A ticking time bomb Title: ‘A ticking time bomb’: Timor-Leste begins to reckon with alleged Catholic church sex abuse Authors: Zevonia Vieira & Tjitske Lingsma Publisher: The Guardian Date: 22MAY2021 The trial of defrocked priest Richard Daschbach, charged with sexual abuse of 14 girls, is dividing the small, deeply Catholic country. Lita grew up in
East Timor Richard Daschbach Title: Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse Authors: Margie Mason & Robin McDowell Contributor: Raimundos Oki Publisher: Associated Press Date: 08APR2021 It was the same every night. A list of names was posted on the Rev. Richard Daschbach’s bedroom door. The child at the top of the roster
Timor Leste Paedophile Priest Title: Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile priest Author: Sara Niner Publisher: Lens.Monash.Edu Date: 26FEB2021 Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of “self-professed” paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschach has shocked many of his supporters, not least his Australian former wife and three Timorese-Australian sons