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News for: August 7, 2002
Polygamist David Kingston Seeks Parole
The Salt Lake Tribune
GUNNISON -- Vowing to never again commit incest or have sex with an underage girl, polygamist David Ortell Kingston told an officer of the Utah Board of Pardons he wants to be released from prison -- now.
COLORADO
Appeals court upholds man's use of eagle feathers for religious practices
The Associated Press
DENVER - The government must return eagle feathers to a descendant of American Indians so he can use them in religious practices, a federal appeals court ruled.
OHIO
Phillip Vaccaro considers Jesus his best friend
FOX News
So to him, Jesus seemed perfect for a writing assignment the 7th-grader got this spring in his language-arts class in Brookfield, Ohio: write a friendly letter to someone who dramatically changed his life.
UTAH
Kingston laments incest and seeks parole
Deseret News
GUNNISON - While not exactly disavowing his polygamous lifestyle, David O. Kingston has admitted publicly for the first time that having sex with his 16-year-old niece was wrong.
CANADA
Lawyer says ailing girl in good spirits
The Calgary Sun
A Jehovah's Witness girl undergoing experimental cancer treatment in a secret location appears to be doing well, her lawyer said.
ENGLAND
Accused Killer of LDS Missionaries Awaits Decision
The Salt Lake Tribune
LONDON -- An American expatriate charged with killing two Mormon missionaries in the 1970s is scheduled to find out next week whether he will be extradited to Texas to face trial.
Other news agencies:
Murder suspect faces anxious wait, BBC News
INDIA
Arrests in Indian ritual burning
BBC News
Fifteen people have been arrested in central India after a woman burned to death on her husband's funeral pyre.
Previous article:
Indian woman dies on husband's pyre, BBC News
ITALY
Vatican ousts women priests
The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has excommunicated seven women who claim to be priests and refuse to repent, saying Monday that the group had "wounded" the Roman Catholic Church.
JAPAN
Aum grows again, guru still revered
Pariah cult's disciples keep heaping praise on Asahara's teachings
The Japan Times
Several of its senior members have been convicted of heinous crimes, including two deadly nerve gas attacks. It has been placed under tight surveillance and wherever its members try to settle, local residents and municipalities turn out to keep them away.
KENYA
Man jailed for taking Mungiki oath
The Nation
A member of the banned Mungiki sect who was found naked during an initiation ritual at Nairobi's Ngara Nyayo market last Friday, has been jailed for four years for taking an unlawful oath.
Other news agencies:
Kenyan jailed for taking oath, BBC News
TAIPEI
Family believes legislator spellbound
Taipei Times
With gossip-tongues still wagging over the alleged affair between DPP legislator Cheng Yu-chen and his aide Wang Hsiao-chang the lawmaker's relatives are charging that Wang charmed Cheng with witchcraft to steal him from his wife.
WALES
Archbishop named 'white druid'
The Associated Press
ST. DAVID'S - The newly nominated archbishop of Canterbury was installed Monday as an honorary white druid, alarming some conservative clergy in the Church of England.
Other news agencies:
Harps and trumpets welcome new Druid, The London Times
New Archbishop Finds Himself In Pagan Controversy, CNSNews.com
