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The Becket controversy or Becket dispute was the quarrel between Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170. [1] The controversy culminated with Becket's murder in 1170, [ 2 ] and was followed by Becket's canonization in 1173 and Henry's public penance at Canterbury in July 1174.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, Christian martyr "Thomas a Becket" redirects here. Not to be confused with Thomas à Beckett (disambiguation). For the school in Northampton, see Thomas Becket Catholic School. For other uses, see Thomas Beckett. This article contains too many ...
Gerald A. "Tooky" Amirault (born March 1, 1954) is an American convicted in 1986 of child sexual abuse of eight children at the Fells Acres Day School in Malden, Massachusetts, run by his family. He and his family deny the charges, which supporters regard as a conspicuous example of day-care sex-abuse hysteria. Amirault was released from prison ...
Lord Beckett told Owens, who was convicted of 18 charges: “Yours is the worst example of extreme child abuse.” The judge said Owens’ offences were “humiliating, degrading sexual crimes ...
Ghislaine Maxwell's defense lawyers on Thursday called a psychologist who studies "false memories" to testify at the British socialite's sex abuse trial, part of their effort to undermine the ...
Convicted of killing seven babies and attempting to kill seven more, Lucy Letby's conviction is being questioned by a new report that claims she is a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
In 1987, in a separate trial, his mother and sister were convicted of similar crimes against four children and sentenced to jail for eight to 20 years. [6] At both trials, the children testified in open court sitting directly in front of the jury with their backs to the defendants and their faces to the jurors.
Becket, also known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is a non-profit public interest law firm [4] based in Washington, D.C., that describes its mission to "protect the free expression of all faiths." Becket promotes accommodationism and is active in the judicial system, the media, and in education. [5]