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Analysis: After McCarrick report, US bishops have Zoom meeting

Zoom Meeting US Bishops Title: Analysis: After McCarrick report, US bishops have Zoom meeting Author: JD Flynn Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 06NOV2020 Like a lot of people, U.S. Catholic bishops are spending a great deal of time in Zoom meetings these days. In fact in less than two weeks, their annual fall meeting

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One N.J. Catholic diocese has filed for bankruptcy. Will the other 4 follow?

NJ Catholic Dioceses Bankruptcies Title: One N.J. Catholic diocese has filed for bankruptcy. Will the other 4 follow? Author: Kelly Heyboer Publisher: NJ.Com Date: 20OCT2020 The debt began overwhelming the Diocese of Camden late last year. Faced with a flood of priest abuse victims applying to the New Jersey Independent Victims Compensation Program, the Catholic

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Former De La Salle principal, fellow religious brother accused of molesting student in 1980s

Richard Langenstein Robert Gandara Title: Former De La Salle principal, fellow religious brother accused of molesting student in 1980s Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: Nola.com Date: 21SEP2020 A former principal of De La Salle High and a subordinate are accused of sexually molesting one of the Uptown school’s students in the 1980s, according to a

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Bankruptcy judge sets deadline for filing clergy abuse claims against diocese

Child Victims Act expires Title: Bankruptcy judge sets deadline for filing clergy abuse claims against diocese Author: Jay Tokasz Publisher: The Buffalo News Date: 11SEP2020 Sexual abuse victims will have until next August to file a claim against the Buffalo Diocese in federal bankruptcy proceedings. Chief Judge Carl L. Bucki of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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WATCH NOW: Father Mark White and supporters stage second vigil in Richmond, file second appeal to Vatican

Watch Now Father Mark Title: WATCH NOW: Father Mark White and supporters stage second vigil in Richmond, file second appeal to Vatican Author: Bill Wyatt Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 19AUG2020 Father Mark White of Martinsville and his supporters took their peaceful protest back to the steps of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond

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W Virginia’s Catholic bishop says emeritus Bishop Bransfield not in contact

Missing Bishop Michael Bransfield Title: W Virginia’s Catholic bishop says emeritus Bishop Bransfield not in contact Author: Kevin J. Jones Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 15AUG2020 Denver Newsroom, Aug 15, 2020 / 03:01 pm MT (CNA).- Bishop Michael Bransfield, who headed West Virginia’s only Catholic diocese before retiring amid scandal, has not communicated with

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WATCH NOW: Father Mark White appeals to Washington’s Archbishop. Next stop: Rome

Father Mark White Washington Title: WATCH NOW: Father Mark White appeals to Washington’s Archbishop. Next stop: Rome Author: Bill Wyatt Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 03AUG2020 After being shunned at the doorsteps of a Richmond bishop and now also at the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States in Washington, D.C., Father Mark White of Martinsville and

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Victims advocate demands transparency as Camden Diocese suspends compensation fund

Catholic Church Crying Poor Title: Victims advocate demands transparency as Camden Diocese suspends compensation fund Author: P. Kenneth Burns Publisher: WHYY Date: 03AUG2020 The Diocese of Camden’s decision to suspend its participation in New Jersey’s compensation fund for victims of clergy sexual abuse is being met with skepticism from a victims advocate. In an announcement

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Camden’s Roman Catholic diocese suspends payments to clergy abuse victims, citing COVID-19 financial stress

Camden COVID19 Clergy Abuse Title: Camden’s Roman Catholic diocese suspends payments to clergy abuse victims, citing COVID-19 financial stress Author: Jeremy Roebuck Publisher: The Philadelphia Inquirer Date:  31JUL2020 Citing financial losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden said Friday that it would halt payments from a clergy sex-abuse victim fund

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