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‘If there is a hell, you deserve to be first in line,’ victims speak in former priest’s sentencing
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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Priest Jeyapaul’s victim Megan speaks to TNM: Church ignores sex crimes, or worse, hides them
Reinstating Jeyapaul back into priesthood is a disservice and a danger to children in India.’
On Tuesday, Megan Peterson, a US citizen and a victim of sexual assault at the hands of church priest Joseph Jeyapaul, filed
The Catholic Church’s defiance and obstruction on child sex abuse
IN THREE years at the helm of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has been a source of inspiration for millions of faithful around the world. In one critical respect, however, he has fallen short of his own
House bill means justice for abused children, says advocate
By Patti Mengers
Nearly eight years after John Salveson stood in the state Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg and entreated Pennsylvania legislators to hold public hearings on House Bill 1137 ‒ the Child Victim’s Act of Pennsylvania, a similar bill passed
Lawyers argue that statute of limitations has expired in priest sex-abuse case
By Peter Smith
The day began with a 30-year-old witness describing how Franciscan Brother Stephen Baker befriended him and his family and repeatedly molested him from his early teens.
But even as prosecutors laid out their case involving the late