Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal

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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Catholic Church Officials Heavily Protects Files About Priest Abuse

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.17.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — Evidence in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial shows the men running the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia used elabora...

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Whistleblower Priest Punished For Airing Concerns About Suspicious Clergyman

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.02.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- A Roman Catholic pastor was punished by the Philadelphia archdiocese for raising concerns about a priest being assigned to his parish,...

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Priest Says 14-Year-Old Was Assaulted By Other Priest At Sleepover

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.30.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A 47-year-old man unleashed his fury Monday at the Roman Catholic Church, staring down a church official in a Philadelphia courtr...

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Priest Suspected Of Sexual Abuse Was Ticking Time Bomb: Prosecutors

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.30.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- Two Roman Catholic archbishops moved a troubled priest to new parishes despite dire warnings he was having sex with minors, according ...

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Walking The (Catholic) Plank

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.27.2012

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Why doesn't my Catholic Church get its own house in order first? Get the plank/log/boulder/semi truck/elephant out of its own eye before it tries to remove a speck from another's eye?

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Ex-Altar Boy Abused By Priest Says He Started Doing Drugs At 11 To Cope

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.27.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- A young man told a jury in a criminal priest-abuse case Wednesday that he was sexually assaulted as an altar boy by two Philadelphia p...

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Bishops vs. Nuns -- No Contest

James Zogby | Posted 04.20.2012

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With each new outrageous act of control, the bishops are looking more like desperate old men, attempting to hold on to the last vestiges of their fading authority by defending their power over the institution while ignoring the gospel.

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Ex-Priest Says He Was Abused In HIgh School Before Entering Clergy

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.17.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A college administrator testified Monday that a Philadelphia priest sexually assaulted him several times a week throughout high s...

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Radical Disobedience: Why Roman Catholics Won't Heed The Pontiff's Call For 'Radical Obedience'

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.16.2012

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There's not a thing Joseph Ratzinger can do to stop Roman Catholic women from becoming Roman Catholic priests. Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Bishop: Total Re-examination Of Catholic Faith, Culture Needed

Posted 04.01.2012

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By Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter In light of abuse crisis, Australian prelate calls for complete rethinking CHICAGO -- The roots...

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Witness Says Priest Stalked Him, Ordered Him To Open Pants In School

The Huffington Post | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 03.29.2012

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In a far-reaching sex crimes coverup trial underway in Philadelphia, a former Catholic high school student testified today that a priest stalked him, ...

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'Sexual Abuse Of Children Happened In The Catholic Church': Priest's Attorney

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.27.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- Prosecutors aired dozens of confidential church documents in court Tuesday to try to prove the Philadelphia archdiocese routinely buri...

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Landmark Child Sex-Abuse Case Begins For Philly Priests

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.26.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- A high-ranking monsignor who's on trial "won't run" from the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, his lawyer said Monday as the landmar...

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

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.22.2012

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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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Does Providing Contraception to Women = Hating Religion?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.01.2012

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Who are these paragons of tolerance demanding that the rest of us respect the reclassification of robbing women of their right to use contraceptives as "religious freedom?"

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Dear Catholics: I Am Heartily Sorry, etc.

Larry Doyle | Posted 04.29.2012

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I won't say that Catholics need to lighten up or learn to take a joke, because my last piece wasn't intended to be light-hearted or funny. It was satire, meaning... well, you can look that up.

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The Jesus-Eating Cult of Rick Santorum

Larry Doyle | Posted 04.25.2012

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Unlike Christians, Santorum and his fellow Roman Catholics participate in a barbaric ritual dating back two millennia, in which followers then line up to eat Jesus meat and drink his holy blood in a cannibalistic reverie not often seen outside Cinemax.

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Father Rick

Larry Womack | Posted 04.14.2012

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If we are going to have a serious argument about civil liberties, specifically freedom of religion, I fail to see how anyone can argue that our first amendment rights are best left to interpretation by church oligarchs.

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Catholic Leaders To Use Internet Against Pedophiles

Reuters | Catherine Hornby | Posted 04.10.2012

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By Catherine Hornby ROME (Reuters) - Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy aro...

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"We Did Nothing Wrong" -- Retired Cardinal Takes Back Apology For Abuse

AP | By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 02.07.2012

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan is facing criticism from representatives of clergy sexual abuse victims for a recent intervi...

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Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua's Spilled Blood

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 04.02.2012

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The day after a ruling that would have compelled Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua to testify in the cases against the Church in pedophilia scandals, it is announced that the Cardinal died overnight.

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Meet 2012's Sexually Healthy Seminaries

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 04.02.2012

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When I went to seminary, I was surprised to discover how little information there was about sexuality in my courses. Today, the landscape at U.S. seminaries, divinity and rabbinical schools is shifting toward increased sexuality education.

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Retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua Dies At 88

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 04.02.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for mor...

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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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