Discontent dims the glamour of the Cameroons

A senior aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned after being arrested on suspicion of child pornography offences, Downing Street confirmed Monday. Patrick Rock, 62, was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency last month.

Prime Minister David Cameron apologized Wednesday for the “appalling” standard of care at a British hospital and said doctors and nurses should have been fired.

Two people accused of enslaving three women for more than 30 years had been on the radar of the authorities since the 1970s when they were arrested by police. The pair, thought to be Asian and illegal immigrants, were first arrested by the Metropolitan Police almost 40 years ago. They were detained again Thursday morning as part of an investigation into slavery but were released on bail to a date in January after several hours of questioning. A spokesman for David Cameron, the British prime minister, said he regarded the case as “utterly appalling.”

For the legions of people whose childhoods and adult lives were wrecked by sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI is an unloved pontiff who will not be missed.