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A Jackson County judge found Bishop Robert Finn guilty on Thursday on one count of failing to report suspected child abuse. He was found not guilty on the other count. The state asked the judge to put Finn
Catholic bishop says church’s credibility on sexual abuse is ‘shredded’
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ point man on sexual abuse has said that the hierarchy’s credibility on fixing the problem is “shredded” and that the situation is comparable to the Reformation, when “the episcopacy, the regular clergy, even the papacy were
Archbishop Nienstedt’s latest marriage-amendment letter adds to Catholic turmoil
On Sunday, priests in a number of Twin Cities Roman Catholic parishes read a letter from Archbishop John Nienstedt re-stating the church’s support for the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
On Monday, Michael Bayly, the director of Catholics
Rev. James Nowak, Montini Catholic High School board member, former west suburban pastor, on leave after sex abuse allegation
A member of Montini Catholic High School’s board of directors is on leave from the Diocese of Joliet amid allegations that he sexually abused a minor more than 25 years ago.
The Rev. James Nowak, a retired Roman Catholic priest
‘Boys will be boys,’ Bishop Finn purportedly said after being told of priest’s lewd photos
When confronted by the diocese’s computer director about her concerns over lewd images found on a priest’s laptop, Bishop Robert Finn replied that, “Sometimes priests do things they shouldn’t,” court papers filed Thursday alleged.
“Sometimes, boys will be boys,” the
Catholic Bishop’s Anti-Gay Campaigning May Violate WA Election Law
State workers who track election-law violations are meeting later this morning to discuss the Catholic Church, says Lori Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission.
At issue is a story I reported yesterday: Yakima bishop Joseph Tyson
Denis Lyons, ex-OC Roman Catholic Priest, Must Register as Sex Offender For Sex With Second Grade Boy
A onetime prominent priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County finally will pay for repeatedly molesting a seven-year-old boy inside a parish rectory and church sacristy in the 1990s.
According to prosecutors, Denis Lyons pleaded guilty in
Anti-Gay Activist and Prop 8 Donor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Young Boys
A longtime anti-gay activist, California Prop 8 donor, and elementary school teacher was taken into custody on August 17th after admitting inappropriate contact with young boys.
Caleb Douglas Hesse, a teacher for the Morongo Unified School District since 1987 (most
Woman shares story of alleged abuse by priests
An Iowa woman contemplating a return to the Roman Catholic Church last year agreed to meet with a priest on one condition — he remove his collar.
“Roman collars still frighten me,” Kathleen Bowman, 47, told the priest.
She then
Elderly Woman Sues The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles for Defrauding Her of $284k
An elderly widow claims in court that a Catholic priest defrauded her of $284,000 after her husband died.
Michalena Jones, 79, sued The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles and Father Peter Valdez, in Superior Court.
Jones claims that Valdez