Olton Police Chief terminated by city council in 5-0 vote - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock
The Olton City Council voted to terminate Police Chief Joe Banda in a 5-0 vote on Wednesday.
Documentation from the meeting listed nine complaints against the chief, including insubordination related to fitness for duty evaluation, failure to maintain department equipment, failure to properly maintain chain of custody when handling evidence, failure to properly train department employees, and insubordination regarding an incident report about the suspension of an Olton PD officer.
Banda has been on administrative leave since January, almost five months.
The meeting was open to the public, with two executive sessions.
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VATICAN CITY — The Legion of Christ religious order, stained by revelations that its founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered several children, is dealing with a new credibility scandal.
In a letter released by the Legion on Saturday, the rector of its diocesan seminary in Rome, the Rev. Oscar Turrion, admitted he had fathered two children and is leaving the priesthood.
Turrion was rector of the Pontifical Maria Mater Eclesiae International College, a residence for diocesan seminarians who study at Rome's ecclesial universities. Currently some 107 seminarians live there, most from India, Africa and Latin America.