"Father Piero Corsi has sparked outrage in Italy with a Christmas message posted on the door of his church arguing that women suffer sexual violence because they neglect housework and children, serve cold dinners, dress provocatively...." http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/12/27-2
"France's top rabbi, Gilles Bernheim, has resigned amid a scandal over plagiarism. Rabbi Bernheim had admitted to plagiarising several authors and lying about an academic status on his CV, reports said". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22111313
"Palestinian sources in the city of Haifa have said that a group of rabbis has sent threatening letters to hotels and banqueting halls in the city, warning them not to host any New Year's Eve parties or display any Christmas decorations. The warning refers to the celebration of "Gentile" festivals. Should the warning be ignored, the rabbis have threatened to withhold religious services and the monthly inspections which provide Kashrut supervision". http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/4897-rabbis-issue-warning-to-hotels-about-new-year-celebrations
"Father Piero Corsi has sparked outrage in Italy with a Christmas message posted on the door of his church arguing that women suffer sexual violence because they neglect housework and children, serve cold dinners, dress provocatively...." http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/12/27-2
"Israeli authorities have indicted a former chief rabbi of the country on charges of fraud and breach of trust...Bakshi-Doron and others are accused of falsifying rabbinical certificates for more than 1,000 soldiers and police officers so they could be eligible for salary increases". http://news.yahoo.com/former-israeli-chief-rabbi-indicted-fraud-161756424.html
"It has been alleged that the [Swiss] priest has been funding the website herself, the Tages Anzeiger reported. The prosecutor also believes it possible that she has been contributing some of the racist content, albeit under pseudonyms. The Council [of Reformist Churches] had already warned the priest previously for her participation at extreme-right Islamophobic events in Germany. Having reviewed the content of the website, the Council described the articles posted there as 'inflammatory and derogatory' http://www.thelocal.ch/3398/20120525/.
"Hewlett Johnson became the Dean of Canterbury in 1931, when he was already getting on for 60, and clung on to the post, despite numerous attempts to get him out, until 1964. Over those 33 years, Johnson devoted the bulk of his astonishing energy to proving that Soviet Communism, especially as practised by Stalin, was heaven on earth..." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/8660471/The-priest-who-thought-Stalin-was-a-saint.html
"Padres who earn as much as bishops in the Church of England, starting on more than £37,000 have their own moral mazes to navigate. Last month the government inquiry into the death of the Basra hotel receptionist Baha Mousa ñ who was beaten to death while in British custody in Iraq in 2003 ñ criticised Father Peter Madden, who was attached to 1st Battalion the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, for not reporting the abuse. The inquiry accused Madden of giving inconsistent evidence and "lacking the courage" to report the "shocking and shameful" treatment of 10 Iraqi men, including Mousa. His conduct shocked serving chaplains. One, who does not wish to be named, says: "The inquiry was very damning. That padre got it wrong. I hope it was a one-off but it will be a marker for us." http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/05/uk-chaplains-afghanistan-priests-congregation
A priest suspected of being an IRA leader and masterminding a bombing atrocity was allowed to escape arrest thanks to a secret deal between police, ministers and the Roman Catholic Church, a report revealed yesterday. Father James Chesney was the 'prime suspect' after nine people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed and 30 injured when three car bombs exploded in the quiet Northern Ireland village of Claudy in July 1972. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1305646/Claudy-bombing-priest-James-Chesney-Cover-agreed-police-ministers-Church.html
Rabbi Meir Kahne 'un jour aprËs líenlËvement de ces soldats, IsraÎl devrait sortir et attraper 100 Arabes, les mettre dans des cages mesurant 2 mËtres par 2 et dire : "Ils seront assis ici jusquí‡ ce que vous rel‚chiez gratuitement nos enfants'...Aucun arabe ne vaut la vie díun seul soldat juif. Certains pensent que cíest du racisme, moi je ne le crois pas." http://www.uam93.com/news/comment-meir-kahane-aurait-il-fait-pour-liberer-gilad-shalit.html
"A group of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka led a crowd that demolished a Muslim shrine last week, the BBC has learned. This incident took place on Saturday in Anuradhapura, an ancient Buddhist city and Unesco world heritage site. The monk who led the group told the BBC he did it because the shrine was on land that was given to Sinhalese Buddhists 2,000 years ago. But a prominent Muslim in the area said he was very sad and the sentiment was shared by many Sinhalese too." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14926002
"Rabbi David Twersky, leader of the Rachmastrivka Hasidic dynasty, says the recent tsunami in Japan, which has left thousands of people dead, was the result of the arrest of two yeshiva students by Japanese authorities after being convicted of smuggling drugs." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4050133,00.html
"A leading rabbi in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar has encouraged Israel Defense Forces soldiers to make use of the outlawed 'neighbor procedure' while operating in Palestinian areas. 'Anything you do to keep the war tough is permissible, and obligatory according to the torah,' Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, headmaster of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, wrote in fliers distributed to his students." http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/leading-rabbi-encourages-idf-soldiers-to-use-palestinian-human-shields-1.320311
