A Jesuit teacher, pastor and scholar with more than 20 years of experience in higher education will become the next president of the University of Scranton.
In Spain, the church removes a small veil of pedophilia-liberation by Jake Pearson
The Company of Jesus, born in Spain with Ignatius of Loyola in the sixteenth century, began to shake the coconut from the strict Omerta about pedophilia in a religious context. In a country where the silence of the Church has always been eloquent on sensitive issues, one Church fully recognizes this phenomenon, and most importantly launches this message: Jesuits are certainly sexually abusing children. They plan to establish a protocol for financial and moral compensation.
“We should not focus on the defense of our institution, but on the recognition of the victims.”
Spain top court upholds conviction of Salvadoran in Jesuit murders
Spain s supreme court has upheld former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano s sentence Catholic News Service Updated: February 05, 2021 05:31 AM GMT
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Former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano was sentenced to more than 133 years in prison for his involvement in the slaying of five Spanish Jesuits in El Salvador in 1989. (Photo: notimerica)
Spain s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador s civil war.
In a Feb. 3 ruling, the court discarded arguments from lawyers for Inocente Montano, 78. The lawyers had argued that Spanish justice lacked jurisdiction for the slayings, which occurred in 1989 on the campus of the Jesuit-run Central American University in San Salvador.
JRS appeals for Colombia to protect Venezuelan migrants
As Venezuela’s crisis continues to force many people to flee, the Jesuit Refugee Service calls on the government of Colombia to protect the human rights of migrants.
By Devin Watkins
Jesuit Refugee Service Latin America and the Caribbean (JRS LAC) has sounded the alarm regarding the plight of Venezuelan migrants seeking entry into neighboring Colombia.
In a statement, JRS alleged that Colombian authorities have sought to prevent the irregular entry of Venezuelan migrants with an “excessive use of force, which has led to the overturning of canoes transporting them.”
The organization linked to the Society of Jesus decried the actions as “detrimental to human dignity and the protection of the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees.”
Spain high court upholds conviction of Salvadoran colonel in Jesuit murders
Feb 4, 2021 contributor
Former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano was sentenced to more than 133 years in prison for his involvement in the slaying of five Spanish Jesuits in El Salvador in 1989. Spain s supreme court has upheld the sentence. (Credit: CNS photo/DPA/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters.)
Spain s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador s civil war.
MADRID Spain’s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador’s civil war.