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News

Sacked priest in Timor-Leste ‘will remain defrocked’

Richard Daschbach Timor-Leste Title: Sacked priest in Timor-Leste ‘will remain defrocked’ Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Union of Catholic Asian News Date: 15MAR2021 Divine Word congregation scotches rumors that Richard Daschbach could be reinstated after sex abuse trial. The superior of the Society of the Divine Word congregation in Timor-Leste has moved to scotch rumors that

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Child Sexual Abuse

Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest

Timor Leste Paedophile Priest Title: Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest Author: Sara Niner Publisher: Lens.Monash.Edu Date: 26FEB2021 Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of “self-professed” paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschach has shocked many of his supporters, not least his Australian former wife and three Timorese-Australian sons

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Opinion

Justice for victims

Justice For Victims Indonesia Title: Justice for victims Author: Editorial Board Publisher: The Jakarta Post Date: 01JUL2020 More and more victims of sexual violence in Indonesia are speaking up, including those allegedly assaulted in religious communities. Most recently the Depok, West Java, Police arrested a church caretaker for allegedly molesting at least 20 children under his tutelage

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Depok case shines light on sexual abuse in Indonesian Catholic Church

Depok Indonesian Catholic Church Title: Depok case shines light on sexual abuse in Indonesian Catholic Church Authors: Tri Indah Oktavianti, Ivany Atina Arbi and Alya Nurbaiti Publisher: The Jakarta Post Date: 30JUN2020 A recently uncovered case of child sexual abuse at a Catholic church in Depok, West Java, has put a spotlight on sexual abuse in the

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Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys

Church sexual abuse Indonesia Title: Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Herald Malaysia Date: 19JUN2020 A church worker in Indonesia has been charged with sexually abusing at least 20 altar boys in what is being touted as the first sexual abuse case involving the country’s Catholic Church to

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