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Catholic Priest Burned Alive in Nigeria’s Hard-Hit North

ABUJA, Nigeria—A Nigerian priest was burned alive in his home in the country’s north on Sunday, police said. Rev. Isaac Achi was killed in the Paikoro area of Niger state after gunmen failed to break into his house and instead set it on fire, said Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesman. A second priest living in…


Pedophile Priest Who Sexually Abused Students to Be Jailed in Sydney

A Catholic priest who sexually abused a dozen young boys in the 1980s at a prestigious boy’s college will be jailed in Sydney on Friday. Anthony William Peter Caruana, a former teacher, music conductor, rugby coach and dormitory master, is due to be sentenced in the New South Wales (NSW) District Court for 26 offences…