UK immigration enforcement end of their sentence between 1999 and 2006 without deportation consideration having been completed. By May, it was confirmed that 880 of the cases had been considered for deportation but it was too little too late and the Home Secretary Charles Clarke resigned. On 23 May 2006 the new Home Secretary John Reid stated to the Home Affairs Committee: In the aftermath of the scandal the trigger point at which foreign nationals would be considered for deportation was reduced from two years imprisonment to twelve months and plans were put in place to introduce "automatic deportation". Following an investigation into
Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic diocese of Davenport Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic diocese of Davenport The sexual abuse scandal in Davenport diocese is one of a number of Catholic sex abuse cases in the United States and Ireland. The decision was driven by many claims which focused on Bishop Lawrence Soens, who was accused of fondling as many as 15 students during his tenure as priest and principal at Regina Catholic High School in Iowa City during the 1960s. Soens denies the allegations. In February 2006, the Diocese of Davenport investigative panel found behavior that may have been inappropriate, but it did not appear to be