June 2013, Hungary
A group of Hungarian students created the fake priest Monsignor Tibi's facebook page. Msgr. Tibi is a paedophilic alcoholic who posts blasphemous comments. Since its creation the page has become less aggressive. The fake priest lived in a small village between Budapest and the Austrian border until the people from the village complained about the growing negative attention (the facebook page has over 135.000 likes). The creators then moved the figure into a fictional town. Read more ...
June 2013, Norway
Medical doctors in Norway must be willing to refer their patients to abortion clinics even if this is against their conscience. Read more ...
June 2013, Austria
The Salvatorian monastery of Hörbranz in the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg was raided masked gunmen on Monday afternoon. A monk was threatened at gunpoint. The two men, allegedly in their 30ies, espaced with several thousands of Euros. Read more ...
June 2013, France
Saint Louis Church's wall was spraypainted with a hateful anti-Christian youth slogan. The statue of the Virgin Mary was decorated with a satanist slogan. Read more ...
June 2013, Ireland
The Irish Cabinet has reached a consensus on the draft of the "Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013". The law prohibits objections on the basis of ones conscience: “no institution, organisation or third party shall refuse to provide a lawful termination of pregnancy to a woman on grounds of conscientious objection”. Apart from this clause, the law that will regulate abortion in Ireland is rather restrictive compared to the legislation concerning abortion of other European countries. Read more ...