File under: Me thinks she doth protest too much.
The Vatican has condemned a right-wing Catholic radio station after a broadcast said the recent earthquakes in Italy were “God’s punishment” for gay civil unions.
The remarks, made on the
San Diego priest charged with sexual assault of Minnesota woman during private mass
A Catholic priest from San Diego has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for an incident during a private mass for the victim in her parents’ Mendota Heights, Minnesota home back in 2010. Jacob Bertrand, 33, was charged by summons
The Selective Outrage of the Anglican Church
For the worldwide Anglican Communion, the world’s largest Protestant denomination, sexuality has become a line in the sand.
The Episcopal Church, Anglicanism’s American branch, was suspended on Thursday for three years for its willingness to consecrate same-sex
Girls abused by clergy members, and others, are focus of new team
Woman’s suit against Lutheran youth pastor is first in an effort to get more to step forward.
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Haitian officials look into new allegations against man who founded orphanage
Michael Geilenfeld won a defamation case against a Freeport man in a federal civil trial in Portland this past summer.
Haitian investigators are looking into new allegations of child sex abuse against an American man who founded an orphanage for
Philly archdiocese settles sexual-abuse civil suit
By Jeremy Roebuck
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has settled a civil lawsuit brought by an accuser whose testimony helped convict two Catholic priests and a former parish-school teacher on sexual abuse charges, and
Catholic priest: I have a family member who is gay
By
At a national conference in Plymouth, Catholic leaders spoke out Wednesday against same-gender sexual relations, claiming it’s harmful and unnatural, but added that the Catholic Church must reach out to those with same-sex attractions.
At the conference,
Children of celibacy: What happens when priests’ vows are too hard to keep
Priests sometimes father children, but everyone involved can be trapped in a web of secrecy.
By Mark Woods
Roman Catholic priests take vows of lifelong celibacy. Probably the majority see it as a gift and a calling, and are content
How To Suck At Your Religion
Nienstedt denies any clergy sexual abuse cover-up, regrets ‘lost confidence’
File under: Same Old Story — Archbishop thinks gay marriage bigger threat than sexually abusive priests
by Madeleine Baran
Archbishop John Nienstedt said he accepts responsibility for addressing the unfolding clergy sexual abuse crisis and regrets that a growing