In 897 AD, the Catholic Church staged a disturbing event that still shocks historians. Pope Stephen VI demanded that the body of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, be dug up and placed on trial in Rome.

A depraved husband has admitted being a “monster” who murdered his estranged wife, dumped her body in a shallow grave — and then dug it up to rape her corpse. Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty last ...