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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to
Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse In The U.S. Context And Causes
COMMENTARY
CATHOLIC CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE U.S.
CONTEXT AND CAUSES
A.W.RICHARD SIPE
Santa Clara University
11 May 2012
The context of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic bishops and priests is the culture of the priesthood. Roman Catholic bishops and
Prosecutor: Pa. diocese ‘disgraceful,’ ‘criminal’
PHILADELPHIA — After eight weeks of wrenching testimony, Philadelphia prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a Roman Catholic church official accused of helping bury complaints that priests were raping and molesting children.
Monsignor William Lynn is the
Cardinal’s presence felt at Pa. church-abuse trial
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died just weeks before his longtime aide went on trial in the alleged cover-up of sexual assaults by priests within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Yet Bevilacqua is very much the ghost inside courtroom 304 at
Accused priest told therapist of attempted gang rape at Philadelphia seminary
A Catholic priest admitting a sexual relationship with a teen said he had been the victim of an attempted gang rape by fellow seminarians, according to testimony in a clergy-abuse trial.
Testimony on Monday also mentioned Pope Benedict XVI, who
Diocese settles civil suit for $3.75 million
The Diocese of Stockton has settled a civil lawsuit and will pay $3.75 million to a plaintiff who accused removed priest Michael Kelly of sexually molesting him.
After obtaining one of the diocese’s largest-ever individual settlements for sexual abuse, the
Vatican report attempts mere excuse not explanation
COMMENTARY
RITE & REASON: THE REPORT on the apostolic visitation reflects an exercise in irrelevancy. The visitors listened but did they hear? The report includes the standard apologies, blame for the bishops and religious superiors, and praise for all the
St. Scholastica Catholic Church pastor Gerald Riva resigns
The Rev. Gerald Riva has resigned as pastor of St. Scholastica Catholic Church in Woodridge, days after his nearly 20-year-old sex crime conviction came to light.
Riva resigned from the parish this weekend, and did not perform Sunday Mass at
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests not allowed to see Pope Benedict XVI
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests accused Mexican Catholic Church officials on Saturday of denying them an audience with Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Mexico.
Members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, or SNAP,
PA trial: Priests struggled with ‘sexual sobriety’
A string of Roman Catholic priests testified Wednesday in a landmark clergy-abuse case, saying they reported fellow priests to the archdiocese after finding them with pornography or in unhealthy relationships with children.
The priests, uncomfortably, are prosecution witnesses in the