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Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment.The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Brugge, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Churchshypocrisy and dysfunctionin dealing with cases of abuse. Not only was he allowed to quietly retire after the scandal broke in 2010, but the head of the Belgian church at the time, Cardinal Godfr
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stanley website g, he made light of his crimes, describing his abuse as a little game that didn t involve rough sex. He was allowed to retire two years shy of the normal retirement age, but faced no further punishment. It was evidence ofthe Holy See s general refusal at the time to sanction Catholic bishopseven for admitted sex crimes.SEE MORE: New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist s funeralThe Vatican embassy in Belgium said in a statement Thursday that in recent months grave new elements had been Nuey 17-year-old boy in critical condition after N. Water Street shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has unsealed a 17-page document that reveals a man s alleged attempt to pay to kill the woman who accused Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant of sexual assault in 2003.In the heavily redacted
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stanley mugs for $3 million. Although the suspect s name was redacted in the report, he was later identified by several news outlets as Patrick Graber. On Sept. 18, 2003, Graber was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Office and FBI agents when he met undercover agents while trying to collect a $1 million payment.The probe into the alleged murder-for-hire plot began after Bryant s security received a FedEx envelope, with a letter inside stating that he could make Bryant s problem with respect to the sexual assault case go away for a fee. The letter was brought to the attention of Bryant s lawyer, who, along with Bryant s security, turned it over to the Los Angeles Sheriff s Department.According to the Associated Press, Graber was ultimately sentenced in 2004 to three years in prison after pleading no contest to grand theft in April when pr
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