Tag: clergy abuse

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News

FBI: Queens Priest Shared Sexually Explicit Texts Photos With 15-Year-Old Boy

FBI Priest Francis Hughes Title: FBI: Queens Priest Shared Sexually Explicit Texts, Photos With 15-Year-Old Boy Author: Erica Brosnan Publisher: WCBS 880 Date:  29JUL2020 Francis Hughes, 65, a pastor at a religious institution in Glendale, is charged with receiving images of child pornography via text from a 15-year-old minor in Westchester.“The allegations against Francis Hughes are

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News

Survivors’ group in Chile condemns abuse ‘secretism’ of Catholic Church

Chile Church Abuse ‘Secretism’ Title: Survivors’ group in Chile condemns abuse ‘secretism’ of Catholic Church Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 31JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – A little over two years after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a controversial Chilean bishop accused of covering up the sexual abuse of his mentor, a local network

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Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse

Argentina Clerical Sexual Abuse Title: Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 30JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Two major archdioceses in Argentina are facing allegations of wanting to “replace the state” by creating a commission to receive allegations of clerical sexual abuse, but one

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News

St. John’s Roman Catholic corporation liable for abuses at Mount Cashel orphanage: appeals court

Mount Cashel Orphanage Abuse Title: St. John’s Roman Catholic corporation liable for abuses at Mount Cashel orphanage: appeals court Author: Holly McKenzie-Sutter (The Canadian Press) Publisher: The Globe and Mail Date: 29JUL2020 Newfoundland and Labrador’s highest court says the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s is financially liable for sexual abuse at the Mount

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Child Sexual Abuse

Dolan Defies Demands of Survivors, Provides Safe Harbor & Continuing Cover-Up For Monsignor John Paddack

Cardinal Dolan Protected Paddack Title: Dolan Defies Demands of Survivors, Provides Safe Harbor & Continuing Cover-Up For Monsignor John Paddack Author: Trusha Goffe Publisher: Jeff Anderson and Associates Date: 29JUL2020 ACCOUNTS OF 11 KNOWN SURVIVORS PAINT GRIM PORTRAIT OF SYSTEMIC ABUSE AND COVER-UP ACROSS MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 19 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN ARCHDIOCESE Downloads Timeline of

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Child Sexual Abuse

Archdiocese of Newark Faces Nine New Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Martin McCarrick’s Personal Secretary Title: Archdiocese of Newark Faces Nine New Sex Abuse Lawsuits Author: Autumn McClain Publisher: Top Class Actions Date: 27JUL2020 Nine new sex abuse lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Newark include allegations regarding seven clerics, including one cleric who hadn’t been accused before. The suits allege that some of these clerics were

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Opinion

Pope Francis Should Severely Punish Bishops Who Do Not Comply With The Guidance

Pope Francis Punish Bishops Title: Pope Francis Should Severely Punish Bishops Who Do Not Comply With The Guidance Author: The Post-Journal Opinion staff Publisher: The Post-Journal Date: 24JUL2020 Pope Francis is telling Roman Catholic leaders they must do what most people — including the overwhelming majority of the church’s faithful — would do without being

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News

Judge Denies Cardinal McCarrick’s Motion To Throw Out Child Sex Abuse Case

Judge Denies Uncle Ted Title: Judge Denies Cardinal McCarrick’s Motion To Throw Out Child Sex Abuse Case Author: Nahid Shaikh Publisher: Jeff Anderson and Associates Date: 24JUL2020 THE COURT REJECTED MCCARRICK’S ARGUMENT THAT HE WAS PREJUDICED IN HIS DEFENSE BECAUSE THE EVENTS OCCURRED YEARS AGO   (Newark, NJ) – Today Judge Lisa M. Adubato, Essex County

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