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  • 14 Apr 2008
    Clergy 'bullied' by congregations claims union

    Members of the clergy are being bullied by parishioners while the Church is doing little to prevent it, a trade union has claimed. Unite says vicars are experiencing psychological, emotional, verbal and physical abuse

  • 21 Oct 2007
    Two priests kidnapped in Iraq are released unharmed

    There were celebrations this morning (Sunday 21 October) at the news that two Iraqi Catholic priests abducted over a week ago in the northern city of Mosul had been released alive and well.

  • 17 Oct 2007
    Work continues for release of priests kidnapped in northern Iraq

    Work is continuing for the release of two Catholic priests kidnapped in northern Iraq last week. Unconfirmed reports say that contact has been made with their captors, but that initial attempts to secure their release apparently foundered.