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Catholic brother abused boy he was counsellingThursday, March 31 2011 @ 09:14 PM BST
Views: 503   Tag: australia A FORMER Catholic brother has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenager he was counselling after the youth was molested by another man. In the Sydney District Court yesterday a jury of eight women and four men convicted William Stanley Irwin, 55, on two counts of gross indecency on a male under the age of 18 at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst in the mid-1980s.
Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study saysThursday, March 24 2011 @ 04:10 AM GMT
Views: 272   Tag: england Tag: australia  Tag: canada  Tag: finland Tag: ireland Tag: new_zealand  Tag: netherlandsBy Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team's mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one.
Catholic brother abused youth: jury toldWednesday, March 23 2011 @ 07:41 AM GMT
Views: 304  Tag: australia A Catholic brother molested a teenager he was counselling after the youth was sexually assaulted by another man, a Sydney jury has been told. Crown prosecutor Nanette Williams said the youth's parents, who had respected and trusted William Stanley Irwin, had arranged for him to counsel their son. "(The teenager) found the accused to be sympathetic and he welcomed the support he received from the accused at that time," she said in the NSW District Court on Wednesday. Advertisement: Story continues below Irwin, 55, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross indecency on a male under the age of 18 in the mid-1980s. Ms Williams said Irwin took the 17-year-old youth on a road trip from Melbourne and the alleged offences occurred when they stayed overnight at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst.
Vatican confirms report of sexual abuse and rape of nuns by priests in 23 countriesMonday, March 21 2011 @ 12:00 PM GMT
Views: 380   Tag: vatican By Frances Kennedy in Rome The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it is aware priests from at least 23 countries have been sexually abusing nuns. The Catholic Church in Rome made the extraordinary admission yesterday that it is aware priests from at least 23 countries have been sexually abusing nuns.
Vincentian Priest befriended young schoolgirlsTuesday, March 15 2011 @ 03:19 PM GMT
Views: 463 Tag: australia Tag: new_zealand By a Broken Rites researcher Some Australian women, now advancing in years, are still complaining about having been abused (when they were children) by Father Dominic Phillips, a senior Catholic priest from the Vincentian Fathers religious order. Phillips worked in several Australian parishes that were staffed by the Vincentian order (officially called the Congregation of the Mission).
After 42 years, two victims expose the church's cover-upTuesday, March 08 2011 @ 12:56 PM GMT
Views: 296 Tag: australia By a Broken Rites researcher Two victims have demonstrated that, under Australian law, it is never too late to bring a church sex-offender to justice. In the Melbourne County Court in the State of Victoria on 8 March 2011, a former Catholic religious brother was finally jailed for indecently assaulting two vulnerable boys in their beds in a boarding school 42 years ago. The offender, Peter Paul van Ruth, was sentenced to 28 months jail, with a minimum of 16 months behind bars before becoming elegible for parole.
Joelle Casteix discusses Predator Priest Martin O’Loghlen on KFI 640 AMSunday, March 06 2011 @ 03:48 PM GMT
Views: 343  Tag: usa Tag: pod_cast On John and Ken, KFI AM 640: Joelle Casteix discusses predator priest Martin O’Loghen, the admitted sex offender that Cardinal Roger Mahony appointed to the Sex Abuse Advisory Board. Goodnight, Roger. Thanks for nothing. This interview originally aired on Thursday, February 24, 2011.
Rome priest sentenced to 15 years for paedophiliaSunday, March 06 2011 @ 12:16 PM GMT
Views: 269  Tag: italyA court in Rome on Thursday sentenced a former Catholic priest to 15 years in prison for child abuse, as a wave of paedophilia cases by clergymen across Europe reaches Pope Benedict XVI's doorstep. Ruggero Conti, a former parish priest at Selva Candida on the outskirts of the Italian capital, was found guilty of abusing seven children between 1998 and 2008 when he was arrested. He had claimed complete innocence.
Mum...your husband is a paedophile priest:Sunday, March 06 2011 @ 12:04 PM GMT
Views: 429  Tag: england By Nic North Joan Clayton spent 13 years with ‘kind, gentle’ Bill Carney until her son confronted her with some damning evidence Joan Clayton was sitting on the veranda at her villa, overlooking the beautiful Atlantic under a clear blue sky, when her son showed her an article that would destroy her holiday – and Joan’s life as she knew it.
German Catholic church agrees payout planSaturday, March 05 2011 @ 01:22 PM GMT
Views: 258   Tag: germanyThe Catholic church in Germany has put forward a plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse by its priests, offering payments of up to €5,000 to those whose cases are too old to bring to court. It announced the plan at a meeting of a government-appointed panel today set up to address compensation for victims of abuse in foster homes in Germany, both those run by the state and by the Catholic and Protestant churches.
Accused priest is confined to Weston facilitySaturday, March 05 2011 @ 12:58 PM GMT
Views: 268 Tag: usaBy David Riley/Daily News staff The MetroWest Daily News WESTON — A priest who was the target of a sexual abuse claim settled in 2003 lives today at the Campion Center on Concord Road but is monitored and remains barred from public ministry, according to police and the Jesuit society that runs the facility. Weston Police Detective Lt. Daniel Maguire said last week that he received voicemail messages from a man in New Mexico concerned that the Rev. Francis J. McManus lives at the center, which has a health clinic and retirement home for Jesuit priests and a retreat center for both the Catholic religious order and lay people.
Another civil suit planned against archdioceseSaturday, March 05 2011 @ 12:35 PM GMT
Views: 220 Tag: usaBy John P. Martin, Inquirer Staff Writer Lawyers say they will file a new lawsuit Monday accusing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, its leaders, and employees of conspiracy and fraud for failing to help a former sacristan who claimed he was abused by a priest. The claim would be the second of its kind since a Philadelphia grand jury last month charged four priests with molesting boys or concealing the attacks, and said archdiocesean attempts at reform had fallen short. "This is yet another case in which the victim's assistance program didn't really do what it was supposed to do," said Marci Hamilton, one of the lawyers for the plaintiff.
Liturgy on abuse 'a true step forward'Saturday, March 05 2011 @ 12:33 PM GMT
Views: 208 Tag: ireland THE RECENT liturgy of Lament and Repentance for clerical child sex abuse at Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral “seemed to be a true step forward”, an editorial in the New York Times has said. It noted that, during the liturgy, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin “offered what may be the most specific apology yet, showing an understanding – rare among his peers – of the difference between lip service and true repentance”.
Bill would remove statute of limitations in Oregon for sex crimes against minorsSaturday, March 05 2011 @ 12:08 PM GMT
Views: 195  Tag: usaSALEM -- Part of the public fury that grew over former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's admission that he sexually abused an underage girl was that he could not be prosecuted for the crime -- the statute of limitations had expired long ago. Now Oregon lawmakers are considering a change that would eliminate the time limit on when someone accused of abuse or assault of a minor could be prosecuted.
Priest In Abuse Lawsuit At St. Joseph'sFriday, March 04 2011 @ 04:24 PM GMT
Views: 198 Tag: usaA priest accused of sexually harassing a seminary student is working as a chaplain at St. Joseph's University, and he was placed that by the Archdiocese Of Philadelphia. He's a part-time chaplain in the alumni office and has no contact with current students Fox 29 is told.
Part-time chaplain & former dean at St. Joe's defendant in '99 sexual harassment suitFriday, March 04 2011 @ 04:23 PM GMT
Views: 223 Tag: usaBy Sam Koch '11 A press release from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) sent early yesterday afternoon leveled accusations against Saint Joseph's University for the recent re-hire of Thomas Gleeson, S.J., a part-time chaplain in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations. Gleeson was the target of a civil sexual harassment lawsuit in California in 1999 which alleged that he and two other priests at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley had harassed John Bollard, a former seminarian.
Protesters at Saturday Mass urge more scrutinyFriday, March 04 2011 @ 04:20 PM GMT
Views: 205  Tag: usaSome parishioners took the pamphlets. Some even thanked the protesters lining the sidewalk Saturday outside the Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown. But most just walked by. And many fired back at the half-dozen men and women with signs that read "Church officials covered up sexual abuse." "Are you bashing Catholics?" one woman asked over her shoulder, marching up the cathedral steps. "Well, the Boy Scouts abused children too. I think priests get a bad rap."
Fr Dennis John Corrigan in court in NewcastleFriday, March 04 2011 @ 01:53 PM GMT
Views: 354 Tag: australia A Catholic priest, Father Dennis John Corrigan, has been ordered to stand trial in New South Wales in 2011, charged with sexual offences against boys. Father Corrigan, born in April 1942, first appeared in Newcastle Local Court, New South Wales, on 19 October 2010, charged with sexual offences against three boys aged between 13 and 15. The incidents allegedly occurred in the Windale area, in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese, north of Sydney, between December 1987 and May 1988. The prosecution alleged that the boys were under Father Corrigan's authority at the time of the alleged incidents. Father Corrigan, of Thomas Street, Mayfield (in Newcastle NSW), was not required to enter a plea at this preliminary hearing.
Priest's Ad: No Sex Abuse At Our ChurchFriday, March 04 2011 @ 01:32 PM GMT
Views: 181 Tag: usaA controversial Philadelphia-area priest is making headlines again by comparing the Roman Catholic Church to his Old Catholic Apostolic Church, and saying his branch has never had a sex-abuse scandal. Father Jim St. George was fired last week from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia as a teacher because he is gay, and he is now trying to raise awareness for his church, the Old Catholic Apostolic Church.
Wash. Senate approves 2 child prostitution billsFriday, March 04 2011 @ 01:13 PM GMT
Views: 203 Tag: usaOLYMPIA, Wash. The state Senate has unanimously approved two bills aimed at fighting child prostitution, a crime that authorities say isn't common in Washington but occurs often enough to merit concern.
For Philly Catholics, an abuse bombshellFriday, March 04 2011 @ 01:10 PM GMT
Views: 195 Tag: usaBy KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, New York Times Dozens of priests accused of preying on kids still work. PHILADELPHIA - Three weeks after a scathing grand jury report accused the Philadelphia Archdiocese of providing haven for as many as 37 priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior toward minors, most of those priests remain active in the ministry.
Abuse Story in Philadelphia Archdiocese Deepens, and Circus Side Show at Chestnut Hill College ContinuesFriday, March 04 2011 @ 01:02 PM GMT
Views: 202 Tag: usaThe situation in the archdiocese of Philadelphia remains dismal, where Katherine Seelye and Jon Hurdle are reporting in the New York Times that three weeks following the grand jury report which resulted in the indictment of the diocese's secretary of clergy Msgr. William Lynn, most of the 37 priests credibly accused of inappropriate behavior towards minors in the report are apparently still in ministry.
Holy Family Church hosting forum on clergy sex abuse Read more: Holy Family Church hosting forum on clergy sex abuse - Duxbury,Friday, March 04 2011 @ 01:00 PM GMT
Views: 248 Tag: usaBy Kathryn Koch Wicked Local Duxbury DUXBURY — Around the country, 27 archdioceses have released the names of priests and other church personnel who have been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and whose guilt has been formally established. The Archdiocese of Boston has not. The Parish Pastoral Council of Holy Family Church wants to shine a brighter light on the archdiocese’s refusal to release these names.
Italy priest convicted of sex abuse in case that also implicated bishops for ignoring rumoursFriday, March 04 2011 @ 12:38 PM GMT
Views: 246 Tag: italyBy Nicole Winfield (CP) ROME — An Italian court convicted a priest of molesting boys and sentenced him to 15 years in prison Thursday in a case closely watched because his bishop admitted knowing of the abuse allegations, but didn't remove the priest. The trial of Rev. Ruggero Conti, a politically connected priest, garnered international headlines last year when his bishop was called to testify about the molestation just as the clerical abuse scandal that erupted in Europe inched closer to the Vatican.
DA says no criminal charges to be filed in Fr. Wenig caseFriday, March 04 2011 @ 11:36 AM GMT
Views: 223 Tag: usaFr. Laurin Wenig, pastor of St. Mary’s Visitation Parish, Elm Grove, is on administrative leave after the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was notified the week of Feb. 14 of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor that dates back three and a half decades.
How independent is Catholic sex abuse probe?Friday, March 04 2011 @ 11:35 AM GMT
Views: 197  Tag: netherlandsThe investigation into sex abuse in the Dutch Catholic Church came up for discussion in parliament on Thursday. Former MP Wim Deetman is carrying out the probe on behalf of the Church. But is he independent enough? Or should there be a parliamentary inquiry? Wim Deetman knew right from the start that he would be facing some critical MPs. He needed to come up with a success story, otherwise the cabinet might decide to step in. Luckily he did have some good news. In February Mr Deetman asked all the abusers to report to his commission, giving them until 4 April to do so.
In Philadelphia, New Cases Loom in Priest ScandalFriday, March 04 2011 @ 11:33 AM GMT
Views: 167 Tag: usaPHILADELPHIA — Three weeks after a scathing grand jury report said the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had provided safe haven to as many as 37 priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior toward minors, most of those priests remain active in the ministry.
Sex abuse lawyers plan ad campaignFriday, March 04 2011 @ 11:27 AM GMT
Views: 171 Tag: usaLawyers representing victims of clergy abuse in the Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese announced Thursday that they are launching a monthlong media campaign to encourage others who have been sexually abused in the archdiocese to come forward. At a news conference at the Pfister Hotel, lawyer Jeff Anderson said that because the archdiocese had filed for bankruptcy protection, there will be a short time frame for survivors of abuse by priests to come forward and make their claims.
Priest held for abducting kidsThursday, March 03 2011 @ 06:17 PM GMT
Views: 253  Tag: india NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old priest has been arrested from south Delhi's Fatehpuri Beru area on Thursday night for allegedly kidnapping five minor boys. The accused, who was heading a Hanuman Mandir and Math at Budh Road near Gadaipur in Fatehpur Beri for the past 23 years, allegedly wanted to portray the boys as "child gods" in a bid to dupe his followers and earn money through donations.
The call that led to baba's arrestThursday, March 03 2011 @ 04:44 PM GMT
Views: 192 Tag: india NEW DELHI: 13-year-old Jiten (name changed), a student of class 8 at Basti posh Jupiter Academy, had shown remarkable presence of mind, said south district cops. It was because of his efforts that police were able to nab a priest's rescue of five children from his clutches. Chairperson of the Lajpat Nagar Child Welfare Committee Raaj Mangal Prasad said the child showed "excellent presence of mind'' by calling up his uncle and telling him about his whereabouts when he got the chance.
SNAP calls for cancellation of penitential MassThursday, March 03 2011 @ 04:43 PM GMT
Views: 207 Tag: usaWith the start of Lent next week, the Philadelphia Archdiocese has planned a special service to pray for victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of its priests. But the penitential service troubles some adult victims. A letter from Cardinal Justin Rigali has called for the healing of victims and the prevention of future abuse. But the activist organization Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, has asked the cardinal to cancel the service.
Rape International, IncThursday, March 03 2011 @ 04:41 PM GMT
Views: 200 Tag: usaFor the first time, at least in the United States, a Roman Catholic priest above the rank of parish priest has been indicted for encouraging child rape. Prosecutors are growing a spine in Philadelphia, very slowly. The New York Times reported three weeks ago that a grand jury that indicted several priests for rape wanted to indict a cardinal:
Mediation under way in Eddie Long caseThursday, March 03 2011 @ 04:26 PM GMT
Views: 216 Tag: usaBy Shelia M. Poole The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The first mediation session in the sexual misconduct lawsuits against Bishop Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has ended, a church lawyer said. Barbara Marschalk, who represents the Lithonia-based church and its LongFellows Youth Academy mentoring program, said additional mediation sessions, in which all parties attempt to reach a settlement, could be held. She declined to discuss details.
Vatican punishes Dutch bishop for child abuse in KenyaThursday, March 03 2011 @ 03:23 PM GMT
Views: 319 Tag: vatican  Tag: kenya Tag: netherlandsThe Vatican has penalised a Dutch bishop for sexually abusing a teenage boy in Kenya. Cornelius Schilder, who served as a bishop in Kenya until 2009, was barred from saying Mass in public by the church authorities in Rome. This penalty was imposed 18 months ago without any public announcement.
The shot heard ’round the Globe — still: Boston’s Catholic Church scandal turns 10Thursday, March 03 2011 @ 02:52 PM GMT
Views: 168 Tag: usaBy Roy J. Harris Jr. Looking back, it’s hard to imagine how Martin Baron, or any brand-new editor, could have had a stronger start than he did his first day at the Boston Globe. Within hours of his inaugural morning staff meeting, Baron “lit the match,” in his words, to ignite the Globe’s Pulitzer-winning investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and its cover-up by church authorities.
Even in the face of admissionsThursday, March 03 2011 @ 01:38 PM GMT
Views: 141 Tag: usaIn Port Orchard, Washington, a Southern Baptist pastor was arrested on charges of child rape. In recorded phone calls, police say that pastor Dirk P. Jackson admitted to having “sexual relations” with the girl, who was then a sixth grader, and to “having her perform oral sex on him while they were in the classroom.” When police told Jackson they had recorded copies of the phone calls, he said the conduct was “consensual.”
Episcopal church fights sex abuse lawsuitThursday, March 03 2011 @ 01:33 PM GMT
Views: 187 Tag: usaA Paducah church that sponsors a Boy Scout troop has responded to a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a former adult leader. Attorney Richard Walter filed a response on behalf of Grace Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky on Feb. 18.
Green Bay Catholic diocese, SNAP victims group spar over sex abuse cover-up allegationsThursday, March 03 2011 @ 01:25 PM GMT
Views: 176 Tag: usaThe leader of a group representing victims of abuse by members of the clergy and a top official of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay traded barbs Wednesday over a diocesan policy that may be leading to the destruction of clergy abuse records.
Arrest of CIA’s Davis in Pakistan Confirms Illuminati Behind TerrorThursday, March 03 2011 @ 01:20 PM GMT
Views: 242  Tag: usaBy David Richards This story is being downplayed because it rips the mask from the US government’s face. Our “defenders” are also the terrorists. Davis was working with the same terror groups Western forces are supposed to be fighting The ‘war on terror’ is a con and in reality the Illuminati play the role of both terrorists and defenders in a dialectic to advance their NWO agenda. The CIA and most intelligence agencies serve the Illuminati bankers, not the countries that fund them. The recent arrest of CIA agent Raymond Davis in Pakistan reveals that Davis was working with with terrorist groups.
German Bishops Offer Cash To Abuse VictimsThursday, March 03 2011 @ 11:46 AM GMT
Views: 164 Tag: germanyBy Niels Sorrells Religion News Service BERLIN -- Germany's Roman Catholic Church is offering cash payments of up to 5,000 euros ($6,925) to victims of child sexual abuse in a yet unknown number of cases, some dating back decades. The German Bishops' Conference made the announcement on Wednesday (March 2) as a special commission continues months of work on abuse prevention and reimbursement. Church officials said they could wait no longer.
McDonnell weighs change on filing sexual abuse lawsuitsWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 06:43 PM GMT
Views: 161 Tag: usaBy WESLEY P. HESTER Flipping through photographs five years ago, Becky Ianni came across an image that changed her life. The photo was of a 9-year-old Ianni with Monsignor William T. Reinecke, a pastor at her family's Alexandria church who she says molested her for two years after befriending her family. "He told me that God would be mad at me and I'd go to hell," said Ianni, now 53. "I figured what was happening was my fault and that God was punishing me because I was a bad person — I just buried it."
SNAP Claims Video Proves Diocese Destroyed Priests' RecordsWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 06:38 PM GMT
Views: 290 Tag: usa Tag: youtube By Sarah Thomsen A motions hearing scheduled in Outagamie County court on Thursday moves a case involving the Green Bay Catholic Diocese one step closer to a jury trial. Todd and Troy Merryfield filed a civil suit in 2008 against the diocese saying the church covered up sexual assault allegations against Father John Patrick Feeney. In 2004, Feeney was convicted of molesting the Merryfields when they were boys in 1978. Ahead of Thursday's hearing, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) released documents it says support the brothers' allegations.
Do more to protect children from sexual predatorsWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 06:36 PM GMT
Views: 159 Tag: usaIn early 2002, during the height of the clergy sex abuse scandal unfolding in Boston and throughout the rest of the U.S., victims of abuse by the clergy in New Jersey were calling for investigations to reveal the extent of these crimes committed against children in our state. The attorney general's office drafted an agreement that was signed by all five New Jersey Catholic bishops, called the "Memorandum of Understanding." There was a time when church officials lamented the fact that they were the only group expected to sign such an agreement. More recently, they tout the agreement as a sign of their positive actions to protect children.
TRC launches forum on residential schools' National Research CentreWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 04:29 PM GMT
Views: 206  Tag: canada By Laureen McMahon The B.C. Catholic VANCOUVER--Canada would be "a very different place" if the stories of First Nations and aboriginal peoples were generally known and were part of the shared culture of this country, said Chief George Erasmus, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and current chairman of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. On March 2 the chief addressed 500 delegates to a three-day Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada forum in Vancouver. The purpose was to collect information to launch a National Research Centre for a national archives to provide education on the history of Indian residential schools and their negative impact on generations of aboriginal peoples.
Lawyer: Ex-Wis. archbishop's letter 'smoking gun'Wednesday, March 02 2011 @ 03:42 PM GMT
Views: 322 Tag: usaA 2003 letter from then-Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan shows he was more concerned about the church's reputation than the actions of an abusive priest, an attorney for nearly two dozen alleged Wisconsin sex abuse victims claimed Tuesday. But the archdiocese that Dolan now heads said the letter does just the opposite and shows Dolan was deeply concerned and wanted the priest, Franklyn Becker, dismissed.
Pastor given suspension on conduct with boyWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 03:33 PM GMT
Views: 165 Tag: usaBuffalo Bishop Edward U. Kmiec has suspended a Cheektowaga pastor following an accusation that the priest behaved inappropriately years ago with a teenage boy. The Rev. David W. Bialkowski denied any wrongdoing and has hired a lawyer to clear his name. "We deny these allegations that have been made against him. We're complying with everything that we have to do when such allegations are made," said the lawyer, Kevin W. Spitler. "We're going to allow the process that the diocese has set up to work itself through."
Babeu says he was victim of priest abuseWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 03:27 PM GMT
Views: 237  Tag: usa Tag: youtube PHOENIX -- Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, a leader in the fight for border security, says his views were molded when he was sexually assaulted as a child by a Catholic priest. Babeu recently talked with FOX 10 News' John Hook about his life, which has led to appearances nationwide to discuss illegal immigration and border security.
Sex abuse victims blast Buffalo bishop for lyingWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 03:21 PM GMT
Views: 259 Tag: usaStatement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com) Shame on Bishop Kmiec for lying to his flock once again about an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a child and a priest. Regardless of how the accusation against Fr. Bialkowski is resolved, it was inexcusable for Kmiec to hide the allegation and lie about the reason the priest was ousted. Kmiec should apologize to his entire diocese and explain why he violated the US bishops’ policy on child sexual abuse.
Priest Sex Abuse Victim Speaks Out After TrialWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 03:17 PM GMT
Views: 207 Tag: usa Tag: youtube PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – At St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, John Vai considered himself a victim. “We were afraid to say something because the priests were held in such high esteem,” said Vai. “We were dealing with God figures.” Now, forty-six years after the abuse that stole his youth, Vai is a survivor. A civil court jury found that Father Francis DeLuca was his abuser.
Yarmouth diocese settles more abuse casesWednesday, March 02 2011 @ 02:54 PM GMT
Views: 261 Tag: canada Bishop's residence, bowling alley to be sold The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth has settled five more cases of sexual abuse from the 1950s and 1960s. The cases went through a mediation process last week in London, Ont. The victims of Adolphe LeBlanc and Eddie Theriault, two priests in southwest Nova Scotia at the time, will share a compensation deal of about $1 million. |
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