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• Struggling jury pauses in Philadelphia church sex abuse trial
• Church abuse victim on trial for beating priest
• Jury, reporting deadlock, resumes deliberations in Philadelphia church sex abuse trial
• Official: Death toll from church attacks and reprisals in N. Nigeria up to 98; clashes ongoing
• Iraq military beard edict stirs religion debate
• French gunman holding hostages in bank acting out of 'religious conviction,' prosecutor says
• Pope calls for a halt to violence in Nigeria
• Pope urges end to attacks on Christians in Nigeria

Struggling jury pauses in Philadelphia church sex abuse trial Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:57 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The jury in the child sex abuse case of Philadelphia Monsignor William Lynn ended its 12th day of deliberations on Wednesday with no verdict after saying it was deadlocked on most of the charges in the trial of the Roman Catholic clergyman. Lynn, 61, the highest-ranking U.S. church official to stand trial in the church's pedophilia scandal, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment. Deliberations were punctuated by a note from the jury at midday in which it said it was "at a hung jury status on all charges except for one." Common Pleas Court Judge M. ...

Church abuse victim on trial for beating priest Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:24 PM PDT Northern California prosecutors concede the man on trial in the beating of an aging priest was sexually abused by the Jesuit, but told a jury Wednesday that still did not give William Lynch the right to take the law into in his own hands.

Jury, reporting deadlock, resumes deliberations in Philadelphia church sex abuse trial Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:56 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The jury in the child sex abuse case of Philadelphia Monsignor William Lynn was ordered to resume deliberations on Wednesday after saying it was deadlocked on most of the charges facing the highest-ranking U.S. clergyman to stand trial in the Roman Catholic church's pedophilia scandal. The jury, in its 12th day of deliberations, cited its dilemma in a note to Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina that read: "We the jury are at a hung jury status on all charges except for one." "Please advise us as to our next step," it said. ...

Official: Death toll from church attacks and reprisals in N. Nigeria up to 98; clashes ongoing Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:44 AM PDT Official: Death toll from church attacks and reprisals in N. Nigeria up to 98; clashes ongoing.

Iraq military beard edict stirs religion debate Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:02 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi government decree banning soldiers and police from wearing beards on duty has revived a debate over religious practices in a country where sectarian divisions between Shi'ite and Sunni still fester close to the surface. Iraq has long allowed police and soldiers to wear beards to a certain length, but in April the interior ministry began ordering that they must be clean-shaven in the name of the "public interest". Wearing a beard is seen in many parts of the Muslim world as a sign of piety or a symbol of radical Islamism, depending on its style. ...

French gunman holding hostages in bank acting out of 'religious conviction,' prosecutor says Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:37 AM PDT French gunman holding hostages in bank acting out of 'religious conviction,' prosecutor says.

Pope calls for a halt to violence in Nigeria Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:41 AM PDT The pope has appealed for those responsible for multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria targeting Christians to "stop immediately."

Pope urges end to attacks on Christians in Nigeria Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:49 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict appealed on Wednesday for an immediate end to what he called "terrorist attacks" against Christians in Nigeria and urged all sides to avoid reprisals. The escalating violence has raised fears of wider sectarian conflict in a country reeling from months of attacks on churches, government buildings and other sites by the Islamist Boko Haram sect. The movement styled on the Taliban appears bent on provoking Christian-Muslim clashes as part of its campaign to carve an Islamic state out of parts of Nigeria. ...

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