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Defrocked Chilean priest gets 15 years for abusing minors
Defrocked Chilean priest gets 15 years for abusing minors
by  AFP

A defrocked priest who once held senior positions in the Catholic Church in Chile was sentenced to 15 years in prison Saturday for raping and otherwise sexually abusing minors for more than a decade. As in other countries around the world, the Catholic church in Chile has confronted a wave of charges that its priests sexually abused minors. apg/gm/dw/md

Prepare for the long haul, UK's PM tells Western allies
Prepare for the long haul, UK's PM tells Western allies
by  AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned allies to prepare for a long war in Ukraine, urging sustained support for Kyiv or risk "the greatest victory for aggression" since World War II. In an article for The Sunday Times, Johnson said Ukraine's foreign backers should hold their nerve to ensure it has "the strategic endurance to survive and eventually prevail".

'We prepare for worst', says governor of Ukraine frontline region
'We prepare for worst', says governor of Ukraine frontline region
by  AFP

The governor of the eastern Ukrainian region now seeing heavy fighting with Russia, Sergiy Gaiday, opened the pockets of his flack jacket Saturday to show gun cartridges and a tourniquet. His flak jacket was stuffed with cartridge cases and he said he has a semi-automatic rifle in his car "and if I need to, I will fight".

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