June 20, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Priest Abuse

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Priest Sentenced After Sexually Abusing 12-Year-Old Boy

AP | Posted 04.02.2013 | Crime

SALEM, Ore. -- A Catholic priest pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy he invited for a sleepover when he was pastor of a church...

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Evangelicals Use First Amendment As Sex Abuse Case Defense

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 04.22.2013 | Crime

WASHINGTON -- A small evangelical Christian denomination called Sovereign Grace Ministries was already grappling with fractured leadership, outside sc...

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Priest Admitted Sexual Relations With Girl In Snow White Costume

Posted 02.04.2013 | Los Angeles

A retired Los Angeles priest who admitted to having sexual relations with a girl in his parish went on to be hired by the Los Angeles Unified School D...

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Priest, Teacher Convicted In Church Abuse Case

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime

PHILADELPHIA — A jury on Wednesday convicted a priest and teacher in a pivotal church-abuse case that rocked the Philadelphia archdiocese and se...

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High-Profile Priest Rape Trial Begins In Philly

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 03.16.2013 | Crime

PHILADELPHIA — Priests have been marked with a "bull's eye" by manipulative accusers who plan to sue the church, a defense lawyer said as Philad...

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Former East Bay Priest Faces More Sex Abuse Allegations

Lodi News-Sentinel, Calif. | Ross Farrow | Posted 01.08.2013 | San Francisco

Former Lockeford priest Michael Kelly and the Stockton Diocese have been sued for the third time on allegations that Kelly sexually abused former alta...

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Convicted Priest Must Stay In Prison During Appeal

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 10.06.2012 | Crime

PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic church official will remain in prison while he fights his landmark conviction for failing to protect a boy from ...

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Priest Puncher Acquitted After Molestation Testimony

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 07.06.2012 | Crime

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A jury acquitted a man Thursday of assaulting a priest he says molested him more than three decades ago during a camping trip and ...

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House Arrest For Convicted Priest?

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 09.04.2012 | Crime

PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic official convicted of child endangerment will remain behind bars until his sentencing later this month, a judge ...

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Man Allegedly Beat Priest He Claims Raped Him Over 35 Years Ago

AP | PAUL ELIAS and GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 08.20.2012 | Crime

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The priest at the heart of an assault trial testified Wednesday that he never molested the man accused of assaulting him. La...

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'A Glimpse Into The Mind Of The Molester'

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 06.01.2012 | Crime

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The priest always started his favorite "game" by having the young boy remove his underwear and put on loose-fitting shorts so he c...

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Ex-Priest Planned Contract Killing Of Teen Abuse Accuser

AP | Posted 07.18.2012 | Crime

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DALLAS — A Texas jury has sentenced a former Roman Catholic priest to 60 years in prison for plotting the death of a man who accused him of sexu...

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Former Priest Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.22.2012 | Crime

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PHILADELPHIA — A defrocked Philadelphia priest pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing an altar boy in a church sacristy, days before he was...

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Dutch Roman Catholic Church Castrated Boys 'To Get Rid Of Homosexuality'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.22.2012 | Religion

Shocking reports have surfaced that reveal at least ten teenage boys were castrated in the 1950s by the Dutch Roman Catholic Church as a "treatment" f...

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Cardinal Again Deemed Competent To Testify At Sex Abuse Trial

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 01.30.2012 | Crime

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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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We Need A New Catholic Church

Sinéad O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

I ask please this Easter that we consider moving the stone away from the tomb and let the man out. He taught us to fear nothing on earth. And that prayer will give us answers.

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Texas Priest Charged With Hiring Hitman To Kill Teen Who Accused Him Of Sexual Abuse

WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on charges that he solicited a hit man to kill a teenager who had accused him of sexual ...

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Church Panel Clears Priest Of Sex Abuse Allegations

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

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A Church-commissioned panel has cleared a Centennial priest suspected of committing sexual abuse in the 1970's. Father Mel Thompson of St. Thomas Mor...

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Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican's Number 2: Priest Pedophilia Linked To Homosexuality

AP | BRAD HAYNES | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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SANTIAGO, Chile — The Vatican's second-highest authority says the sex scandals haunting the Roman Catholic Church are linked to homosexuality an...

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From a Father to the Holy Father

Norman Lear | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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Until the Pope opens up to us, I think the world press, on behalf of the world's families, owes it to us to stay circumspectly but diligently on the case.

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New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan Defends Pope Against Sex Abuse Cover-Up Accusations

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Archbishop Timothy Dolan was greeted with applause after finishing Palm Sunday Mass by defending Pope Benedict XVI against suggestion...

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Vatican Hits Back: No Cover-Up In US Priest Molestation Case

AP | DINESH RAMDE and GRETCHEN EHLKE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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ST. FRANCIS, Wis. — Arthur Budzinski says the first time the priest molested him, he was 12 years old, alone and away from home at a school for ...

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Priest Accused Of Abusing Boy, Turning Home Into 'Erotic Dungeon' Surrenders To Police

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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(AP) SAO PAULO - A Polish priest accused of sexually abusing a former altar boy in Rio de Janeiro and turning his parish home into an "erotic dungeon"...

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New Allegations Against Catholic Church Of Mishandling Child Abuse

timesonline.co.uk | David Sharrock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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The Catholic Church in Ireland faced allegations of mishandling child sex abuse following claims that a bishop was party to swearing to secrecy a girl abused by a priest in an out-of-court settlement.

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