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Thursday February 17, 2005

Shinto:

Court accepts priest’s touching of girl’s breasts as ‘religious activity’

SATSUMASENDAI, Kagoshima -- A Shinto priest accused of indecent assault for massaging the breasts of a 15-year-old girl was found not guilty after a court here ruled that his act was a "religious activity."

Saturday February 5, 2005

Shinto:

Building the gods’ home: Japan readies for ritual reconstruction of its most important Shinto shrine

Destroying some of the country’s most cherished religious monuments sounds like madness, but the removal and rebuilding of Jingu – performed every two decades – is a ritual of purification and renewal that stretches back 1,300 years and forms the heart of Shinto.