Skutt Catholic High School declined to renew the contract of teacher and speech coach Matt Eledge after he told them he was getting married to a man. He said school officials told him he’d have to end the relationship to
Homeless At Saint Mary’s Cathedral Intentionally Drenched With Water While Sleeping
File under: Absolutely astonishing. Just like Jesus would do.
By Doug Sovern
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — KCBS has learned that Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the
Catholic school quits Boston St. Patrick’s parade over gay marchers
You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.You’ve got to be taught to
Norway Police Raid Catholic Diocese Premises
Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig is charged with aggravated fraud.
Photo: Jan-Erik Løken | Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig
Finance and Environment Crime Section of the Oslo police raided administration premises of Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo (OKB) this morning at 9.00.
UN panel confronts Vatican on child sex abuse by clergy
The Vatican is being confronted publicly for the first time over the sexual abuse of children by clergy, at a UN hearing in Geneva.
Officials faced a barrage of hard questions such as why would they not release full data
Over 200 Members of German Choir Were Abused, Investigator Says
At least 231 children who sang in a boys’ choir led for 30 years by the brother of former Pope Benedict XVI were abused over a period of almost four decades, a lawyer investigating reports of wrongdoing
Church digs up graveyard to build ‘£1m home’ for vicar: Neighbours ‘disgusted’ after watching bones being exhumed to make way for house
- Loughton Baptist Church is building the home for Reverend Wayne Dulson
- Neighbours saw graves pre-dating 1860 dug up to make way for property
- Plans for the home were initially turned down by Epping Forest Council
- They were overturned on appeal
Archdiocese hires criminal defense attorney in Nienstedt investigation
By Jean Hopfensperger
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has hired a prominent criminal defense attorney to continue its investigation into possible sexual misconduct by Archbishop John Nienstedt.
Attorney Peter Wold has been retained to continue the investigation completed
Gay Catholic Music Director Files Discrimination Complaint Against Church For Unfair Termination
by Jack Jenkins
Colin Collette, a gay man, worked as the music director of Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, Illinois for 17 years, preparing songs for worship and orchestrating liturgy for weekly services. When Illinois embraced marriage equality in
Chicago Archdiocese Offers Sex Abuse Data
By MITCH SMITH and MICHAEL PAULSON
CHICAGO — The Roman Catholic archdiocese here released thousands of internal documents on Thursday that detailed decades of sexual abuse by its priests, a disclosure timed just days before the retirement of the current