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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Shepherd fought against infantile prostitution

Article from Melodia, a christian radio company in Brazil:

Original Portuguese:
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Pastor baleado
Pastor lutava contra prostituição infantil

A polícia não descarta a possibilidade do atentado sofrido pelo pastor da Igreja Batista de Coqueiro Seco, John David Leonard, 45 anos, no domingo, dia 3, estar ligado ao trabalho que ele desenvolvia contra a prostituição infantil no município. “Não é a nossa principal linha de investigação, mas não excluímos esta alternativa”, disse a delegada que preside o inquérito, Geovânia Falcão, sem revelar em que direção a polícia tem encaminhado as diligências.
Polícia Americana

Na última semana, dois agentes do FBI (Polícia Federal dos Estados Unidos) estiveram em Maceió. Em reunião com o secretário de Defesa Social, Robervaldo Davino; com o diretor da Polícia Civil, Roberto Lisboa; e com a delegada Geovânia Falcão, eles quiseram saber como estão andando as investigações e em quais circunstâncias houve a tentativa de homicídio. O pastor John David tem dupla nacionalidade e na última sexta-feira (8) foi transferido para os Estados Unidos, com princípio de infecção, num vôo que durou cerca de 18 horas.

Fonte: Gazeta Web

Data: 12/07/2005

Translated to English via Altavista.com:

Transferred shepherd

Shepherd fought against infantile prostitution

The police does not discard the possibility of the attempted against one suffered by the shepherd from the Church Baptist from Dry Coconut palm, John David Leonard, 45 years, in the Sunday, day 3, to be on to the work that it developed against infantile prostitution in the city. "It is not our main line of inquiry, but we do not exclude this alternative", said the commission agent who presides over the inquiry, Geovânia Falcão, without disclosing where direction the police has directed the diligências.

American police
In the last week, two agents of the FBI (Federal Police of the United States) had been in Maceió. In meeting with the secretary of Social Defense, Robervaldo Davino; with the director of the Civil Policy, Robert Lisbon; and with commission agent Geovânia Falcão, them had wanted to know as they are walking the inquiries and in which circumstances it had the homicide attempt. The shepherd John David has pair nationality and in the last Friday (8) he was transferred to the United States, with principle of infection, in a flight that lasted about 18 hours.

Source: Web Gazette
Date: 12/07/2005

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