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Cambridge: JW tries to entice 11 y. o. boy into having sex
by behemot ina jehovah's witness who tried to get an 11-year-old boy to have sex with him turned himself in to police after being told to by counsellors.. cambridge crown court heard kirk lefcovitch, 25, had repeatedly asked the child to perform sexual acts, as well as handing him pornography and sex toys.. despite his admissions, and previous convictions against a boy aged 8 in 2000, he was spared jail.. sara walker, prosecuting, said: in december last year mr lefcovitch asked the 11-year-old to expose himself, and the boy refused.. the defendant then offered to show the boy his privates, to which the boy replied that he didnt want to see it.. he then showed the victim some porn and told him he wanted to have sex with him.. there were occasions when the two spoke on the phone, and mr lefcovitch also made inappropriate comments then.. the court heard that lefcovitch had made a full confession to police, who were previously unaware of the incident, after being advised to do so by a counsellor at cambridges centre 33 an organisation which gives advice to young people aged up to 25.. georgina gibbs, mitigating, said: it is a very rare occurrence for an offender of this type to put themselves at risk and report themselves.. the defendant has been receiving help from centre 33 and his jehovahs witness group.. he is trying to go down a different course in his life.
he has thrown away all his porn and has been deliberately excluding himself from activities which could have him in close proximity to youngsters.. lefcovitch, of the brook, sutton, was described in a pre-sentence report as a serious risk to children.. he has a previous conviction from 2000 for a string of sexual assaults on an 8-year-old boy.. judge anthony bate said: there was clearly an intention for the offence with the 11-year-old to go further than it did, but the prison sentences suggested in my guidelines would not be long enough for you to complete a sex offenders course in prison.. judge bate instead ordered lefcovitch to take part in the thames valley programme, which is a community sex offender group work course.. lefcovitch was also made the subject of a 3-year community order with supervision requirements, and he must pay 400 court costs.. source: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/home/religious-man-tried-to-entice-boy-11-into-sex-24082011.htm.
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JW loses malpractice suit over a blood transfusion.
by behemot ina jehovah's witness has lost a malpractice suit over a blood transfusion.. .
she survived and sued, claiming medical malpractice.. .
the new york trial court dismissed the case, holding there is no precedent for finding medical malpractice when a blood transfusion was the proximate case of saving a live -- regardless if the patient may be offended or even emotionally distressed by the hospital's actions, which in this case were inconsistent with her religious beliefs.. mat staver, dean of liberty university's school of law and founder of orlando-based liberty counsel, takes issue with the ruling.. .
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Paedophile, 86, appeals against ban from all churches
by behemot ina child sex abuser of 86 is appealing against his ban from all churches, claiming it violates his human rights.. jehovahs witness john drury used his respected position to entice vulnerable girls before carrying out a series of sex attacks.. the former raf man befriended the families of his victims at church before inviting the children to his luxury six-bedroom home.. he was jailed for four years in 2005 after being found guilty of attacking girls between 1991 and 1998 as they played hide and seek.. after his release police became concerned about his behaviour and fears grew that he could strike again.. officers got a court order banning drury from any place of worship unless he gives seven days notice.. but now the pensioner, from colchester, essex, is appealing, saying his human rights are being eroded.. the hearing is at chelmsford crown court next month.. source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/08/18/paedophile-86-appeals-against-ban-from-all-churches-115875-23352020/.
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Papal toilet paper
by behemot inyes, we know that times are hard out there.
business needs to latch onto any event it can in order to stimulate sales.
but might the issuing of special, celebratory, papal toilet paper be just that tiny step too far?.
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Oldest gay concentration-camp survivor dies
by behemot inrudolf brazda, believed to be the oldest known gay survivor of a nazi concentration camp, died aug. 3 at the age of 98, according to reports from a leading german lgbt-rights group.. brazda was one of thousands of gay men deported to concentration camps during world war ii.
the nazi regime under adolf hitler viewed homosexuality as an aberration and a threat to the aryan race.
more than 50,000 homosexuals were convicted as criminals during the nazi reign.. in august 1942, brazda was brought to buchenwald concentration camp after he admitted being gay.
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O.C. man upset with church teachings convicted of hate crime
by behemot inan orange county man charged with lighting fires at an irvine church because he was disgruntled about its teachings against masturbation was convicted tuesday of committing hate-crime arson, authorities said.. izad chavoshan, 32, who lives in huntington beach, set trash cans on fire in front of the orange county church of christ on three separate occasions in october 2009, prosecutors said.. chavoshan was a former church member who disagreed with the church's teachings against masturbation, according to the orange county district attorney's office.. chavoshan pleaded guilty to three felony counts of arson, one felony count of attempted arson and a hate-crime sentencing enhancement.
he has a prior strike conviction for criminal threats in 1998 and faces a sentence ranging from probation to up to 20 years in state prison, the district attorney's office said.. he is scheduled to be sentenced aug. 19 at the santa ana courthouse.. source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/oc-man-convicted-church-masturbation-hate-crime.html.
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Court nixes Jehovahs Witness suit against doctors for saving her life
by behemot ina new york court has dismissed a suit by a jehovahs witness who sued doctors for giving her a blood transfusion that saved her life.
nancy digeronimo sued her doctor and staten island university hospital for medical malpractice alleging the transfusions of another persons blood conflicted with her religious beliefs, reports the staten island advance newspaper.. the 5-year-old case against dr. allen fuchs and university hospital, was dismissed with the court finding the transfusion didnt deviate from accepted standards of care and that digeronimo had failed to show the infusion of blood had hurt her.. digeronimo, then 34, was released from the hospital on april 9, 2004, five days after giving birth.. the plaintiffs argument, taken to its logical conclusion, is that the doctor should have allowed her to die rather than give her an allogenic blood transfusion, state supreme court justice joseph j. maltese wrote in a decision handed down thursday.
since the plaintiffs transfusion saved her life, this action is analogous to one for wrongful life against the doctor.
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Dying JW stirs euthanasia debate in Italy
by behemot inrome - a dying jehovah's witness in italy has won the legal right not to receive treatment, sparking a heated debate on thursday between supporters and opponents of euthanasia in this predominantly catholic country.. .
"i don't want my life to be prolonged if doctors are reasonably convinced that my case is hopeless," clarice di tullio, 48, had told the court in treviso in northern italy.
judges respected her wish in a ruling earlier this week.. .
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Famous atheists explain why they don't believe
by behemot inhttp://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world.
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Why do Americans still dislike atheists?
by behemot inby gregory paul and phil zuckerman (washington post).
long after blacks and jews have made great strides, and even as homosexuals gain respect, acceptance and new rights, there is still a group that lots of americans just dont like much: atheists.
those who dont believe in god are widely considered to be immoral, wicked and angry.