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Temple Student Shot Dead: Jude Chacko Mourned In Philadelphia Temple Student Shot Dead: Jude Chacko Mourned In Philadelphia
Temple Student Shot Dead: Jude Chacko Mourned In Philadelphia Jude Chacko, a Philadelphia resident and Temple University alumnus, died on Sunday, May 28. He was 21.  Chacko was found with a gunshot wound to the head a Port Richmond street early on Sunday, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice.  He was placed in critical condition at Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead that evening, the department said. His death remains under police investigation. Chacko, loved ones wrote in an obituary posted to Facebook, was a Pennsylvania native and an active member of the Catholic Church.  He was a member of the 278th graduating class at Cent…

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by Mac Bullock
Business
PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire
PA Owner Of Ex-Catholic Church Uses 'Spell Book' To Set Car On Fire Like a twisted Cinderella story, an escaped hospital patient and the owner of a business that supposedly was previously owned by the Catholic Church, lit a car on fire using a book of spells, and fled— leaving behind a shoe, authorities say. Kristy "Kat" Lynn Malzi, 47, of Hollsopple, reportedly went missing from a western Pennsylvania hospital on August 4, her mother concernedly told tribdem. Just days before, on July 30, Malzi went to a used car lot, BK Klassics in Stonycreek Township, to confront her ex-boyfriend, multiple outlets report citing a criminal complaint filed by police.  Dur…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims
NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims The Catholic Diocese of Camden has agreed to pay an unprecedented $87.5 million -- in cash – to 300 survivors of child sex abuse. The average payment to each of the survivors comes to roughly $290,000, plus whatever is later obtained from the southern New Jersey's diocese’s insurance companies, under the proposed bankruptcy settlement. That’s a sharp difference from a proposed settlement by the Boy Scouts of America, whose claimants stand to receive an average of about $31,000. “I want to express my sincere apology to all those who have been affected by sexual abuse in our diocese,” Bish…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro Announces Bid For Governor Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro Announces Bid For Governor
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro Announces Bid For Governor Attorney General Josh Shapiro formally announced his bid for Pennsylvania governor on Wednesday. Shapiro, 48, is the first Democrat to enter the race, taking on the many Republican candidates who are already running for governor in the 2022 election. Among those are Lou Barletta, former U.S. representative, Charlie Gerow, conservative activist and vice-chair of the American Conservative Union, and William McSwain, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Shapiro said in a two-minute campaign video there are already Republican candidates who "want to lead us down a da…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered
Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered The fire that destroyed the historic St. Leo's Catholic Church in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood was intentionally set, according to fire officials. The fire broke out at the St. Leo The Great Roman Catholic Church on Keystone Street and Unruh Avenue at approximately 5:15 p.m. and burned through most of the building in two hours. A wrecking ball knocked down the remains of the building on Monday after the Keystone Street facing wall that remained, “posed an imminent danger to the neighborhood and prevented investigators from getting inside to try and determine the fire's cause,” the f…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Man Who Once Studied To Become Priest In PA Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash Man Who Once Studied To Become Priest In PA Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash
Man Who Once Studied To Become Priest In PA Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash A 29-year-old man studying to become a priest was struck and killed in New York City by a drunken hit-and-run driver late Tuesday night, according to Catholic Church officials. Ngu Quoc Tran, who went by Peter, was walking on Manhattan’s East Side when he was struck by the driver, who was arrested after he car was involved in another collision, the Diocese of Metuchen said. Born and raised in the An Giang Province in the south of Vietnam, Tran moved to the U.S. in August 2017 and lived at the Saint John Vianney House of Discernment in Highland Park. Tran began pre-theology in Spring 2…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Catholic NJ High School Pair In Profane, Racist Video Draw Wrath, Shake Community Catholic NJ High School Pair In Profane, Racist Video Draw Wrath, Shake Community
Catholic NJ High School Pair In Profane, Racist Video Draw Wrath, Shake Community Two seniors at a respected Catholic Bergen County high school used a racial epithet and then cursed “Black Lives Matter” while downing shots in an offensive viral video that has brought widespread wrath on a shaken community. "Don't be snowflakes," one student from the all-girls Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township says, before the other utters a racial epithet during a 25-second clip recorded at a Valentine’s Day party in earshot of other underage teens. Laughter is heard, after which the second girl leans into the camera leans and repeats the epithet, then says "Black Lives Mat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Pennsylvania AG Vows To 'Take On Big Fights' As He's Sworn Into Second Term Pennsylvania AG Vows To 'Take On Big Fights' As He's Sworn Into Second Term
Pennsylvania AG Vows To 'Take On Big Fights' As He's Sworn Into Second Term Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro was sworn in for his second term Tuesday in Harrisburg, officials announced. His swearing-in speech reflected on the big fights fought and won since taking office in 2017 -- and the ones to come in his second term.  “Four years ago, I was elected your Attorney General to fulfill the promise of this great agency, to work towards justice, and to take on the big fights, against the most powerful institutions, for every one of us," Shapiro said. "I went to every corner of Pennsylvania — all 67 counties — the very first year, to listen…The work go…

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by Nicole Acosta