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BERLIN — The German news magazine Der Spiegel reports that the number of sexual abuse cases in Germany by Catholic clerics and laymen is much higher than was previously thought. According t…
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Frederick County authorities have filed child abuse charges against a retired Catholic priest for alleged offenses against an altar boy in 1976.
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(AP) – CONWAY, N.H. – Four members of a New Hampshire church have been charged with failure to report suspected sexual abuse of a child. Conway police have charged the associate pastor and three elders of the Valley Christian Church with a misdemeanor charge of failing to report that they suspected a 12-year-old girl affiliated with the church may have been sexually abused….
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Cumberland pastor indicted on child abuse charges
Baltimore Sun (blog) Monsignor Thomas Bevan, 73, of Cascade, who was removed as pastor of St. Patrick Church in Cumberland last August, was released on $25000 bail Thursday, … Police charge retired priest in altar boy sex abuse caseBaltimore Sun Former local priest charged with child abuseCumberland Times-News Richard Conklin: Tweet your priest, because today you canMinneapolis Star Tribune all 16 news articles » |
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Burlington, Vt., Feb 4, 2010 / 12:23 am (CNA).- The Diocese of Burlington is selling its headquarters and other church properties in hopes of securing funds to settle two dozen pending sex abuse cases before they go to trial.
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(AP) – BERLIN – The Jesuit order of Germany says a third priest was involved in the serial sexual abuse of students at one of the country’s most prestigious high schools. In a statement posted on the Jesuits’ Web site late Tuesday the order wrote that the priest, who was not identified by name, also taught at Berlin’s private Catholic Canisius Kolleg in the…
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Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese is planning to sell its Burlington headquarters and a Lake Champlain children’s camp to help pay monetary settlements with victims of priest sexual abuse.
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(AP) – SPENCER, W.Va. – A Catholic priest from Cincinnati is facing charges that he molested a 10-year-old boy in West Virginia in 1991. West Virginia State Police Sergeant D.B. Swiger said Tuesday that Robert F. Poandl is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a custodian. Swiger said Poandl was released on bond last…
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(AP) – BURLINGTON, Vt. – A judge has ordered that 18 pending priest sex abuse cases against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vermont be tried together. Vermont Superior Court Judge Helen Toor ruled Monday that the cases against defrocked Roman Catholic priest Edward Paquette would be combined to save time. The Burlington Free Press says a…
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Ex-pastor accused of kissing, fondling 14-year-old
Kansas City Star (blog) From Joe Lambe: A 45-year-old former church youth pastor in Overland Park was arrested this week on a charge of molesting a 14-year-old girl he met at the … OP Youth Pastor Charged With Sex Crime With TeenKCTV5 News Wayne Huston, youth pastor, accused of kissing and fondling 14-year-old girlPitch Weekly (blog) Former Metro Pastor Charged with Abusefox4kc.com KMBC.com all 7 news articles » |
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(AP) – LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sexual abuse victims advocates are speaking out about an assignment once held by the next Roman Catholic bishop of Owensboro. The Rev. William Medley was a priest and administrator for 27 years in the Archdiocese of Louisville. He is to be formally installed in the Owensboro post next week. The Courier-Journal cited court documents in reporting that as the Louisville archdiocese’s director of clergy personnel from 1989 to 1993, Medley helped handle reassignments for five priests facing accusations of sexually abusing minors. Some of those accusations were…
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A priest last week admitted in a statement to SPIEGEL he had abused a number of pupils at an elite Berlin high school run by Jesuit priests. In recent days, around 20 former students have come forward…
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A pastor of a west suburban church who was accused of molesting a 13-year-old Polish immigrant two decades ago filed a lawsuit against his accusers in Cook County Circuit Court on Friday, alleging they intentionally ruined his reputation. The lawsuit
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(AP) – WILMINGTON, Del. – A bankruptcy judge has set a trial date in a dispute over the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s request to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles. The diocese has asked the bankruptcy court for authorization to provide pensions, housing costs and medical coverage to six confirmed child abusers. The diocese…
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(AP) – FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A judge has approved the final details of a bankruptcy plan revision for the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese that will help compensate sexual abuse victims. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Donald McDonald approved the reorganization plan at a Monday hearing in Anchorage. It was the third revision negotiated over nearly two years by the diocese and a creditors’ committee representing nearly 300 abuse victims. The plan, expected to be signed by the judge within two weeks, provides $9.8 million in compensation to be divided among victims. Anchorage attorney Ken Roosa, who has…
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(AP) – INDIANAPOLIS – A judge will allow a man to testify about the sexual abuse he claims a priest committed even though the man repressed the memories for decades. Marion Superior Court Judge David Dreyer has ordered the case to go forward against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Dreyer says expert testimony on repressed memory is reliable enough to let a…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — A 22-year-old Monmouth man charged with 62 counts of sex abuse-related crimes will be tried as an adult despite the alleged crimes dating back to his pre-teen years.Prosecutors said…
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All bishops who enabled cover-ups of clerical child sexual abuse in Ireland should have resigned last month, according to a lay-peoples’ organisation. Voice of the Faithful Ireland, which describes its members as mainstream, also says Pope Benedict
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(AP) – VAIL, Colo. – A former Vail Catholic school teacher has pleaded no contest to allegations that she told students to tape each other’s mouths with duct tape as punishment for talking in class in September. Rosa Gonzalez’s plea was for one misdemeanor child abuse charge in a deal with prosecutors Tuesday that called for two other child abuse…
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Pope, Irish bishops plan summit on child abuse
Washington Post AP DUBLIN — Roman Catholic officials in Ireland say the country's bishops are being summoned next month to a Vatican summit with Pope … Pope to meet Irish bishops over abuse reportsBBC News Pope calls all Irish bishops to meeting about child abuseThe Guardian Bishops to meet Pope over abuse scandalsIreland Online Times Online -Irish Times -Irish Independent all 94 news articles » |