A Brown University assistant professor and doctor was deported over the weekend from Boston to Lebanon after federal agents found photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s supreme leader on her cell phone, a source familiar with the case told CNN.
Following Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s return Thursday from a visit to Lebanon, federal agents at Boston Logan International Airport found the photos, the source familiar said. It was not immediately clear why officers were examining her phone.
The existence of the photos was outlined in a court filing Monday obtained by CNN affiliate WCVB. “In explaining why these multiple photos were deleted by her one to two days before she arrived at Logan Airport, Dr. Alawieh stated that she did not want to give authorities the perception that she supports Hezbollah and the Ayatollah politically or militarily,” the filing reads, per WCVB.
“I think if you listen to one of his sermons, you would know what I mean,” Alawieh allegedly told the agents, according to WCVB’s copy of the filing. “He is a religious, spiritual person. As I said, he has very high value. His teachings are about spirituality and morality.”
Alawieh, 34, acknowledged to federal agents she attended Nasrallah’s February 23 funeral – a public event attended by thousands – during her visit, said the source.
Yeah, it’s very unfair that this woman faces this…
But I do not think that the average Pastor or Priest is guilty of this.
I do. Statistics are too high, they’re a part of a system that does it and none of them seem to do much about it
I remember reading that, statistically, school teachers are a bit more likely than clergy to molest kids.
Obviously, the former also happens, but it is also the case that there are literally millions of clergy around the country, just as how there are millions of teachers, and some of them are bound to be dirt bags… And, some of these even actively seek out these positions to gain access to children, whether as teachers or clergy.
It’s just the case that there aren’t many ideologues who weaponize teacher sex scandals much.
Exactly… not only do they do it, but they cover it up & let the abusers stay:
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-saints-catholic-church-sex-abuse-77f92deb50e6333fa04a9db1897f8171