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New York’s Catholic church leaders control billions outside the reach of abuse survivors

New York Catholic Bishops Title: New York’s Catholic church leaders control billions outside the reach of abuse survivors Author: Edward McKinley Publisher: The Times Union Date: 11FEB2021 ALBANY — The Catholic bishops of New York sold a lucrative insurance business they controlled and stored the proceeds in a foundation they also administer, keeping billions out

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Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops

McCarrick Report Mute Bishops Title: Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR Online) Date: 17NOV2020 The first day of the plenary meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was disappointing in virtually every regard. Indeed, the only good idea to come from this virtual

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Pontifical Secret

Pontifical Secrecy Rule Lifted in Clergy Sexual Abuse Cases

Pontifical Secret Sexual Abuse Title: Pontifical Secrecy Rule Lifted in Clergy Sexual Abuse Cases Author: Feeney Law Firm Staff Publisher: Feeney Law Firm Date: 26OCT2020 In December of 2019 the Vatican issued an instruction called On the Confidentiality of Legal Proceedings which essentially removed the pontifical secrecy rule related to clergy sexual abuse or misconduct

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Child Sexual Abuse

A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Expert on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85

Sipe Clergy Sex Abuse Title: A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Expert on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85 Author: Sharon Otterman Publisher: The New York Times Date: 09AUG2018 A. W. Richard Sipe, a researcher, psychotherapist and former priest who spent his life studying the roots of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, becoming one

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Lawsuit: Diocese of Alexandria frequently moved priest accused of sexual abuse

Diocese of Alexandria Lawsuit Title: Lawsuit: Diocese of Alexandria frequently moved priest accused of sexual abuse Author: Melissa Gregory Publisher: Alexandria Town Talk Date: 22AUG2020 A lawsuit filed this month in Alexandria calls a Catholic priest a “diseased pedophile who raped and sexually assaulted many young boys.” The priest, the Rev. Leo Van Hoorn, was among

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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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U.S. Catholic Church Received Billions in Taxpayer Funds from Paycheck Protection Program

Catholic Billions Taxpayer Funds Title: U.S. Catholic Church Received Billions in Taxpayer Funds from Paycheck Protection Program Authors: Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes AP Publisher: Time via AP Date: 10JULY2020 (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus

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Final Reports and Publications

The 2019 Annual Report on the Implementation of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People”

USCCB Child Protection Report Title: The 2019 Annual Report on the Implementation of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” Author: prepared by the Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection for the National Review Board and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It was authorized by the USCCB President, Archbishop

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