Word: scandalizer
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...medically condoned practice degenerating into abuse. But there was also medical disarray at the prison: amputations performed by nondoctors, chest tubes recycled from the dead to the living, a medic ordered, by one account, to cover up a homicide. That in itself would have made Abu Ghraib a scandal even without the acts of torture inflicted on the inmates by their guards...
...favor - sometimes with money - looking to have someone appointed or transferred to this or that diocese." There have been no recent reported charges of priests or laypeople bribing church officials, but there have been concerns that the Holy See was lax in responding to the ongoing sexual abuse scandal in the U.S. And there have been some mixed messages coming out of Rome. Just last week, the theologian Georges Cardinal Cottier contradicted longstanding Church teachings that ban condom use, saying they could be "legitimate" to fight aids. The Vatican also seems to have been caught off guard by Spain...
...COURT-MARTIALED. LANCE CORPORAL MARK COOLEY, 25; CORPORAL DANIEL KENYON, 33; and LANCE CORPORAL DARREN LARKIN, 30, British soldiers suspected of mistreating Iraqi prisoners in 2003 while setting up a food depot in southern Iraq; at a British base in Osnabr?ck, Germany. Much like the U.S. abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, the case came to light through disturbing photos of Iraqi detainees being beaten and humiliated. Prime Minister Tony Blair denounced the images as "shocking and appalling," but staunchly defended the work of the 65,000 British troops who have served in Iraq. The accused soldiers, who maintain they...
...CONVICTED. CHARLES GRANER, 36, U.S. Army reservist and reputed ringleader of a group of abusive guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison; on all five charges of assault, conspiracy, maltreat-ment of detainees, committing indecent acts, and dereliction of duty; in the first trial arising from the international scandal that broke with the release of photos showing U.S. soldiers gleefully torturing prisoners; in Fort Hood, Texas. The jury rejected the defense's claims that Graner was just following orders, as well as suggestions that he was merely engaging in "gallows humor...
...Sins of the Son U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan has an image as the world's most trusted diplomat [Dec. 13]. The alleged involvement of his son in the oil-for-food scandal has put a blot on the father's reputation. But why should a father suffer for the sins of the son? It is for the father to decide how he should present his moral strength to the world. A. Jacob Sahayam Trivandrum, India...