Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Hotline Established for Catholic Church Abuse Victims in Germany Overwhelmed by Callers
April 3rd, 2010Via: Telegraph: An abuse hotline set up by the Catholic Church in Germany melted down on its first day of operation as more than 4,000 alleged victims of paedophile and violent priests called in to seek counselling and advice. The numbers were far more than the handful of therapists assigned to deal with them could […]
Court OKs Repeated Tasering of Pregnant Woman
March 31st, 2010Via: Wired: A federal appeals court says three Seattle police officers did not employ excessive force when they repeatedly tasered a visibly pregnant woman for refusing to sign a speeding ticket. The lawyer representing Malaika Brooks said Monday that the court’s 2-1 decision sanctioned “pain compliance” tactics through a modern-day version of the cattle prod. […]
Vatican Confirms Report of Sexual Abuse and Rape of Nuns by Priests in 23 Countries
March 29th, 2010Via: Independent: The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it is aware priests from at least 23 countries have been sexually abusing nuns. The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it is aware priests from at least 23 countries have been sexually abusing nuns. Most of the […]
Dozens Dead in Moscow Metro Bombings
March 29th, 2010Russia Protests: Thousands Rally in ‘Day of Wrath’ Against Putin: This weekend’s Russia protests, in which thousands gathered in 20 Russian cities for ‘Day of Wrath’ demonstrations against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other government officials, brought together diverse political forces. And then… Via: BBC: At least 35 people have been killed after two female […]
Pfizer to Pay $142 Million for Drug Fraud
March 26th, 2010Pocket lint. Via: CBC News: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been ordered to pay $142 million US in damages for fraudulently marketing gabapentin, an anti-seizure drug marketed under the name Neurontin. A federal jury in Boston ruled Thursday that Pfizer fraudulently marketed the drug and promoted it for unapproved uses. The jury sided with California-based Kaiser […]
Pope Failed to Defrock an American Priest Who Molested Hundreds of Deaf Boys
March 25th, 2010Via: Telegraph: The sex abuse scandal enveloping the Catholic Church moved closer to Pope Benedict XVI today with revelations that in the 1990s the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger failed to defrock an American priest who molested hundreds of deaf boys, despite receiving letters from a number of American bishops pleading with him to act. Internal […]
Boy Scouts Chronicle the Sexual Abuse of Young Boys by Scout Leaders
March 20th, 2010Via: Washington Post / AP: The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years. The “perversion files,” a nickname the Boy Scouts are said to have used for the documents, have rarely been seen by the […]
Russia Criticizes U.S., NATO Over Afghan Drugs *wink* *wink*
March 18th, 2010If the squeals out of Russia about drug trafficking are real, and I have serious doubts about that, why not mention this bridge? In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed […]
Police Misconduct: Injustice Everywhere
March 17th, 2010People submit diabolical cop stories to Cryptogon everyday. Clearly, there’s way too much of this happening for me to handle on Cryptogon. Yes, I agree, the endemic bad-cop situation is a nightmare. And it’s a nightmare that should be brought out into the open, but it’s simply far beyond the scope and capacity of what […]
Mexico: Three People Connected to the U.S. Consulate in Juarez Executed in Front of Their Children
March 15th, 2010All governments routinely run covert operations out of their embassies and consulates. I have no good reason to believe that this incident had anything to do with covert operations, however, multiple articles quote family members and neighbors who don’t know what Lesley A. Enriquez did at the consulate. “Officials” in Washington also don’t know what […]
