William Lynch, who beat the Catholic priest he said molested him as a child, is acquitted on elder abuse and felony assault charges. He may be retried on a misdemeanor assault charge.
SAN JOSE — A jury has found a
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Episcopal Church Approves Ordaining Transgender People
The Episcopal Church on Monday overwhelmingly voted to allow the ordination of transgender people.
At its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis, the church House of Deputies approved a change to the “nondiscrimination canons” to include “gender identity and expression.” The
Monk suspected in killings at Dutch psychiatric hospital in 1950s
Thirty-seven boys who died in the early 1950s in a Dutch psychiatric hospital run by the Catholic Church were probably killed by a monk in charge of their care, prosecutors said on Thursday.
It was the latest in a string
Jury awards Catholic school sex-abuse victim $8M
SEATTLE — A King County jury has awarded $8 million to a victim of sexual abuse at a Seattle Catholic school. The sum is believed to be the largest ever against the Catholic Church in Washington state.
The jury found
Judge denies Philadelphia priest’s bid for house arrest
Monsignor William Lynn, the first senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse, was sent back to prison on Thursday after a judge rejected his bid for house arrest.
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Police launch child porn investigation at Connecticut church
Connecticut state police officers are investigating the discovery of possible child porn at a Roman Catholic church in Waterford.
WFSB-TV reports that police declined to provide details, saying only that a “criminal investigation” is in progress after computers were reportedly
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Argentine Bishop Bargallo quits over ‘amorous ties’ row
The Pope has accepted the resignation of an Argentine bishop after the publication of pictures showing him embracing a woman on a Mexican beach.
Bishop Fernando Bargallo, 57, was photographed in the sea, hugging a woman in a bikini.
He
Woman Says ‘Exorcist’ Priest Abused Her
A Roman Catholic priest “kissed (a woman) on all parts of her body” during a so-called “exorcism” session, and “frequently explained full, passionate kisses as ‘blowing the Holy Spirit into’ her,” the woman claims in court.
Jane Doe sued the