Techdirt reports that the German government, armed with a law that has its origin in more captive content (movies -- the kind shown in theatres) and attempting to apply it to the internet (ebook sales).
Heise.de (German) and Boersenblatt (German) reported on Friday and Thursday that the Jugendschutzbehörde (Youth Protection Authority) has handed down a new ruling which extended Germany's Youth Media Protection Law to include ebooks.
As a result of a lawsuit (legal complaint?) over the German erotica ebook Schlauchgelüste (Pantyhose Cravings), the regulators have decided that ebook retailers in Germany can now only sell adult ebooks between 10 pm and 6 am local time (4 pm and midnight, eastern US).
(Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Wednesday June 24 2015, @06:50PM
Try this link: http://www.badnewsaboutchristianity.com/gfg_prostitution.htm [badnewsaboutchristianity.com]
and from here [wikipedia.org]:
Or you could try this. [thecrimson.com]
There are, of course, sites denying that the church actually 'ran' the brothels, but that they permitted them to be operated and supported them by financial assistance, 'ministering' to prostitutes, and providing protection from those who wished them to be closed down. It's hard to find anyone with any unequivocal evidence either way, but I certainly wouldn't discount it out of hand. The more recent disclosures regarding sexual abuse by priests indicates that they are as fallible as everyone else. Furthermore, the fact that many such abusers were known to the church but provided with 'protection' suggests that the church is entirely able to do things that are criminal when it suits its purpose.
(Score: 1) by slothroplives on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:11PM
A bishop running some brothels is not the same as the church running them.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday June 25 2015, @07:21AM
Did you bother to read the links?
Now I suppose those 'great throngs of courtesans' frequenting Saint Peter's Palace could have been tourists but, in 1501, I don't think so.
The reference to Avignon [wikipedia.org] is because there were several people claiming to be the true Pope - but both catholic centers had similar problems with sexual activity, and each supported and protected 'courtesans' inside the church grounds. Now where I live, that is enough to result in a charge of either causing or inciting prostitution for gain, or controlling prostitution for gain [...] .