Catholic Priests

Who Is Responsible for Secrecy in the Legionaries of Christ?

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 05.26.2012

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For years there have been many people in authority above him who were repeatedly made aware of the struggles and difficulties surrounding the abusive behavior of the founder and other dysfunctions in the Legionaries

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Fugitive Catholic Priests Avoid Trial by Fleeing Country

Posted 05.09.2012

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At least 32 Roman Catholic priests have fled the country to avoid prosecution since 1985 and only five have returned to face trial, reports the Chica...

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Catholic Priest Admits To Being Secretly Married

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.02.2012

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Father Kevin Lee, a Catholic Priest who presided over Padre Pio parish in Sydney, Australia, admitted to being secretly married for a year, and says m...

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Cardinal Again Deemed Competent To Testify At Sex Abuse Trial

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 01.30.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- A retired Roman Catholic cardinal with dementia is competent and his recent deposition testimony can be used at an upcoming priest abu...

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Real Catholics Don't Get Married Outside: Why The Church Should Reconsider

Cara McDonough | Posted 03.21.2012

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"You can't get married outside." The priest paused, then repeated, "You just can't." My sister-in-law, however, wants to do just that. Plenty of people do. Why can't a Catholic ceremony take place outside?

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Allowing for Synchronicity During These Times of Upheaval

Vivian Norris | Posted 03.10.2012

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"... They are finding that the isolation and separation of objects from each other is more apparent than real; at deeper levels, everything --atoms,...

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Victim Of Priest Sex Abuse In Illinois Gets $6.3 Million From Diocese

AP | Posted 10.10.2011

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BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A nine-year legal fight by a man sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s is over, now that a southern Illinois diocese and i...

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Priest Shortage Drives Catholic Churches To Consolidate

Five Towns, NY Patch | Stephen J. Bronner | Email the Author | 9:00am | Posted 08.22.2011

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“In an effort to continue the pastoral mission of the church in the Five Towns … the parishes are going to work together to provide pastoral servi...

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Catholic Priest Pulls A Weiner On Florida Beach And Exposes Himself

Posted 09.19.2011

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Police arrested a Catholic priest for exposing himself to an undercover detective on a beach in Englewood, Fl., near Sarasota. Rev. Bernard Chojna...

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Think You'll Need Last Rites? Better Plan Ahead

Posted 06.05.2011

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By Michael O'Malley Religion News Service CLEVELAND -- In days long gone, Roman Catholic priests regularly made deathbed house calls, even in the mid...

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Both Sides Now w/ Huffington and Matalin: Libya-Iraq, Birthers-Church, Social-Fiscal

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

Mary and sit-in Wayne Barrett debate how March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion -- Shutdown Washington? Shutdown nuclear? Shutdown Gaddafii?

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21 Priests Suspended For Sex Abuse

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia archdiocese suspended 21 Roman Catholic priests Tuesday who were named as child molestation suspects in a scathi...

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Hello, Sinner! What Are You Guilty of Today?

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Have you done anything unconscionable today? Have you engaged in any thought pattern, activity or perhaps even a strange interpretive dance that might be considered, well, dirty?

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The Tangled Web Tightens For The Vatican

patheos.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Headlines around the world this week have reported that Irish broadcaster RTE obtained a 1997 letter from the Vatican that instructed Irish bishops no...

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Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving?

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

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Were it possible to tithe to the parish alone, I'd tithe double! But I'm torn. For I know that the capo di tutti capi skims his take off the top first.

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Rev. Michael Pfleger Apologizes For Saying Priests Should Be Allowed To Marry, Women Should Be Able To Become Priests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — An activist Catholic priest in Chicago who made headlines when he mocked Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign is apologizi...

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Cartoon: Vatican Upheavals

Shan Wells | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm not Catholic, or even Christian for that matter, but it seems to me that being forgiven for whatever you did sort of revolves around the idea of doing "it" right the next time.

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The Catholic Church: A Church In Denial

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pope Benedict has the opportunity to start a cleansing process in his Church. Will he be courageous and act with authority, or simply attempt to sweep this latest scandal under the rug?

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Employment Testing for the Priesthood Can Prevent Child Abuse

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given the magnitude of the crisis in the clergy, asking the hard questions to ferret out prospective sexual abusers is a necessity.

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Holy Week 2010: A Test For Catholics

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the new spate of sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic priests, the faithful are being truly tested this week, but so too is the Church leadership.

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Lovers Of Priests Take On Pope Over Celibacy

GlobalPost | Alessandro Speciale | Posted 05.25.2011

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They are used to secrecy, to hiding their feelings, to waiting in the shadows for their men. But now a group of women who have had intimate relationsh...

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Pope Benedict Urges Priests to Use Facebook, Twitter : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 26, 2010

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pope is urging Catholic priests to preach on social networks. Pope Benedict XVI is so adamant about the power of social networks he wants Priest...

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Irish Catholic Church Covered Up Bishops' child abuse, report says

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a bl...

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Catholic Priest Defies Church Over Antigay Ballot Initiative

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Farrow said he thinks he will now be suspended, which means he won't be able to function as a priest -- and the Church will call for him to reverse himself and publicly apologize.

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