On the Feast of St. Peter Claver over 200 people gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for a Mass honoring Fr. Rayford E. Emmons, the first African American ordained Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
‘O God, who made St. Peter Claver a slave of slaves and strengthened him with wonderful charity and patience as he came to their help, grant, through his inte.
Q: First, congratulations on winning this year’s Sunday Times non-fiction award! How does it feel? A: I am absolutely delighted. What does this award mean to you? It means all those weekends and nights and holidays of slog were worth it! But, more important, I have always wanted the events of ‘Bloody Sunday’(November 9 1952) to be more widely known.
Lawsuit claims well-known New Orleans priest raped, beat 10-year-old during church retreat Share Updated: 3:29 PM CST Jan 28, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 3:29 PM CST Jan 28, 2021
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Show Transcript GINA: A WELL-KNOWN CHURCH LEADER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MINISTRY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF THE RAPE A BEATING OF A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY. SULA: FATHER JOHN ASARE-DANKWAH IS PASTOR OF SAINT PETER CLAVER CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE ALLEGED ABUSE TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS WITH BLESSED TRINITY CHURCH IN BROADMOOR, THAT’S WHERE CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG LAROSE JOINS US TONIGHT. GREG: A LAWSUIT IS FILED WEDNESDAY THAT SAYS ASARE LED ELEVEN STUDENTS ON A RELIGIOUS RETREAT TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IN 2008. IT ALLEGES THE PRIEST FIRST APPROACHED THE BOY WHEN HEARING HIS CONFESSION. WE SHOULD WARN YOU THAT SOME OF THE DETAILS WE’RE ABOUT TO SHARE ARE GRAPHIC. THE COURT COMPLAINT SAYS ASARE ASKED THE BOY IF HE LOVED HIM AND LOVE TO G