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Bishop of Salisbury suspended amid safeguarding complaints

Bishop of Salisbury suspended amid safeguarding complaints

Published by Sam Flores

The bishop of Salisbury Stephen Lake has been suspended by the Church of England as safeguarding complaints against him proceed. Lake is the next bishop in line to take an ex officio seat in the House of Lords. The Church says he will not to be introduced into the Lords while he “remains subject to a complaint under a statutory process”. Details of the safeguarding complaints have not been made public, except that they allegedly do not involve children. Lake had already stepped back from his role in April while he was being investigated for alleged financial misconduct. He had also been a trustee of the Church Commissioners, which manage the CofE’s £11.1bn endowment. Litany of scandals involving CofE bishops In 2024, former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was forced to resign after a report found he “could and should” have done more to stop the abuse perpetrated by Jon Smyth. Last year, the bishop of Liverpool quit after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment. There were also calls for the archbishop of …

“I Ain’t Playin'”: Cognizant, Cloudera PERM Filings And H-1B Processing Suspended

“I Ain’t Playin'”: Cognizant, Cloudera PERM Filings And H-1B Processing Suspended

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Labor Department’s inspector general said Tuesday that federal officials have suspended PERM filings for tech company Cognizant and software company Cloudera and halted H-1B processing for both firms. Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito posted the announcements on X throughout the day on Sept. 8. He credited the moves in part to Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, as well as to a White House anti-fraud task force. “Fighting fraud is a TEAM SPORT,” D’Esposito wrote. “@Sonderling47 and I are for real. @Cognizant’s PERM filings are suspended. @DOLOIG is on the hunt. Threats to American workers will NOT be tolerated. Alongside @WHFraudTF, we’re following facts, fraud and finances. Handcuffs await.“ Hours later, he added Cloudera. “One more,” he wrote. “@cloudera: PERM filings SUSPENDED.” He followed up on the announcements later in the day. “Cognizant. Cloudera. H1-B processing suspended. @Sonderling47 and I ain’t playin’,” he said. PERM, or Program Electronic Review Management, is the Labor Department process employers use before sponsoring workers for employment-based green cards in the EB-2 and …

US sprinter Bracy-Williams suspended for 12 years for whereabouts failures

US sprinter Bracy-Williams suspended for 12 years for whereabouts failures

Published by Sam Flores

June 5 : Former world 100 metres silver medallist Marvin Bracy-Williams has received a 12-year suspension for his third anti-doping rule violation, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced on Friday.  The 32-year-old American, who won silver at the 2022 World Championships, was suspended for three whereabouts failures that occurred on July 1 2025, February 24 2026 and April 1 2026. Whereabouts protocol requires an athlete to inform anti-doping authorities where they will be for at least one hour every day for unannounced out-of-competition testing. The period of ineligibility for first whereabouts failure rule violations ranges from one to two years depending on the athlete’s degree of fault. Because this was the American sprinter’s third violation, he was subject to an increased sanction between eight years and a lifetime period of ineligibility. The 12-year suspension will kick in after he serves a 45-month sanction for violating anti-doping rules, which he accepted in November 2025.  USADA said Bracy-Williams notified the organization on Friday of his intent to retire. His suspension will continue indefinitely until he returns from retirement …