https://www.nation.co.ke/news/American-wanted-murder-living-large-US/1056-5039084-jcto85z/index.html

An American fugitive wanted for the murder of a billionaire in Kenya is living large in Florida despite two warrants of arrest against him, the Sunday Nation can reveal.

Tomorrow, as a Mombasa court hears the case on the murder of Jimmy Paluram Jagatrum Baburam, who was found dead in a swimming pool at Medina Palms Resort in Watamu on July 26, 2015, the American suspect linked to the killing will not be present.

Mr Jacob Will Schmalzle, who fled Kenya after he was tipped off by a rogue investigator that he would be arrested over the murder, will probably be busy doing his sales job at Castle Church Brewing in Orlando, Florida.

In Kenya, Mr Schmalzle, 33, left behind his alleged lover and co-accused in the murder case, Ms Amina Shiraz Yakub — who is also Mr Baburam’s widow.

Officers investigating the matter suspect that Mr Baburam was murdered in a love triangle during a family vacation in the Coast where Mr Schmalzle was present.

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It also remains a mystery why an alleged international warrant mentioned in court appeared not to have been brought to the attention of Interpol. “We advise you to contact the national authorities in the country where you believe an arrest warrant has been issued for this individual,” Interpol said when contacted by the Sunday Nation.

It further said that its duties are not issuing arrest warrants and therefore there was no way Mr Schmalzle could be “wanted by Interpol”.

Police in Florida told the Sunday Nation that they did not have any records about the fugitive. “Orlando Police Records has no responsive records on the mentioned individual,” Mr Nicole Bologna the records unit deputy boss said.

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/perth-priest-father-joseph-tran-faced-accusations-of-child-abuse-before-his-death-ng-b881144883z

A Catholic priest under investigation for the sexual abuse of a young girl is suspected to have taken his own life after being confronted by the child’s mother.

Popular and well-known parish priest Father Joseph Tran, pictured, who worked as a chaplain at several Catholic Perth schools, was found dead by police on Thursday.

WA Police confirmed to The Weekend West yesterday that it was the same day police had launched an investigation into an allegation of child sexual abuse by a priest from a southern suburbs Catholic Church.

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Issuing a special Lent message in the wake of the conviction of George Pell, Archbishop Costelloe expressed his “horror, grief and confusion” over recent events engulfing the Church and warning the institution was facing a “crisis of fidelity”.

“Can anyone believe that a person who has his or her eyes truly fixed on Jesus would have been capable of abusing a child or young person,” the Archbishop asked.

“Can anybody believe that a Church leader deeply steeped in his or her identity as a disciple of Jesus would have been able to turn a blind eye to, or summarily dismiss, someone who had the courage to come forward with a story of abuse?

“That these things did in fact happen unmasks for us a confronting truth: we have forgotten who we are.”