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...Initially arrested in November on immigration violations, French nationals Bassam Ayachi and Raphael Gendron were remanded in custody on Tuesday and charged with terrorism offenses after Italian authorities established their ties to an extremist network operating in France and Belgium. The Italian magistrates in charge of the investigation say evidence collected against the two men indicates they had "planned and organized terrorist attacks and guerrilla actions." Ayachi, 62, who was born in Syria, was previously known to authorities as a radical imam who oversaw a reputedly extremist mosque in Belgium. Like Ayachi, Gendron - described as a 33-year old computer...
...Meter Hurdles--1.x--Randy Cox, Penn, 13.91; 2. Bruce Gendron, Priceton, 14.41; 3. Steve Yates, Yale...
...Hampshire, four members of a separate branch of the Sisters of Mercy are engaged in a struggle with Bishop Odore Gendron of Manchester; in January 1982, without any formal charges, he had dismissed them as teachers at a parochial school in Hampton. Rather than obediently bowing out, the sisters sued the bishop in a civil court for reinstatement, arguing that their contracts guaranteed an explanation and a hearing. The New Hampshire Supreme Court last December rejected the bishop's contention that secular judges had no business ruling on a purely ecclesiastical dispute, declaring that it was a civil matter with...
...Sisters (S.O.S.). The group drew 700 supporters, including more than 100 from across the country. "It isn't just a priests' church any more; it's also the people's church," says Lou Downey, mother of six Sacred Heart graduates. When Diocesan Bishop Odore Gendron refused all comment on the matter, 75 families pulled their children out of the school. The four sisters, taking a legal step that church historians say is exceedingly rare, filed a civil suit demanding their rights under the faculty contracts...
Last April, a county superior court judge sided with Bishop Gendron's argument that church-state separation forbids court involvement in the inner workings of a diocese. Undeterred, the nuns appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which heard arguments this month. It is expected to rule before the end of the year. Meanwhile, the nuns are taking a brief vacation and awaiting the court's ultimate decision, or the diocese's change of mind. Amid such an unseemly, if significant, dispute, the education of Sacred Heart's students is suffering. Says Michelle Simeone...