St. Joseph's Cathedral, Avarua its present status in 1966 by The bull "Prophetarum voces" of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Paul Donoghue. Inside, there are stained glass windows depicting scenes and people from the Bible. St. Joseph's Cathedral, Avarua The St. Joseph's Cathedral is the name that receives a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church that is located in the city of Avarua to the north of the island of Rarotonga the largest and most populated island of the Cook Islands a dependent territory of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean. The temple follows the Roman or
Capital punishment in the Isle of Man Capital punishment in the Isle of Man Capital punishment in the Isle of Man was formally abolished in 1993. The Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency, but not part of the United Kingdom (which had effectively abolished capital punishment in 1965). The last person to be actually hanged on the Isle of Man was John Kewish, at Castletown in 1872. No execution had taken place on the island during the three decades before that. Capital punishment was not abolished by Tynwald (the island's parliament) until 1993. Many people were sentenced to death (for murder and various other crimes)