By Nirmala Carvalho
MUMBAI – Police in India on Monday arrested 14 people for the kidnapping and beating of a Catholic bishop on April 25, including three of the bishop’s own priests, at least one of whom is believed to
Pope denounces paedophilia as new details of six-year-old girl’s death emerge in Italy
‘We must protect our minors and severely punish abusers’
Pope Francis has used his weekly Sunday message to denounce paedophilia, following the emergence of new details surrounding the alleged rape and murder of an Italian girl in
Fake Nuns Try to Save Spanish Sex Priest
By Barbie Latza Nadeau
Two devotees have undergone chastity exams to defend their sect’s ex-Catholic prelate, who stands accused of telling female followers his ‘holy’ semen would purify them.
ROME — Some people will do anything for love—even deny it.
Ex-priest gets 20-40 years in prison for sexual assault
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Victims confronted a former Roman Catholic priest in court Friday as he was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for sexually abusing students at a Michigan high school in the 1980s.
A judge heard
‘If there is a hell, you deserve to be first in line,’ victims speak in former priest’s sentencing
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JACKSON, MI — James Rapp’s Friday, April 29 sentencing wasn’t just about … Continue reading
Retired priest accused of exposing himself to a minor, charged
GREEN BAY — A local retired priest faces multiple charges after he allegedly exposed himself to a minor.
Father Richard Thomas, 78, of Green Bay, was charged with four felonies Thursday.
The Green Bay Catholic Diocese released the following
Three Franciscan priests ordered to stand trial in sex abuse case
By Peter Smith
Hours of testimony
Oklahoma City archbishop ‘assessing situation’ after concerns raised about Lawton priest
by Carla Hinton
A Roman Catholic leader said Monday he is “assessing the situation” regarding a Lawton priest who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor involving a young woman.
The Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma
Catholic Diocese of Yakima won’t list names of abusers on website
By Jane Gargas
The Lay Advisory Board of the Catholic Diocese of Yakima will not be listing the names of local clergy on its website who have had credible claims of sexual abuse leveled against them.
The board last month
Outspoken former Stoughton, Bridgewater priest defrocked
In the early days of the clergy sex abuse scandal, the Rev. Thomas Maguire said then-Cardinal Bernard Law should resign. Now Maguire, who served in Stoughton and Bridgewater among his eight posts, has been defrocked himself.
By Lane Lambert
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