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The trial was the first known enforcement of a 2013 law for the Vatican City State that specifically criminalized possession and distribution of child pornography, punishing it with up to five years in prison and a 50,000 euro fine.
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Now that the criminal prosecution is over, Capella will be subject to a canonical trial, which could result in him being defrocked.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Canadian authorities would pursue their case against him; the Vatican doesn’t extradite its citizens.
Capella said he realized that his actions were vulgar and “improper.” During a final statement Saturday begging for the minimum sentence, Capella apologized for the pain his “fragility” and “weakness” had caused his family, his diocese and the Holy See.
I hope that this situation can be considered a bump in the road” and that the case could also could be useful for the church, he said.
Capella was a high-ranking priest in the Vatican’s diplomatic corps. He served on the Italy desk in the Vatican’s secretariat of state and was part of the official delegation that negotiated a tax treaty with Italy before being posted to the US embassy in 2016.
A canon lawyer, Capella is listed online as having written a 2003 paper for the Pontifical Lateran University on priestly celibacy and the church’s criminal code.
The case was similar to the 2013 recall of the Vatican’s then-ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Monsignor Jozef Wesolowski, who was accused of sexually abusing young boys on the Caribbean island.
A restaurant in New Jersey with the same name as the one that asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave on Friday said it has been receiving threats from “angry, ill-informed callers” who are confusing the two eateries.
The owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia told the Washington Post she asked Sanders to leave her establishment because the press secretary had defended the actions of an “inhumane and unethical” administration.
On Saturday, a different Red Hen restaurant in Swedesboro, New Jersey, took to social media to announce that it was “in no way affiliated with the Red Hen in Virginia.”
We are an independent, family owned business who happens to share the same name,” the restaurant said on its Facebook page.
“Kindly check your facts before you erroneously defame an innocent business on Facebook in an attempt to destroy their business where they welcome all, irrespective of their race, religion, views or opinions,” it added.
After Sanders tweeted about the incident on Saturday morning, Facebook users began flooding the New Jersey Red Hen’s page with comments, including posts calling for a boycott of the restaurant.
In its own comment, the New Jersey Red Hen said people were “arrogantly and erroneously defam[ing]” the eatery.
“My telephone has not stopped ringing, angry ill-informed callers threatening my staff, our business, cursing and swearing at us,” the eatery wrote. “I would prefer to have my lines open for guests who wish to make a reservation at our establishment that welcomes ALL.”
Politicians, religious leaders and community activists gathered for a rally outside a facility used to process immigrant children separated from their parents at the border and bused from Texas to New York.
State Sen. Brian Benjamin's East Harlem district includes the Cayuga Centers shelter where he says 239 immigrant children have been receiving services.
At Saturday's rally, the Democrat said the children include a 9-month-old baby and a 9-year-old Honduran boy seeking asylum.
The Rev. Al Sharpton led the group in prayer and denounced the Trump administration's lack of a concrete plan to reunite the children with their families.
Sharpton and others say they'll continue protesting outside Trump-owned hotels until the children are returned to their families and legislation is passed prohibiting authorities from separating families entering the U.S. illegally.
Six decapitated chickens were left on a Long Island beach as part of what police described as a “ritualistic sacrifice.”
The headless fowls were found in a wicker basket on a beach in Islip on Thursday, the Suffolk County SPCA said.
The basket was covered with blue fabric and surrounded by grains, fruits and candles, according to the SPCA.
“Suffolk County SPCA consulted with a renowned expert who confirmed that this is a ritualistic sacrifice or offering to Yemaya, the Goddess of the Ocean, and involves dismemberment of chickens,” the organization said.
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The organization is offering a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of the person or persons who left the chickens on the beach.
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (WTEN) - Former President Barack Obama visited the Adirondacks this week. According to a source at the Adirondack Regional Airport, President Obama flew into the airport earlier this week and left on Friday, June 22.
Richie Hewitt, an airport employee, says he spent a few minutes with the former president; the two talked about their daughters who both attend Harvard University.
It's not clear why he was in the region.
President Obama is currently working on writing a book that will focus on his time as president.
Many presidents have spent time in the Adirondacks including both his predecessors, Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as Calvin Coolidge, who spent the summer of 1926 on Osgood Lake.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) -- - A local transgender rights group is sending a message to lawmakers about the immigration crisis. The ‘We Exist’ Coalition says they’re rallying to give a voice to the hundreds of immigrant families and children.
It was a strong message coming from the steps of Niagara Falls City Hall Saturday.
“We need to have compassion, dignity and as much bravery,” said Angela Burnham, a leader with the We Exist Coalition of Buffalo.
She says people need to have compassion for the thousands of children separated from their parents at the border. She says she wants to help speak up for people she says can't speak for themselves.
“As a veteran this isn't what I fought for. This isn't what I wanted for my country,” said Burnham.
Saturday's rally was initially to focus on the anniversary of Title IX, but organizers decided to switch gears.
“We are and always will be primarily a transgender rights group organization but we have to stick up for others too, we have to stick up for what's right what's decent,” said Burnham.
Their message -- "We Care" -- is a response to First Lady Melania Trump who wore a jacket that read "I really don't care. Do you?” while traveling to visit a facility housing immigrant children.
Similar rallies were held in Seneca falls and New York City Saturday afternoon.
The We Exist Coalition is calling on lawmakers to pass an immigration bill.
We have to put our foots down and say this not okay,” said Burnham.
President Trump signed an executive order earlier this week. The Trump Administration says it keeps families who illegally cross the border together.
But Burnham says the damage is already done.
“These children are going to have to carry around what's happening in these places for the rest of their life, even after it ends,” said Burnham.
Reps for First Lady Melania Trump have said there was no meaning behind her jacket.
The White House says about 500 kids have been reunited with their parents. But there are still questions on how the more than 2,000 children will be reunited with their families.
But millions of homeless American children get nothing … smh.
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End of Europe': Merkel's Union Partner Accused of 'German Brexit' Plot
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201806241065721755-germany-refugee-merkel-csu-spd/
Remember they established Q to ensure another JFK or 9/11 happen again. Keep up the good work and never give up!
Daesh, Nusra Will Return to Idea of Creating Caliphate With West's Help - Assad
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India Moves to Use National Currency in Oil Trade With Iran – Reports
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Italian Deputy PM Slams 'Arrogant' Macron Over Migrant Row Ahead of EU Summit
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201806241065718848-macron-salvini-migration-row/
Israel Fires Patriot Missile at Drone From Syria (VIDEO)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201806241065722977-israel-fire-patriot-missile-syria/
Syria needs to stop DICKIN around 😠
Next time, Israel is gonna do more than fire a missile 😠
FOX 11) - A joint operation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the California Department of Justice led to the Seizure of 553 firearms in Agua Dulce, Unincorporated Los Angeles County last week.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Palmdale Station received a crime tip that a local man was in possession of a large arsenal of firearms and that he was a convicted felon. The investigation was led by the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station’s Detective Bureau. It included the station’s Summer Crime Enforcement Team, Palmdale Partners Against Crime (Special Problems Unit), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the California Department of Justice. On June 14, 2018 at 0730 hours, the team served a search warrant in the 34700 block of Caprock Road in the unincorporated area of Agua Dulce.
One of these days, the world is gonna find out just how tolerant my country's been 😠
During the search, Manuel Fernandez, a 60 year-old male resident of Agua Dulce was arrested for being a felon in possession of firearms and a felon in possession of ammunition. At the residence, 432 firearms were seized during the service of the search warrant.
The first warrant led investigators to second location connected to suspect Fernandez. The second warrant, served in the 34900 block of Sweetwater Drive, Agua Dulce, resulted in the seizure of 30 illegal firearms possessed by a female associate. The female suspect was not home at the time of the warrant service and has not returned to the location. Detectives are preparing charges for the District Attorney for filing consideration.
"The Summer Enforcement Team was funded by the Board of Supervisors for operations like this with a beneficial impact on public safety for our unincorporated communities throughout the summer months,” stated Supervisor Kathryn Barger, representing Los Angeles County’s 5th District. “I applaud the Palmdale Sheriff's station, the City's Partners Against Crime and the Department of Justice who worked in conjunction on this effective operation and massive seizure of illegal firearms."