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Catholic school teen gets 5 days in juvenile jail for racist videos, threats
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Oct 4, 2019
A 16-year-old has been sentenced to five days in a juvenile jail and 18 months of probation for threatening to shoot up his Catholic school in South Carolina in a group chat where he also sent racist videos.
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For bishop with Mexican roots, El Paso’s assault hit close to home
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 2, 2019
For Bishop Oscar Cantu of San Jose, California, the early August assault by a gunman who opened fire on El Pasoans and others doing weekend shopping at a Walmart in the border city this summer struck particularly deep.
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Recent tragedy frames El Paso gathering in support of migrants
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 25, 2019
When local Catholic leaders Sept. 23 welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including lay ministers who tend to migrants in various parts of the U.S., they proudly spoke of the “DNA” of the El Paso community, one that doesn’t treat those who aren’t from the area as strangers.
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Schools face backlash for not reporting threats to parents
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 9, 2019
When officials at a Catholic high school in South Carolina learned that a 16-year-old student made videos of himself firing a gun and using racial slurs, they alerted police, but not parents. After the videos made it into the news over the summer, the backlash came quickly.
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Catholic leaders condemn mass shooting in West Texas
- Church in the US
- Sep 2, 2019
A mass shooting in West Texas shows a “contempt for human life,” according to the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference.
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Florida teen annoyed by group chat threatens mass shooting at Catholic school
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Aug 22, 2019
A Florida teenager faces a felony charge after getting so fed up with her little sister’s noisy phone that she threatened to shoot up a school.
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