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Greenock man’s disgust at payout after alleged abuse by paedophile priests
A tormented Greenock man told today how he was sexually abused by paedophile priests from the age of 11 — then handed a ‘paltry’ £8,000 payout half-a-century later. Gerry McLaughlin, now 61, waived his...
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Youth blames Buckfast for attack on woman in Fife
A man who hit a woman in the face with a piece of wood in an unprovoked assault in Fife has blamed drinking Buckfast for the attack. Lewis Anderson, 18, a prisoner in Polmont, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCatholic Church in Scotland received 15 allegations of abuse last year
The Catholic Church in Scotland received 15 allegations of abuse last year. Claims of sexual, physical, verbal or emotional abuse were made against seven members of the clergy and six others people...
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Forth 2 radio presenter priest under investigation after two women accuse him...
A priest who once worked as a radio agony uncle is under investigation after two women accused him of lewd behaviour. Father Andy Monaghan, 72, was banned from his Midlothian parish by the Archdiocese...
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Stone carved head stolen from Dryburgh Abbey
Police are investigating after a stone carved head was stolen from a church in the Scottish Borders. The unique carving originally decorated part of a stone arch inside Dryburgh Abbey in Newtown St...
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Buckfast: a drink with almost supernatural powers of destruction
Mixing alcohol with caffeine has thrown up some illustrious drinks over the years: the Cuba Libre, the caffe corretto and the vodka Red Bull, writes Henry Jeffreys. No combination of alcohol and...
View ArticleFounder of Scottish church faces trial accused of inducing 12-year-old girl...
The founder of a Scottish church is to face jury trial accused of inducing a 12 year girl to sex-massage his body with oils. Walter Masocha is also alleged to have sexually assaulted an adult woman and...
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Pastor arrested after Scots wife found dead in bath
A pastor has been arrested over the death of his pregnant Scottish wife, after her body was discovered in a bath. Charmaine Adusah, who was three months pregnant and originally from Arbroath, Angus,...
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CCPAS backs survivor groups and calls for churches to be included in Scottish...
The Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) today called on the Scottish National Inquiry into Historic Child Abuse to include within its remit abuse which involved churches. CCPAS is...
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Pervert preacher Walter Masocha walks free after being convicted of sex...
A pervert pastor who groped a deaconess and molested a schoolgirl has dodged a jail term. Victims’ relatives reacted with fury outside court yesterday after cult leader Walter Masocha escaped with...
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Shamed preacher Walter Masocha who sexually assaulted members of Scots church...
A shamed preacher who sexually assaulted members of his flock is back in the fold at the church he helped create. Self-styled “prophet” Walter Masocha dodged a jail term earlier this year for groping a...
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Cambuslang priest set to return after being cleared by church probe into sex...
Parishioners at St Bride’s in Cambuslang have expressed their delight at the possible return to the parish of Father Paul Morton. The Catholic Church confirmed last week it had completed its...
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‘Nationally important’ church spray-painted by vandals
A 12th century church has been targeted by vandals. St Bridget’s Kirk, Dalgety, was spray painted in the latest attack, as a national heritage charity has called residents to help protect the...
View ArticleWatch CCTV footage released after church is robbed twice in two days
A Barrhead church has released a video of the shocking moment two burglars attempt to prise open its front doors. St John’s Church on Aurs Road is sharing the images in an attempt to aid Police...
View ArticleBuckfast monks should be stripped of charitable status over ‘dangerous’ tonic...
Campaigners are calling for monks who make a controversial alcoholic drink to be stripped of their charitable status. The National Secular Society – which works to challenge religious privilege – says...
View ArticleHolyrood handed petition to scrap blasphemy laws
A new Holyrood bid to scrap Scotland’s centuries old laws on blasphemy has been launched amid fears the country is being left behind the rest of the UK and other European nations. A petition lodged...
View ArticleSexbots could increase objectification of women and children, warns Salvation...
Last week, a report about sex robots warned about the ‘dark side’ of the technology, which could involve issues of rape and paedophilia. And now The Salvation Army has had its say on the controversial...
View ArticleSecularist leader on Orange Order and Benedictines’ Buckfast: ‘a delicious...
Letter to the Sunday Herald, 9 July 2017: Peter Swindon’s report (Bloodshed, drunkenness and triumphalism: the Orange Order on the streets of Scotland, Eyewitness, July 2) on the Orange Order parades...
View ArticleFormer Kirk moderator hits out over “astonishing” delay in abuse response...
The Catholic Church has been accused of failing to establish contact with victims of historic child abuse as it pledged to do in response to an independent review. The Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan,...
View Article‘Sickness has infected the Catholic church in Scotland: Not an ounce of...
The dawn of the new year brought with it an old tale with some familiar themes for the Catholic church in Scotland, writes Kevin McKenna in the Guardian. These included an attitude towards some of its...
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