Cause for concern: Maria Julia Deguis looks out from her
home in Los Jovillos village, in the Monte Plata province of the
Dominican Republic, in September. Maria, like with her mother
and brother, is of Haitian descent and was born in the Dominican
Republic, but may lose her citizenship and the rights that go along
with it
Cause for concern: Maria Julia Deguis looks out from her
home in Los Jovillos village, in the Monte Plata province of the
Dominican Republic, i...
Dominican Church defends immigrants
A RULING that removed citizenship from Dominicans whose
forebears came originally from Haiti has been criticised by the
Anglican bishop. The Bishop of the Dominican Republic, the Rt Revd
Julio Holguin, said that the decision violated the rights of up to
200,000 descendants of Haitian immigrants. "The constitutional
court has decided to establish an 'apartheid' in the Dominican
Republic," he said.
'Messiah' name-change judge accused of bias
A MAGISTRATE in Tennessee who ordered a child be renamed Martin
rather than "Messiah" has been cited by a disciplinary panel for
religious bias. Lu Ann Ballew, a Child Support Magistrate, had said
that the word "Messiah" was a title that had "only been earned by
one person, and that person is Jesus Christ". But the boy's parents
appealed, and the ruling was deemed unconstitutional. The
magistrate now faces disciplinary action.
Former Bishop of San Joaquin dies
A RETIRED bishop who led his diocese out of the Episcopal Church
in the United States has died. The Rt Revd John-David Schofield,
aged 75, formerly Bishop of San Joaquin, realigned his diocese with
the province of the Southern Cone in 2007.