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Home > Regions > Top Stories Parish priest accused of rape by his 18-year-old » Social welfare officer: Agusan Norte rape helper victim goes 'missing' 08/28/2011 | 09:12 AM » Agusan Norte Catholic priest denies charges of rape Recommend 34 Send 0 61 » 18-year-old helper accuses Catholic priest of rape An 18-year-old woman has filed a complaint with public prosecutors in Agusan del Norte that a parish priest whom she had served as a domestic helper repeatedly raped her earlier » Teachers clamor for hazard pay in wake of this year. Agusan hostage crisis Recent sex scandals in PHL » Police see Agusan hostage crisis over this The priest, Fr. Raul Cabonce, has reportedly sought Sunday In 2008, 15-year-old girl "Crystal" refuge in the Bishop's residence in Butuan City and could (not her real name) accused Fr. » Suspected rebels attack Agusan Norte police not be reached for comment, but has previously denied Madangeng Jr of raping her camp the allegations. from August to December 2006. » Taiwanese, companion lose P300K to The girl eventually filed five counts muggers in Butuan The complainant said in her affidavit filed last Thursday of rape and seven counts of acts of » Police: 2 people drown in Agusan del Norte that Father Cabonce had offered her a scholarship in lasciviousness against the priest. floods exchange for her services as a "convent girl" who would A Leyte-based priest also faced a serve his household needs. More Stories similar accusation in 2010 when a girl, 17 years old, claimed he raped Hired in her hometown of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte her a number of times starting in November 2009. The alleged where Cabonce was then parish priest, the alleged victim SONA: Hostage crisis sa sexual abuse had continued until Agusan Del Sur natapos na, was brought to the town of Tubay last year when February 2010. Cabonce was reassigned. mga bihag pinalaya na 2011- The priest denied the accusation 04-06 21:05:02 and has since been re-assigned to The complainant alleged that she was first groped last another parish. September in the priest's St. Anne's parish convent room 24oras: Malawakang when he asked her to give him a massage. In 2003, Father James Reuter was pagtotroso, sanhi umano ng quoted in reports as claiming pagbaha sa Butuan, Agusan almost three dozen priests have Del Norte 2011-02-04 Other sexual assaults allegedly occurred on February 27, been suspended due to allegations 19:13:28 March 3 and 14 of this year, with rape allegedly taking of sexual harassment. place on the last date. QTV: Lumang city hall, Amid mounting public pressure in nasunog sa Agusan del Norte 2002, the Catholic Bishops 2011-02-04 12:47:39 Two counts of rape, Child Abuse in relation to R.A. 7610, Conference of the - and Acts of Lasciviousness were filed Thursday morning through then president Archbishop before Agusan del Norte Provincial Prosecutor Office Orlando Quevedo - issued a historic apology to all the victims of against Cabonce. hundreds of priests accused of 24oras: Pahirapan ang sexual abuse since the 1980s. paghatid ng tulong sa mga In early July, a Tubay municipal welfare officer said the sinalanta ng baha 2011-02- "To the various crises in society, girl and her mother had gone missing after reporting the 03 19:29:12 we must now, with great sorrow abuse to a group of Catholic nuns. and shame, add problems in the Church... Sexual misconduct on the More Videos In a radio interview in early July, Cabonce said: "I part of shepherds of the flock betrays the holy priesthood that ADVERTISEMENT categorically deny allegations of rape hurled against Christ has shared," Quevedo said me... Please check the background of the family of the at the time. victim first before judging me." While most of the religious leaders being implicated in rape cases are In her complaint affidavit, the alleged victim said her often re-assigned to different mother was a catechist and church volunteer at the Las dioceses, some resigned. Nieves parish when she was recruited by Cabonce. Bishop Crisostomo Yalung of Antipolo gave up his religious The woman, born on December 5, 1992, is now under practice after confessing to having the care of women's rights organization Gabriela, an had an affair with a woman and fathered her children. officer of the group said Friday. Sex scandals have likewise rocked the Catholic Church in a number of Gabriela-Caraga chairperson Atel Hijos said former countries such as Kenya and Surigao City Mayor lawyer Alfonso Casurra is a pro-bono Tanzania in Africa; , legal counsel of the victim, whom they have assigned the Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Malta, and even , alias "Leah". among others in Europe.

Meanwhile, Gabriela encouraged the Roman Catholic In North and South America, rape hierarchy to take the necessary steps to help Leah get cases against priests and bishops have likewise been reported in the the justice that she deserves. US, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Argentina. and They called on the Church to investigate the case and file Newz Zealand. the necessary charges against the priest should they find The rape accusations against enough basis. priests came from female and male victims. Some notable examples “It is not enough to transfer the erring priest to another are Father Francesco Scerri from Malta. A supposed "mistake in the parish where he can still violate other girls. He should be charges" led to his acquittal of rape made accountable under the State laws as well as and instead, a conviction of sexual Church laws," Gabriela's executive director Lana Linaban abuse. FEU nips NU in 2OT, shadows Adamson said. A report commissioned by the US for No. 2 spot Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2011-08-27 19:19:34 Recent history of Church sex scandals 2004 revealed that a total of FEU came back from an 18-point deficit and 10,667 people accused priests of defeated NU in double overtime to remain child sexual abuse from 1950 to The Catholic Church world-wide has been rocked in 2002. one-game... recent years by a series of sex scandals involving priests A Boston Globe report showed that and sometimes bishops and other high-ranking officials. 'Cassette Tape' fades out of Oxford from 1990 to 2002, at least 11 Few have been prosecuted by any government, with Catholic bishops outside the US Dictionary most cases dealt with internally by Church hierarchy. have resigned from their posts 2011-08-27 08:37:49 amid acccusations of sexual As newer, more modern words such as Many erring priests have simply been transferred to misconduct. — compiled by Mark "sexting," "retweet" and "cyberbullying" Merueñas other parishes or assignments; in some cases overseas, became part of the... the priests repeated the same offenses at their new places of assignment. Minka Kelly, Derek Jeter strike out Last year, Benedict XVI conveyed an unprecedented apology for sex abuses in a 2011-08-27 10:41:32 pastoral letter to Catholics in Ireland, where a long history of molestation had come to Actress Minka Kelly and Yankees light. star Derek Jeter, once the subject of engagement talk,...

“You have suffered grievously, and I am truly sorry," the pope said. “Your trust has been betrayed and your dignity has been violated."— with a report by Ben Serrano/LBG/HS, Unang sinehan sa Pinas GMA News 2011-08-27 22:19:31 Alam niyo ba na ang itinuturing kauna- 0 61 unahang sinehan sa Pilipinas na pag-aari ng Recommend 34 Send isang Pilipino... Like 4 people liked this.

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