous home situations to the apparent safety Epoch offered at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Cape Croker, Ont. (Google Streetview) Handelman said the way Epoch chose his victims deepened the damage. Epoch was pastor at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Cape Croker between 1972 and 1983. He often abused boys who were fleeing violent homes and seeking safety in his arms. "Imagine your father getting violent when he gets drunk and being sent for safety by your mother to a priest that you're supposed to be able to trust as a man of God — and instead of being trustworthy, he is an abuser," Handelman said. "It's particularly upsetting because most frequently these children were sent to Father Epoch because their parents were all victims of the residential school system." Victims devastated by abuse Handelman said many of Epoch's Ontario victims lived in poverty and came from unstable homes, increasing the damage he caused as he targeted the most vulnerable. Many forever lost trust in the church, fell out of school, and did worse in life than they would have if he had helped them, he said. At least one took his own life, leaving behind a grieving family. Handelman said many of the victims didn't want to tell him what had happened in any detail, but, for most, the attacks were repeated over a long period of time. "It's clear that the Jesuits and the church protected Father Epoch instead of their congregants and the members of the church and that is an absolute heartbreak," he said. "I wonder between the 60s and the 90s, where he had other victims along the way? The church protected him and many dozens of people paid that price." Handelman said his files on Epoch were shredded years ago. "I wish I could shred the memories that he brings back," he said. He remembers something one of his clients said when discussing the settlement. Some people in the Jesuit organization had expressed concerns about the amount of money going to the victims. "He looked at me and said the Pope has a big hat. Let him take a collection in the Vatican. And if he has to, he can sell some art." George Epoch stands in the quad of Loyolla College in this 1957 photo. (Submitted by Dorio Lucich) CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/n ... n-ontario-1.4773625 | |
He was known to be generous, offering money to those in need and sheltering kids in times of trouble. 难为基督徒仲日日话教会做过几多几多慈善 但对这种假借慈善之名侵害儿童的行为却视若无睹 | |
https://fox13now.com/2018/08/08/ ... t-leader-sentenced/ MANTI, Utah — The leader of a central Utah doomsday cult has been sentenced to serve 26-to-life in prison for child bigamy and sodomy. John Alvin Coltharp was sentenced in Manti’s 6th District Court on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in June to the charges. In exchange, Sanpete County prosecutors dismissed kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges. In strong words to the judge, Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels said he wished he could have sought the death penalty against Coltharp because of the trauma inflicted on the children. Coltharp himself delivered a rambling speech complete with a prophecy about the end of times and declared himself the reincarnation of Old Testament prophets. “My marriage was the right thing to do,” Coltharp said of the crimes. “If I’m a sex offender for what I’ve done. If I go to the other side, I’ll be in good company with all those other sex offenders.” Coltharp declared there was a war against straight, white men in the world and blamed feminism. He told the judge he had religious freedom to practice his beliefs, which included child marriage. Midway through his remarks, Coltharp declared the Lord was directing him to speak. “There’s changes coming to the world, including this state,” he said. “Those changes are close. This government will be overthrown as will all the governments of the world.” He was unapologetic about any trauma caused to the children, arguing that the state inflicted that on them. “I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ and I taught it to my children and wives, and I’m sorry for the things they had to suffer that are truly bad,” Coltharp told the judge. Coltharp was a leader in the tiny, apocalyptic group known as the “Knights of the Crystal Blade” based in Spring City. Prosecutors described them as a “fundamentalist group for Millenials,” saying members met on Facebook. There are believed to only be a half dozen members. An AMBER Alert was issued last year for four children reported missing in central Utah. Police found two of them in a mobile home west of Cedar City. Two others were recovered hiding in empty water barrels with temperatures dipping near freezing. Iron County prosecutors alleged the children likely would have died in those conditions. Coltharp was charged alongside Samuel Shaffer. Shaffer told Iron County Sheriff’s deputies he was “betrothed” to Coltharp’s 8-year-old daughter. Shaffer also told police Coltharp was married to his 7-year-old daughter. Shaffer pleaded guilty in Cedar City’s 5th District Court and is serving 26-to-life in prison for child rape and child abuse. Sanpete County prosecutors filed a felony charge against another member of the Knights of the Crystal Blade. Robert Roe, 35, was charged with first-degree felony sodomy on a child. Daniels alleges Roe took a 5-year-old girl as a bride. He’s scheduled to appear in court in October. | |
2018年8月9日  美國密歇根州一對基督教的夫婦，涉嫌疏忽照顧10個月大女兒，導致她營養不良，並以「不相信醫學為由」沒有將女兒送院治療，她最終因饑餓和脫水致死。夫婦被控一級虐兒及謀殺罪，上庭得知最高刑罰是終身監禁時，流露驚訝神情。10個月大的瑪麗（Mary Welch）上周四（2日）被發現在嬰兒床上失去知覺，救援人員接報到場時，瑪麗眼窩和面頰凹陷並且已無心跳，當場證實死亡，驗屍報告指她死於營養不良和缺水。瑪麗的27歲父親韋爾奇（Seth Welch）及母親富薩麗（Tatiana Fusari）翌日被捕，到本周一（6日）提堂。 肯特縣法官薩拉斯莫倫斯基（Sara Smolenski）讀出兩人控罪，當他們得知控罪及罪成最高可被判終身監禁不得假釋時，韋爾奇目瞪口呆，張開嘴巴，似是難以置信；富薩麗則不斷哭泣。 事後富薩麗希望申請保釋，讓她回到麥當勞工作，但遭法官拒絕，「特別是涉及終身監禁不得假釋的案件，法院須全面考慮如何保護我們的社區、我們的社會，更最重的是保護那些你有可能會照顧到或監護的兒童。」案件本月20日再提訊。 除了瑪麗，韋爾奇及富薩麗還育有分別8歲、4歲和2歲的子女。韋爾奇在肯特縣索倫鎮經營農場，經常在社交網站上載影片，闡述自己宗教信仰觀點，他曾抨擊現代醫學，形容醫生是「醫學教派的崇拜者」，認為「義人依靠信仰生活，對於疾病和那些事情，上帝當然主宰終極死亡。」他亦曾就子女應該注射疫苗表態，認為救弱者非明智之舉，「若進化論相信讓強者繼續生存，為何要替所有人注射疫苗？我們不應該任由弱者死掉，讓強者活下去嗎？」 警方調查指，夫婦兩人早在瑪麗離世前一個月已注意到她健康狀況極差，而且過瘦，又指富薩麗承認擔心孩子被政府兒童福利部門帶走、不相信醫療服務及宗教原因，沒有帶女兒求醫。 （底特律自由新聞/華盛頓郵報/太陽報） https://news.mingpao.com/ins/ins ... 96704764?web_push=1 | |
据美国媒体报道，宾夕法尼亚州大陪审团于当地时间8月14日公布调查报告称，宾州境内有超过300名天主教牧师涉嫌对儿童进行性侵，受害者超过1000人。 据美国有线电视新闻网报道，这份长达1356页的报告总共调查了宾州境内6个天主教教区，超过300名牧师承认在过去数十年间有过性侵未成年人的行为，最早的性侵事件可回溯到1947年。报告称，由于时间久远，一些记录资料遗失，加上部分受害者不敢站出来，大陪审团相信受害者的实际数量可能远超当前公布的数字，或达数千人之多。绝大多数性侵事件年代久远，已经无法被起诉，目前仅有两名牧师因涉嫌性侵未成年人被起诉。 美联社报道称，宾州总检察长乔什·夏皮罗透露，长达两年的调查显示，这些性侵恶行遭到“系统性的掩盖”。宾州和梵蒂冈的一些高级天主教神职人员参与其中。他说，这些掩盖行为非常复杂，但涉事教堂的领导层将性侵及掩盖行为的记录保留在教区的“秘密档案”中，这些记录成为此次调查报告的主要资料来源。 调查报告称，此前美国也有过其他天主教神职人员性侵未成年人的报告，但规模如此之大绝无仅有。涉事牧师不仅没有被追责，其中许多人还得到了升迁。宾州大陪审团表示，未来可能还会发现更多受害者，调查仍将继续进行。 美联社指出，美国全国范围内的许多教堂都曾因神职人员存在性侵和掩盖行为遭到调查，这一次宾州的报告再度呼应了这些调查中的一些结论。 今年7月28日，华盛顿特区荣誉主教、枢机主教西奥多·麦卡里克被控性侵未成年人，被罗马教皇方济各撤职。2002年，《波士顿环球报》报道揭露波士顿近250名牧师性侵儿童的丑闻，震惊全美。 http://www.xinhuanet.com/world/2018-08/15/c_129932859.htm | |
2018-08-18 一名30歲男子去年在新北市一所教會擔任課輔老師，竟數度對就讀國小5年級女學生伸出狼爪，撫摸下體、胸部及腹部，導致被害女學生出現創傷後壓力症候群的症狀。新北地院考量男子犯後已知悔悟，並與被害人家屬達成和解，依強制猥褻罪判處有期徒刑2年8個月。 「不要摸我。」今年才11歲的國小女童去年放學後，會到教會參加課後輔導，卻遭擔任課後陪伴班的老師藉機帶至教會廚房、房間，撫摸甲下體、胸部及腹部，導致女童晚上睡覺會做惡夢，在睡夢中說出「不要摸我」的囈語，經家長發現有異，詢問得知後憤而提告。 判決指出，涉案的30歲男子曾在軍中服役10年，官拜上尉，退伍後至教會課後輔導班，擔任課後陪伴班老師，負責學生課後輔導工作，因一時自我控制能力不足，竟多次撫摸一名女學童下體、胸部及腹部，涉犯強制猥褻罪。 新北法院審理時，涉案男子坦認犯行，並當庭表示很後悔自己所做的事情，新北法官考量男子犯後已知悔悟，並積極負起賠償責任，並與被害女童家屬達成和解，亦已依約履行部分和解條件，判處有期徒刑2年8個月，仍可上訴。 https://udn.com/news/story/7320/3316996 | |
23/08/2018 （华盛顿23日综合电）美国宾夕法尼亚州爆出多年来逾300名神父涉性侵儿童后，同州阿伦敦市再有一名神父涉嫌性骚扰一名17岁少女，于周二被捕。 30岁的神父洛纳根透过教区内的另一名信众，成功取得受害少女的电话，此后他在2017年12月至2018年1月期间不断对她发送情欲讯息。他甚至透过社交应用程式向该名少女传送自己的裸照。少女深感困扰，于是向学校揭露此事。 教区已革除洛纳根的职务，并称会配合警方调查，洛纳根一旦罪成，最高会被判处9年监禁。此案并未包括在法院上周披露的调查报告中，该报告揭发该州在过去70年来，曾有301名天主教神父性侵儿童，教区予以隐瞒。 http://www.kwongwah.com.my/?p=562814 | |
首爾一名神學系女大生，日前被發現陳屍教會頂樓，現場還留有遺書，遺書裡控訴，未成年時就遭到一名牧師性侵，3年多來飽受憂鬱症所苦，事件爆發後震驚南韓。首爾一間教會頂樓，日前突然飄出陣陣惡臭，警方到場才發現，一名20多歲的神學系女大生陳屍頂樓，包包內則留有一張A4大小的遺書。 警方：「8月15日發現屍體，遺體旁邊有一封遺書，遺書內容寫道，幾年前開始遭到一位牧師性侵十分痛苦，我們已在展開調查。」 死者在遺書控訴，10年前來到這間教會，卻遭到一名負責帶領國高中生的教會牧師，性侵無數次，而且事發當時才18歲，依南韓法律還是未成年，讓她身心俱疲，3年前就持續服用憂鬱症用藥，但因為被指控的這位牧師已在3年前離職，教會也一問三不知。 事發教會人員：「等我們了解狀況後，會再向教會信徒做說明。」 不過這名牧師則否認性侵，受訪時強調2014年的4到12月，雖然曾發生不適當的關係，但是兩情相悅，由於驗屍報告尚未出爐，還不確定死因和死亡時間，警方也將釐清性侵真偽展開調查。 近來南韓宗教醜聞連環爆，南韓佛教最大宗派「曹溪宗」，總務院長雪靖法師，也因為涉嫌斂財、藏有私生女，遭到罷免下台。 雪靖法師：「我是不是應該要歸隱山林，腦中浮現這種想法。」 雪靖法師雖否認指控，卻搶在罷免決議通過前先行辭職，向信眾表示會到深山修行，遠離凡塵。 https://news.tvbs.com.tw/world/980445 | |
2018-08-22 台東縣某教會陳姓前牧師在2年多前，對1名在教會前停車場嬉戲的7歲女童，以手指猥褻撫摸，甚至插入女童私處，案經女童學校班導師得知後，循管道向縣府教育處、社會處通報，會同檢警禎辦，台東地院刑事合議審理終結，判處陳男有期徒刑4年6月，全案仍可上訴。 判決書指出，106年6月9日晚上7點，曾任牧師的陳姓男子因當天晚上的禮拜由教會傳道人司職，陳男於是坐在教會前停車場的椅子上，他見1名7歲女童在教會停車場玩耍，竟趁四下無人之際，抱起女童，坐在停車場圍牆旁石階上，並將女童抱到他大腿上，以手伸入女童褲子裡，撫摸女童生殖器，被害女童哭著表示「不要」並以手推拒，陳男仍持續撫摸女童生殖器，直到在教會裡禮拜的女童阿嬤因聽到女童哭聲，走出來查看，陳男才停止猥褻動作，放下女童。 台東地院表示，審理過程，女童阿嬤證稱，女童見她，就飛奔過來，哭訴陳男摸女童下體，很痛，陳男見狀即離去，女童阿嬤隨後帶女童進教會，告知教友此事，當時陳男的太太也在教會裡，立即替被告辯駁要女童阿嬤「別亂說話，我先生不是這種人，不會做這種事」， 但教會禮拜結束後不久，被告的太太卻到被害女童家中下跪求原諒。 判決書指出，被告在審理過程中矢口否認，辯稱是女童與其他小孩在停車場追逐，在嬉戲時不慎跌倒，他為怕女童摔傷，驅前伸手抱住女童，可能意外碰觸到女童身體，不知道女童為何要哭，女童一哭，女童的阿嬤就從教會禮拜堂走出來，他不可能撫摸女童。 台東地院刑事合議庭審酌女童從社工訪談到法院審理過程中，說詞一致，且被告若非已向太太坦承犯行，被告太太無須到被害女童家下跪道歉；法官認為，被告曾為神職人員，又與被害人及家屬熟識，竟為逞一己私慾，侵犯女童，應嚴厲譴責，迄今未向被害女童或其家屬道歉，未和解也無實際賠償，難認有悔意，判處陳男有期徒刑4年6月。 https://udn.com/news/story/7321/3323293 | |
2018-08-29 修女在孤兒院內折磨、性虐待甚至殘殺兒童，你以為只是恐怖片段？最近美國網媒BuzzFeed News公布一份為時4年的調查，證實當年佛蒙特州伯靈頓（Burlington）的孤兒院St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage所發生的慘事全部有證有據！消息一出，許多曾經有親人住過該孤兒院的網民，都紛紛將可怕的傳聞分享到Twitter和Facebook上。從他們的帖文看來，現實世界往往比電影世界更恐怖。其實早在1990年，就有100名曾住過孤兒院的人告發過那裏有虐兒問題。 當年那位最重要的目擊證人戴爾（Sally Dale）都已經去世。她在孤兒院住了最長時間，從2歲起一直到23歲。1996年，她跟警方錄口供，維時長達19小時。她描述自己曾受虐，還說見過「修女將男孩拋出窗外跌死」。 戴爾記得大約在6歲的時候，她在庭院附近突然聽到玻璃碎裂的聲音，見到有個男孩破窗而出，修女就站在窗後。她走過來抓住她耳朵再離開現場，還警告她「你見到的不過是你的想像」。 還有一次，她看到修女將同船的男孩扔入湖水中，聲稱「這樣做是為了教他游泳」，不久後男孩在水中動也不動了。她再次問修女男孩是不是死了，修女竟說：「不用擔心，他已經安祥回家了」。雖然戴爾言之鑿鑿，但當年因為證據不足，院方亦一直否認事件，最後法庭駁回了案件，甚至有當事人決定以5000美元（約39000港元）選擇和解，結果事件不了了之。網媒調查4年 發現「死有對證」 雖然當年戴爾和其他受害人的證詞沒有機會得到驗證，但BuzzFeed News持續4年的調查找到的證據。據戴爾的供詞，她曾經提過，有修女曾強迫她去吻一具男屍。那位男孩頭戴鐵盔，慘被處以電刑，全身上下嚴重燒傷，臉容扭曲。當時修女還警告，「如果你膽敢逃跑，將會有一樣的下場」。 調查發現，1955年的確有個13歲的男孩米萊特（Joseph Millette）坐電椅而電死。他那時戴着的頭盔，原來是二戰時德國士兵所佩戴的款式，細節如同戴爾形容的一模一樣。網民紛紛表示可怕 消息公布後，許多網民表示事件非常可怕，「實在太駭人聽聞了，我立即去問我爸爸關於嫲嫲以前住孤兒院的經歷......」，「我曾認識一個住過天主教孤兒院的老人，他的故事令我打寒顫」。 亦有人回憶起親人住院的往事，「我祖父母因為窮而住進了孤兒院，結果只有我祖父能活着出來......」。歷史上的虐待孤兒事件 20世紀初，在澳洲、加拿大等地方，一直有收到關於天主教孤兒院的虐兒指控。 據英國《太陽報》2017年的報導，蘇格蘭南部拉納克郡（Lanarkshire）一所由「仁愛修女會」（Daughters of Charity）在1864年創辦的斯麥倫孤兒院（Smyllum Park Orphanage），在附近的聖瑪麗公墓竟然發現埋有400具屍體，更揭發出院方虐童的黑歷史。 自6歲就住在那間孤兒院的女子泰瑞莎（Theresa Tolmie-McGrane）曾控訴，她遭到修女虐待和毒打，又被神父性侵犯。她憶述，修女會將被懲罰的小朋友關黑暗的閣樓或櫃子裏，還要逼他們吃自己的嘔吐物。「離開小房間後，都要用肥皂漱口才能洗掉噁心的味道。待在這裡的每個小孩都曾這樣被苛待。」 https://www.hk01.com/%E4%B8%96%E ... A%E5%90%BB%E5%B1%8D | |
2018-09-04 賓州最高法院上個月公布大陪審團彙整六個主教轄區性侵案的報告，意外讓灣區一名天主教神父18年前從未公開的性侵醜聞曝光。 從賓州最高法院的報告中可以發現，南灣洛斯蓋圖（Los Gatos）傳統天主教會神父范德普頓（Benedict Van der Putten）18年前曾猥褻一名少女，還企圖染指另一名少女，惡行敗露後被調往歐洲。 范德普頓於2000年犯下首宗性侵案，地點在洛斯蓋圖靠近萊辛頓水壩（Lexington Reservoir）的聖阿洛伊斯靈修會（St. Aloysius Retreat），這是神父們舉行保守天主教拉丁彌撒的地方。當地官員隔年收到來自普萊賽縣（Placer County）的報告，指他們對范德普頓進行過調查，但缺乏證據對他提出告訴。 教區聞訊後立即將范德普頓調往位於瑞士的國際總部，並將事件呈報梵蒂岡，梵蒂岡後來將事件轉給賓州教區負責，因為范德普頓尋求在賓州復職。據聞，范德普頓因承認2001年猥褻了另一名少女，在歐洲時被逐出傳統天主教會。 聖阿洛伊斯靈修會首席神父艾許（Thomas Asher）說：「他留下了一個讓人非常不好的印象，他的行為和發生的事顯然令人感到遺憾而且無法辯解。」 https://udn.com/news/story/6812/3348015 | |
前Wonder Girls成員譽恩被以詐欺罪起訴！譽恩的爸爸於2017年被爆利用女兒的明星光環，騙取信徒金錢，事件最近有新發展，受害者同時主張譽恩有份參與投資會議，譽恩因此被起訴詐欺罪受查，但她否認指控。 譽恩的爸爸是一名牧師，早前涉嫌利用女兒的明星光環，向教會的信徒聲稱要經營經理人公司，因此集資巨額資金，150多人受騙，涉及約197億韓圜（折合約1.3億港元）。由於譽恩被指曾出席投資會議，受害者在今年3月正式以詐欺罪起訴兩人。 譽恩所屬公司發表聲明，證實譽恩因涉嫌詐騙被起訴，並已接受一次調查，並表示「譽恩為證明自己清白，她認真配合了調查，很抱歉譽恩爸爸的事件再度引起爭議。」另外，譽恩爸爸因詐騙罪成，被判6年有期徒刑，及罰款6.8億韓圜（折合約474萬港元）。 http://hd.stheadline.com/life/ent/realtime/1315254/ | |
2018-09-14 美國賓夕法尼亞天主教教區，早前被揭有逾300名神父於過去70年性侵逾千名兒童，震驚全球，未料德國日前爆出更嚴重報告，揭示該國教區曾發生逾3,700宗性侵兒童個案、涉及逾1,600名神職人員。 報告由3間由德國主教會議(German Bishops' Conference)委託的大學，花4年檢閱德國27個教區共3.8萬份文件整理而成。研究員發現，1946至2014年間，有最少1,670名神職人員曾性侵3,677名兒童，受害人逾半未滿13歲，以男童為主，六分一個案涉強姦。涉事神職人員僅38%被告發，需出席教會的紀律聽證會，大部分輕罰了事。另據稱不少涉事神父最終被「調區」，新教區卻不知其性侵前科。報告原定本月25日發表，但德國《明鏡周刊》及《時代周報》周三率先披露部分內容。德國主教會議發言人阿克曼主教就事件道歉，稱性侵惡行規模之大，令他沮喪又羞愧。 面對連串性侵醜聞，教廷昨稱教宗方濟各將於明年2月21至24日，在梵蒂岡召集全球主教會議，討論如何保護兒童，美國CNN指教宗召集教廷高層就性侵醜聞開會，屬前所未見。 https://www.am730.com.hk/news/%E ... 700%E7%AB%A5-142001 抽按：明顯N-1就減到天光到未減到1600啦，所以重新提請樓主考慮把主題改為N-M就啱喇。 | |
2018/09/15 據《每日郵報》報導，36歲的瓦卡博夫(Stanislav Vakhabov)，把14歲男孩帶到澳洲，然後在他擔任牧師的時候，把男孩鎖雪梨教堂的公寓裡，並且給男孩服用一些藥物，讓他更容易對男孩進行性行為。日前法官判瓦卡博夫監禁7年6個月，其中5年7個月的時間不能假釋。 出生於摩爾多瓦的瓦卡博夫，於2004年成為俄羅斯東正教的牧師，並於2013年接受教會贊助，持工作簽證到澳洲，法院調查瓦卡博夫最初於2014年4月左右，在俄羅斯社群網站《VK》上與男孩相識，之後透過《Skype》每週聊天4次，知道男孩從沒出國旅行過，於是瓦卡博夫就幫忙男孩辦簽證、出資帶男孩出國。 瓦卡博夫將於2020年12月14日起獲得假釋資格，一但獲釋，他將被驅逐出境。 https://tw.news.appledaily.com/new/realtime/20180915/1430161/ |
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