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In Des Moines, accounting sets a standard
Bishops were warned of abusive priests
Voice of the Faithful critically low on funds- Wis. diocese loses insurance coverage in fraud trial
Bishops were warned of abusive priests
1957 letter: "These men, Your Excellency, are devils, the wrath of God is upon them
Voice of the Faithful critically low on funds
Needs to raise $60,000 by end of July to keep office open
Update: Legionaries of Christ banned from Miami
Oct. 30, 2009The Miami archdiocese has prohibited members of the Legionaries of Christ from working in the archdiocese. The notice was given in an Oct. 29 memo addressed to "All Priests" from Miami Chancellor Msgr. Michael Souckar.
The prohibition takes effect immediately, the memo says.
Members of the Legionaries' lay group, Regnum Christi are also prohibited from working in the archdiocese, the memo says.
Abuse settlement in New Orleans a surprise to some
Oct. 29, 2009NEW ORLEANS -- When the Archdiocese of New Orleans announced last week, Oct. 20, it will pay $5 million to an undisclosed number of adults who claimed that as children they were beaten, berated and sexually molested at Catholic orphanages, it took some by surprise.
The archdiocese announced a package settlement of 20 lawsuits, most of them filed by adults alleging that in the 1950s and 1960s they were abused at Madonna Manor and nearby Hope Haven, Catholic group homes on this city's West Bank.
Abuse charges force Irish bishop out of ministry
Oct. 27, 2009DUBLIN, Ireland -- An Irish archbishop who serves in Nigeria has withdrawn from active ministry while the Vatican investigates allegations of sexual abuse.
The St. Patrick's Missionary Society, known as the Kiltegan Fathers, said Oct. 25 that the allegations against Archbishop Richard Burke of Benin City, Nigeria, are being investigated by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The charges came from a Nigerian woman, Dolores Atwood, 40, who now lives in Canada, where she is married and has run for public office.
Delaware Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy
Oct. 19, 2009The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Del., has become the seventh U.S. diocese since the clergy sex abuse scandal broke in 2002 to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, its bishop announced Sunday, Oct. 18.
Feted Fairfield alum indicted for abuse in Haiti
Oct. 13, 2009
Douglas Perlitz in 2004 (AP/The Connecticut Post/Jeff Bustraan)
A Fairfield University alumnus heralded in the past as a model product of Jesuit education was indicted last month by a federal grand jury in Connecticut for sexually abusing some of the young Haitian boys he was supposedly helping.
Irish bishops meet with abuse victims
Oct. 12, 2009DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland's senior Catholic bishops met with representatives of abuse victims in what both parties called a momentous and fruitful effort to bring closure to the issue.
In a three-hour meeting Oct. 7 at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth, the clerics and representatives of four of the most prominent victims' groups discussed ways to help the healing process continue. Both parties pledged to meet again.
Nova Scotia bishop to face child porn charges
Oct. 02, 2009OTTAWA -- Retired Bishop Raymond J. Lahey of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, turned himself in to Ottawa police Oct. 1 to face charges of possession of and importing child pornography.
Mass. man sues Catholic bishops over sex abuse
Sep. 21, 2009NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man is suing two former bishops of the Springfield, Mass., diocese and another church administrator for allegedly allowing him to be molested by a priest who had admitted to sexually abusing other boys.
Lawyers for the alleged victim say it is perhaps the first U.S. case that involves a defendant who is an accused molester charged with overseeing another accused molester.
Why did the bishop of Scranton, Pa., resign?
Though Bishop Martino is gone, the diocese's future may be set
Sep. 14, 2009
Bishop Joseph F. Martino of Scranton, Pa., right, speaks at a news conference Aug. 31 about his resignation. At left is retiring Scranton Auxiliary Bishop John M. Dougherty and Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali, center. (CNS/The Catholic Light/Terry Connors)
When Bishop Joseph F. Martino resigned Aug. 31 after six tumultuous years as bishop of Scranton, Pa., he left behind a diocese badly divided and demoralized, but, ironically, better prepared for the future than it was in 2003.
Sources contacted by NCR said the problem was Martino’s remote, uncommunicative and often authoritarian leadership style, not his decisions to close nearly half the Catholic schools and 40 percent of the parishes in the northeastern Pennsylvania diocese.
Nixon quote describes Irish church abuse scandal
Sep. 14, 2009DUBLIN, Ireland -- A Redemptorist priest has used a quote by the 37th president of the United States to describe the situation of the Catholic Church as the Irish clerical sex abuse scandal continues to unfold.
Writing in the current issue of the monthly Redemptorist magazine Reality, its editor, Fr. Gerry Moloney, recalled remarks former President Richard Nixon made in an interview with journalist David Frost when, admitting that he had given his enemies the ammunition that they were looking for, he said, "I gave 'em a sword."
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