Jul 02, 2024 | Church Team | Daily Report |
Church Team | News Count (3) | |
1 | Christians Mistreated around the world -> Islamic countries | 1 |
2 | Molester Church Official in Service -> Child Abuse | 1 |
3 | Conversion -> Hindu to Christian Conversion | 1 |
1. Pakistan court sentences Christian youth to death
- A court in Pakistan has sentenced a 22-year-old Christian youth Ahsan Raja Masih to death, convicting him of offending Muslims' religious sentiment.
- Masih, a brick kiln worker, was convicted of posting a blasphemous letter on social media and thus “offending the sentiments of Muslims and trying to promote religious hatred.”
- Masih was accused of causing the riot, but its victims were entirely Christians. More than 80 Christian homes and 26 churches were vandalized in the Jaranwala riot on Aug. 16, 2023, over allegations of the Quran desecration.
- The Anti-Terrorism Court in Punjab's Sahiwal city sentenced Ahsan Raja Masih to death on June 29, 2024 under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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2. Diocese reinstates Vienna priest accused of sexual abuse in 2018
- A priest Father Denis Bouchard from Vienna, Austria that was accused of sexually abusing a man while he was a child has been reinstated.
- This comes after an independent review board found no sufficient evidence to proceed with criminal action against Father Denis Bouchard.
- Accused Bouchard, the former pastor off Queen of the Holy Parish, was placed on leave in 2018 after a man accused priest of sexual abuse when he was a child.
- In a civil suit that was filed in 2019, a jury sided with Bouchard on claims of civil assault, civil battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the accuser.
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3. सत्संग के नाम पर करवा रहे थे धर्म परिवर्तन! ग्रामीणों को ईसाई बनाने के आरोपी 3 को पुलिस ने किया गिरफ्तार
- उत्तर प्रदेश के हरदोई जिले के रामखेड़ा गांव मे सत्संग के नाम पर धर्म परिवर्तन करने वाले तीन व्यक्तियों को गिरफ्तार किया कर उनके पास से धर्मिक किताबें के साथ पूजा पाठ की सामग्री भी बरामद की।
- ग्रामीणों ने बताया कि कुछ लोग वित्तीय सहायता के बदले उन्हें ईसाई धर्म अपनाने के लिए प्रेरित कर रहे थे, जिसके कारण धर्म परिवर्तन करने वाले घरों में चर्च का निर्माण हो रहा था और दूसरों पर भी ऐसा करने का दबाव बनाया जा रहा था।
- शाहजहांपुर के पुलिस ने धर्म परिवर्तन करवाने वाले आरोपियों के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज कर उन्हे जेल भेज दिया।
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