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Rancor on Springfield Diocesan Review Board leads to resignations, lapse in faith

Springfield Diocesan Review Board Title: Rancor on Springfield Diocesan Review Board leads to resignations, lapse in faith Author: Stephanie Barry Publisher: MassLive Date: 11JUL2020 SPRINGFIELD — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield’s volunteer Diocesan Review Board has begun bleeding members in the wake of the so-called Weldon Report, with one intending to abandon the church

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‘The whole truth’: Bankruptcy judge urged to unseal records of alleged abusive New Orleans priest

NOLA Bankruptcy Whole Truth Title: ‘The whole truth’: Bankruptcy judge urged to unseal records of alleged abusive New Orleans priest Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: NOLA Date: 10JUL2020 Attorneys for a man who alleges he was preyed upon by a New Orleans priest suspected of molesting “countless children” wants a federal bankruptcy judge to unseal reams

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New Orleans Clergy Abuse Plaintiff Aims to Move Bankruptcy-halted Case Out of Federal Court

Clergy Abuse New Orleans Title: New Orleans Clergy Abuse Plaintiff Aims to Move Bankruptcy-halted Case Out of Federal Court Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas (The New Orleans Advocate) Publisher: WWLTV Date: 08JUL2020 “The longer this case stays in federal court, … the more likely the pedophile priests will die before receiving civil or criminal justice.” NEW ORLEANS —

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Suit against Scranton Diocese alleges abuse, cover-up by repeat-offender priest

Scranton Diocese Abuse CoverUp Title: Suit against Scranton Diocese alleges abuse, cover-up by repeat-offender priest Author: Patrick Kernan Publisher: Times Leader Date: 07JUL2020 Rev. Robert Caparelli had predatory history, served time WILKES-BARRE — A Berks County man filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Scranton on Tuesday, claiming the diocese conspired to cover up evidence

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Ex-Philly priest pleads guilty to decades-old sex assaults of altar boys

Philadelphia Francis Trauger Guilty Title: Ex-Philly priest pleads guilty to decades-old sex assaults of altar boys Author: Vinny Vella The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Publisher: Herald-Mail Media Date: 08JUL2020 PHILADELPHIA — After decades of dodging allegations of abusing children, a disgraced former Catholic priest pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting two altar boys in Bucks County decades

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Polish Church faces reckoning over sex abuse

Polish Church Abuse Reckoning Title: Polish Church faces reckoning over sex abuse Author: Anna Maria Jakubek                  {Agence-France Press (AFP)} Publisher:  Yahoo News via AFP Date: 08JUL2020 Jakub Pankowiak’s story of sexual abuse by a priest is part of a documentary called “Hide and Seek”. Jakub Pankowiak’s story of

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Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders

Priest Jupin Clergy Abuse Title: Albany Diocese adds deceased Capital Region priest to list of offenders Author: Cayla Harris Publisher: Times Union Date: 07JUL2020 Rev. Alan Jupin, who died in 2019, allegedly molested five minors in ’70s, ’80s, ’90s ALBANY – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany  on Tuesday added Rev. Alan Jupin – who

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Primate of Poland: Church must rebuild trust amid abuse crisis

Trust Poland Clergy Abuse Title: Primate of Poland: Church must rebuild trust amid abuse crisis Author: CNA Staff Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 06JUL2020 CNA Staff, Jul 6, 2020 / 09:00 am MT (CNA).- The Catholic Church can only rebuild trust in its handling of clerical abuse by “taking responsibility for clarifying all crimes and

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Honour recognises Royal Commission role and a lifelong fight for the vulnerable

Francis Sullivan Clergy Abuse Title: Honour recognises Royal Commission role and a lifelong fight for the vulnerable Author: Genevieve Jacobs Publisher: The Riot-ACT Date: 10JUN2020 For years, as the horror of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse unfolded in the news and on our television screens, a familiar Canberra face also appeared.

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Gulag Dispatch #6: What Does ‘Justice for Father Mark’ Mean?

Justice For Father Mark? Title: Gulag Dispatch #6: What Does ‘Justice for Father Mark’ Mean? Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 04JUL2020 On March 19, Bishop Barry Knestout wrote to the parishioners of Rocky Mount and Martinsville. The bishop indicted your unworthy servant for the crime of “working against the unity of

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