Judge throws out extortion charges against megachurch leader
Los Angeles, USAP Citing insufficient evidence, a judge on Wednesday threw out extortion charges against the leader of a Mexican megachurch but left in place accustations of child rape and human trafficking. The California attorney general’s office failed to show that Naasón Joaquín García, the self-proclaimed apostle of La Luz del Mundo, extorted sex acts […]
Mexico still ‘most dangerous country to be a priest’
A bishop forced to pay protection money to use his own cathedral is the latest example of why, for the eighth year running, Mexico is considered the most dangerous country to be a Catholic priest. Mexico’s Catholic Media Centre’s latest annual report says at least 15 priests have been murdered in the past three years alone, while there have been […]