Adventists adopt policy on child abuse prevention
The Seventh-day Adventist church adopts a Statement on Child Sexual Abuse saying the community is not immune and members must actively prevent abuse. Led by Ron Flowers and Saul Flowers, the policy stresses personal accountability for leaders, outlines healing for victims and abusers, and calls for fair handling of accusations and discipline.
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Ron Flowers
Faraly Ministries
Silver Spring
Law
Saul Flowers
Denomination
General Conference
Loma Linda
Calif
Christians block demolition of Khartoum chapels on Easter Monday
Comboni missionaries report police destroyed one Khartoum chapel but were blocked from demolishing two others by local Christians. Officials allegedly ordered the demolitions on Easter Monday. No reason was given. Sudan’s Islamic government faces rebel pressure from the south seeking independence.
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Khartoum
Comboni
Reuters
Sudan
Amnesty International cites torture in Russia report
Amnesty International accuses Russian law enforcement of widespread torture across prisons, army, and police custody. The London NGO links abuses to Boris Yeltsin era policies and identifies ethnic minorities and the homeless as most at risk, urging government curtailment.
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Amnesty International
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Reuters
Catholic schools enroll for fifth straight year rise
Enrollment in Catholic schools rose for the fifth consecutive year with more than 10,000 additional students in 1996-97, bringing total enrollment to 2,645,462. Leonard DeFiore announced at the association's Minneapolis convention that 155 new schools have opened in 12 years, totaling 8,231 schools.
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Leonard DeFiore
National Catholic Educational Acenoyation
DeFiore
TV Faith in Prime Time Sparks Poll Debate
A national Hart poll finds Americans want more religion in prime time TV. Two-thirds say TV has grown less moral recently, with 82 percent seeking more moral references and 68 percent wanting more spirituality, naming Touched by an Angel as the most spiritual show and Tess as a desired Sunday school teacher candidate.
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New York
Montgomery Burns
Steven Reddicliffe
TV Guide
Peter D. Hart Research
Mr. Burns
Hell
Michael Mancini
Melrose Place
Ledger
CBS
Tess
Della Reese
God
Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Reddicliffe
Woman challenges hunter harassment law over religion
Gloria Binkowski a veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers clinic lawyers sue New Jersey to claim the hunter harassment statute infringes her religious right to oppose hunting. The case raises questions about religious exercise and protest at hunting sites.
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University of Pennsylvania
Gloria Binkowski
Binkowski
New Jersey
Rutgers University Animal Rights Law Clinic
Anna Charlton
Rinkowski
Charlton
Chuck Davis
Peter Verniero
Hunt
Laveunt
Heodore Vitali
St. Louis University
ALR
Absher
Wildlife Legislative Fund of America
Greg Haljack
Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife
Parish honors Polish born St Stephen’s administrator
Members of St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church Syracuse celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rev Tadeusz Rudnik’s appointment as administrator with a 10 30 a m Mass at 305 N Geddes St The Mass features the Latin rite and the Rochester based St Stanislaus Latin Choir A dinner follows Rudnik has served since 1957 after emigrating from Poland and Canada and joining Sacred Heart parish duties Also noted is a Park Central Presbyterian series on human sexuality and other religious events in the area including Believers' Chapel revival and Passover programs at JCC DeWitt synagogue with Rabbi Evan Shore inviting registrations
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St. Stephen's
Syracuse
N. Geddes
Tadeusz Rudnik
Poland
Rudnik
Gorzow
Szczechin
Canada
Sacred Heart Church
Park Street
St. Stephen's Church
Sacred Heart
New York City
John Paul II
United States
St. Stanislaus Latin Choir
Novena and Healing Mass at St Daniel's Church
The Central New York Marian Center hosts a healing Mass at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at St Daniel's Church in Lyncourt followed by a novena to St Peregrine. A 6:45 p.m. prelude, eucharistic healing procession, and benediction close at 8:45 p.m. Priests Bu Yennock Gary Fukes and Amedeo Guido celebrate.
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New York
St. Daniel's Church
Lyncourt
St. Peregrine
Bu Yennock
Gary Fukes
Amedeo Guido
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Mariana Katzarova
Association
Minneapolis
David Briggs
Burns
Hunter
Steve Chambers
Religion News Service
Rutgers
Hassack
St. Stephen’s
Fayetteville Church
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Fayetteville
Highbridge Road
John Arnott
Toronto
Believers
Thompson Road
Cicero
The
Central
Churches For Revival
Churches
Arnott
Toronto Airport
UCC
Jewish Community Center
DeWitt
Young Istas el-Shaarei Torah
Evan Shore
JCC
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