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New accuser of Theodore McCarrick alleges the ex-cardinal orchestrated abuse involving other clerics

New accuser Theodore McCarrick Title: New accuser of Theodore McCarrick alleges the ex-cardinal orchestrated abuse involving other clerics Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date:  22JUL2020 Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, already laicized and the subject of a Vatican investigation, is accused in a newly filed lawsuit of orchestrating the abuse of minor boys by multiple

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“Unprecedented” decision to treble compensation paid to Birmingham abuse victims

“Unprecedented” Birmingham Clergy Abuse Title: “Unprecedented” decision to treble compensation paid to Birmingham abuse victims Author: Catherine Pepinster Publisher: The Tablet Date: 21JUL2020 According to one expert, it is the first time in 25 years that a further offer of financial compensation has been made to victims. The Archdiocese of Birmingham has made an unprecedented

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Catholic newspaper questions how Nashville Diocese handled sex abuse complaint

Nashville Diocese Sexual Abuse Title: Catholic newspaper questions how Nashville Diocese handled sex abuse complaint Author: Ben Hall Publisher: News Channel 5 Date:  22JUL2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Catholic Diocese of Nashville is defending how it handled a sexual abuse allegation against a priest who served as chaplain on the Dominican Campus in Nashville.An

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Zero tolerance for clerical sexual abuse of children

Zero Tolerance Clergy Abuse Title: Zero tolerance for clerical sexual abuse of children Author: UCA News Reporter, New Delhi Publisher: UCA News Date: 21JUL2020 Indian bishops back new Vatican guidelines that call for even vague and anonymous claims to be investigated. Catholic bishops in India have agreed to follow new Vatican guidelines to investigate allegations of

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Paedophile priest Vincent Ryan released on parole from Long Bay Prison

Pope Defrock Vincent Ryan Title: Paedophile priest Vincent Ryan released on parole from Long Bay Prison Author: Mark Reddie Publisher: ABC News Date: 21JUL2020 Notorious paedophile priest Vince Ryan has walked free on parole from a Sydney jail having served less than half of his sentence for the historic sexual abuse of two altar boys

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The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool

The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Title: The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 18JUL2020 [A long and complicated story, dear reader. And painful. But true. And important.] In volume III of her historical study Rite of Sodomy, Randy Engel describes how she began an extended personal correspondence with an inmate

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Lessons learned: St. Louis archbishop-elect leaves a community still reeling from a bombshell report on clergy sex abuse

Weldon Rozanski Clergy Abuse Title: Lessons learned: St. Louis archbishop-elect leaves a community still reeling from a bombshell report on clergy sex abuse Author: Jesse Bogan Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Date: 18JUL2020 ST. LOUIS — A narrator’s voice on a show about the Sistine Chapel triggered John Doe’s memories of horror he experienced as a

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George Pell’s logic on child sex abuse is flawed

George Pell Trucking Company Title: George Pell’s logic on child sex abuse is flawed Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: Sydney Morning Herald Date: 24AUG2014 When it comes to the Catholic Church’s response to priests’ sex abuse crimes, the parable of the Good Samaritan is apposite, writes Kieran Tapsell. In his video appearance before the Royal Commission

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