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News

Church sex abuse lawsuit by Navajo man targets diocese in Arizona, Indiana

James Grear Navajo lawsuit Title: Church sex abuse lawsuit by Navajo man targets diocese in Arizona, Indiana Author: AP Staff Publisher: Associated Press Date: 02OCT2020 PHOENIX — An Arizona man who says he was sexually abused by an Indiana priest more than 40 years ago sued church officials in both states Thursday, saying they allowed

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Madonnina
Opinion

Painful clergy sex-abuse reminders

Champion Attorney Mitchell Garabedian Title: Painful clergy sex-abuse reminders Author: Cliff Clark and Editorial Publisher: The Lowell Sun Date: 18SEP2020 Nearly two decades after the disclosure of widespread sexual abuse by priests in the Archdiocese of Boston that exposed a long history of that reprehensible behavior, victims of those unspeakable acts are still receiving some

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George Pell

Pell lashes out after gays refused communion

Pell Refuses Gays Communion Title: Pell lashes out after gays refused communion Author: SMH Staff Publisher: The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Date: 20MAY2002 The Catholic Archbishop, the Most Rev George Pell, yesterday refused Holy Communion to openly gay and lesbian parishioners, coupling his first Sydney confrontation over the issue with an attack on homosexuality. Quoting

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Child Sexual Abuse

Silenced priest warns of gay crisis

Priest Silenced Church Crisis Title: Silenced priest warns of gay crisis Author: Julia Duin Publisher: The Washington Times [Arlington VA] Date: 15NOV2004 Starting today, 290 of the nation’s Catholic bishops will meet at the Capitol Hyatt for their yearly business meeting and to tie up loose ends on the massive sexual-abuse crisis that has shaken

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News

New Orleans Clergy Abuse Plaintiff Aims to Move Bankruptcy-halted Case Out of Federal Court

Clergy Abuse New Orleans Title: New Orleans Clergy Abuse Plaintiff Aims to Move Bankruptcy-halted Case Out of Federal Court Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas (The New Orleans Advocate) Publisher: WWLTV Date: 08JUL2020 “The longer this case stays in federal court, … the more likely the pedophile priests will die before receiving civil or criminal justice.” NEW ORLEANS —

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News

Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders

Priest Jupin Clergy Abuse Title: Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders Author: Cayla Harris Publisher: Times Union Date: 07JUL2020 Rev. Alan Jupin, who died in 2019, allegedly molested five minors in ’70s, ’80s, ’90s ALBANY – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany  on Tuesday added Rev. Alan Jupin – who

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Two former Diocese of Jefferson City priests dismissed

Priests Duesdieker Lahr Laicized Title: Two former Diocese of Jefferson City priests dismissed Author: Joe Gamm Publisher: News Tribune Date: 05JUL2020 Two men who are on the Diocese of Jefferson City’s list of priests who were credibly accused of clergy abuse have been laicized, or dismissed from being priests. Robert Duesdieker was ordained in 1980 and

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Catholic Archbishop: I’d Rather Go To Jail Than Report a Pedophile Priest Who Confesses His Crimes

Archbishop Pedophile Priest Confession Title: Catholic Archbishop: I’d Rather Go To Jail Than Report a Pedophile Priest Who Confesses His Crimes Author: Baxter Dmitry Publisher: The People’s Voice – News Punch Date: 01JUL2020 The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli has said he would rather go to jail than report a pedophile priest who admits his

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Top Vatican investigator on sex abuse says church must empower victims

Archbishop Scicluna Clergy Abuse Title: Top Vatican investigator on sex abuse says church must empower victims Author: Claire Giangrave Publisher: Religion News Service Date: 02JUL2020 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — It’s been more than a year since Pope Francis issued his historic document, “Vos Est Lux Mundi (You are the light of the world),” and ushered in

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