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Thousands of Catholics line streets of Dili to welcome home newly appointed cardinal Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva

Cooperation agreement that will see state provide millions to fund Church services extended for another 5 years

Timor-Leste archbishop in plea over ex-priest's sex abuse case Top churchman calls for priests, religious to respect the Vatican's decision to dismiss Richard Daschbach Archbishop Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva's letter to Timor-Leste clergy and religious states that Richard Daschbach is ‘no longer a priest but a layman.’ (Photo: YouTube) Timor-Leste’s top churchman has called on priests and religious to respect the Vatican's decision to dismiss a priest for sexual abuse and asked them to support his alleged victims in a case currently on trial. In his July 22 letter to priests, deacon...

Pedophile former priest evades justice in Timor-Leste Despite his crimes, American Richard Daschbach enjoys celebrity status in the tiny Catholic-majority nation Former Timor-Leste president Xanana Gusmao (right) with Richard Daschbach, a former priest defrocked by the Vatican for child sexual abuse. (Photo: Twitter) Richard Daschbach might be 84, defrocked from the priesthood and under house arrest in Timor-Leste capital Dili, but he continues to make a buzz in the tiny Catholic-majority Southeast Asian nation. The self-proclaimed pedophile and former priest from the Society of the Divine Wo...