Black 'lynching' ad, Catholic Church sex abuse, elections

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is expected to sign legislation on Friday raising the maximum penalty for fraternity hazing to a felony, carrying up to seven years in prison. The U.S. government on Friday charged a Russian national with playing a key financial role in a Kremlin-backed plan to conduct "information warfare" against the United States, including ongoing attempts to influence next month's congressional elections. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, 44, became the first person charged with a crime for attempting to interfere in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, according to a government official with knowledge of the investigation.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/other/224008-us-domestic-news-roundup-black-lynching-ad-catholic-church-sex-abuse-elections 

Catholic priest defrocked after affair in the US now in charge of Auckland parish

What happens to a Catholic priest who breaks his celibacy vows? Father Lio Rotor found out the hard way. Los Angeles, 2006. Father Lio Rotor is working as a canon lawyer in the Catholic church's matrimonial tribunal, dealing with marriage annulment applications. The wife of his best friend, Gabriel Beltran, comes to LA from Texas for a weekend seminar - Rotor picks her up at the airport and takes her to her hotel.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/102066087/a-catholic-priest-defrocked-after-an-affair-in-the-us-is-in-charge-of-a-parish-in-auckland 

Francis’s words about women: What does he really think?

“When ordination is rightly understood, according to Pope Francis, women’s gifts for leadership can be shared within the church. Women can engage in decision-making for the church. He seems to be saying that ordination is simply less important than baptism in the grand scheme of things. And in any clerically-dominated church, that is saying a mouthful—for women and for men.”
 The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers some sage advice on how to take someone else’s words. In article 2478, it says: “To avoid rash judgment, everyone ought to be careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbors’ thoughts, words, and deeds, in a favorable way.

https://voicefaithful.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/franciss-words-about-women-what-does-he-really-think-commonweal/ 

FOX 29 Investigates: Priest's Relationship Probed

CAMDEN, N.J. - The Diocese of Camden has opened an investigation of one its priests after FOX 29 Investigates raised questions about his actions.
The probe has been under way for nearly three weeks. How did this story get started? Investigative Reporter Jeff Cole explains that a parishioner of his former church urged us to take a look at where Father Joel Arciga-Camarillo spends his time away from the church. Here's what we saw.

http://www.fox29.com/news/local-news/fox-29-investigates/136827366-story