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Church Leaders" Abuse Response Mutes Prophetic Voice

By Inday Espina-Varona
LaCroix International
February 20, 2019

https://international.la-croix.com/news/church-leaders-abuse-response-mutes-prophetic-voice/9507

The abuse of minors by members of the clergy will be discussed at a Vatican summit from Feb. 21-24. (Photo by Angie de Silva)

The arrest of an American priest who allegedly abused minors gives Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte a weapon against members of the clergy who criticize his bloody war against narcotics.Police served five more arrest warrants on Father Kenneth Hendricks, who was nabbed in December by a joint team of Philippine and American law enforcers in the central Philippines.A magistrate judge in Ohio district issued the first warrant against Hendricks for allegedly engaging in illicit sex with a minor in a foreign country, a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison.At the time of his arrest, the American priest was serving in the rural town of Naval on the island province of Biliran. A judge in Naval issued the new warrants for alleged "acts of lasciviousness" and...

 

 

 

 

 




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