There is no feasible method of screening for mass murderers. Or as a psychologist friend, who has treated some of Britain’s most notorious criminals, including the late Fred West, put it to me in his clinician’s style: “There would be far too many false positives and far too many false negatives.”
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Take a good look: now pick out the mass killer
Many people simple called him the “reverend,” which was nice since he hated his famous nickname — the Wizard of Westwood. He was constantly reading his Bible, as well as stacks of other books, which was perfectly natural for a former English teacher who hardly ever missed church. However, try to find a picture of this man reading his Bible.
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Wooden: Faith and fidelity (updated)
Three years ago, I began editing the Faith Walk column, our weekly user-contributed feature sharing readers’ stories about how their faith and beliefs shaped their lives. I took on this added responsibility, in addition to serving as the newspaper’s television critic, because faith has been a catalytic force my entire adult life — and because it’s one of the most interesting things about us as humans.
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The head of Canada’s Anglican Church appealed Friday to hundreds of bishops, priests and laypeople that they not let talks on the thorny issue of same-sex unions further divide the church or take on the rancour of the past.
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Anglicans try again to find same-sex blessings consensus
As regular readers know, I’ve been in a bit miffed lately by the Los Angeles Times ’ recent coverage , or lack thereof , when it comes to the presence of the giant, complex and newsworthy Catholic flock that is sitting in its own backyard. So it was nice to see the LAT ahead of the game with this story about whether the District Attorney’s Office had done enough to pursue criminal charges against pedophile priests and Cardinal Roger Mahony, who was, at best, negligent about the behavior of his priests.
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LATimes: Back to clergy sex news
A hospital has won the right to give a child potentially life-saving blood transfusions despite the religious objections of the boy and his family. In a South Australian legal first, the Supreme Court this afternoon gave the Women’s and Children’s Hospital the right to give a 10-year-old boy – a member of the Jehovah’s Witness faith – transfusions as part of his cancer treatment
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Court orders Jehovah’s Witness boy be given blood transfusion
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In a case with a complicated procedural history, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has once again certified three questions of state constitutional law to the California Supreme Court in a case challenging leasing (at nominal or no rent) of camp ground and aquatic center space by the city of San Diego, California to the Boy Scouts. Plaintiffs object to the Scouts’ exclusion of atheists, agnostics and homosexuals as volunteers or members.
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9th Circuit Re-Certifies Issues To California High Court In Boy Scout Case
In Shippen v. Shippen , (NC App., May 18, 2010), a North Carolina appellate court upheld a contempt finding against a husband who failed to pay child support and post-separation support to his wife. Shortly after the court ordered the support payments, husband John Lee Shippen joined the Twelve Tribes of Israel, a religious commune that prohibits its members from earning outside income.
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Joining Religious Commune Does Not Excuse Support Payments
In San Joaquin County Human Services Agency v. Marcus W., (CA App., June 2, 2010), a California appellate court essentially invalidated an arrangement that the County Human Services Agency had made over a decade ago with a Jehovah’s Witnesses organization.
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Court Invalidates Arrangement With Jehovah’s Witnesses On Orders For Blood Transfusions