IL - Joliet priest is ousted again
- Joliet priest is ousted again
- Bishop reverses decision to restore predator to ministry
- SNAP suspects that other victims of cleric have reported
- Victims want some “straight answers” & “real outreach”
- And SNAP wants prelate to step down as head of abuse panel
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CA - Family offers reward for clues on priest's death
- Family offers reward for clues on priest's death
- Cleric was sexually abused at Los Gatos hospital
- Then he reported the crimes to a notorious predator
- Soon after, victim died in mysterious circumstances
- Jesuits settled wrongful death suit, but family wants answers
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RI - Clergy sex abuse case advances
- Clergy sex abuse case advance
- RI-based Catholic order is sued
- Small group has “very high rate” of child sex crimes
- Ten of its clerics are or have been alleged molesters
- Two organizations want Attorney General to launch investigations
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NH - Two clergy sex abuse cases settle
- Two clergy sex cases settle
- Victims urge bishop to do outreach
- On his 1 year anniversary, SNAP prods NH’s top Catholic official
- "Go beyond bare minimum," group says, “and visit predators’ parishes”
- “And put names of pedophile priests on your website,” support group begs
- SNAP: For kids’ safety & victims’ healing, “it’s the LEAST any Catholic diocese should do”
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IL - Victims want Cardinal to oust colleague
- Victims want Cardinal to oust colleague
- They demand that Joliet bishop be pushed out
- Prelate heads US Catholic child sex abuse panel
- But he’s putting a suspended predator priest back on the job
- The charges against the priest are “credible,” local church officials admit
- Still, Bishop Conlon restores him to ministry, citing obscure 1917 church policy
- “Dangerous and hurtful betrayal” makes it crucial for George to act, SNAP says
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KC - Newly named accused predator is sued
- Predator priest is sued
- He’s named for 1st time as an offender
- Diocese has remained silent about for eleven years
- Crimes happened at motels, rectory, retreats, & church parking lots
- Victims group begs bishop to post names of other pedophile priests
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IL - Ousted predator priest to be reinstated
- Ousted predator priest to be reinstated
- He was removed in 2010 after allegations
- Local Catholic officials deemed charges “credible”
- But now Vatican forces them to put priest back, they claim
- Joliet’s bishop is head of US bishops’ child sex abuse panel
- Move is “extraordinarily reckless and callous,” SNAP maintains
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MO - Victims beg 2 Catholic panels for action
- Victims beg 2 Catholic panels for action
- They also want priest away from women’s shelter
- KC cleric is sued for repeatedly raping a teenaged girl
- SNAP writes to national & KC church "review boards"
- Both are “stunningly silent” about bishop’s conviction, group says
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NV - Accused priest now runs women’s shelter
- Accused priest now runs women’s shelter
- He is being sued for raping a teenaged girl
- Victims urge bishop to “stop him & warn others”
- In 2010, cleric was named in a “horrific” abuse & cover up case
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MO - Victims seek Vatican rebuke
- Victims seek Vatican rebuke
- They want Pope to discipline KC bishop
- Group also urges head of US prelates to act
- SNAP blasts Finn for his latest legal maneuver
- His lawyers claim that accused predator priest isn't “employee”
- And victims want diocesan abuse training 'outsourced' to independent agency
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MO - Victims urge "careful deliberation" in bishop's case
- Victims urge "careful deliberation" in bishop's case
- It's the 1st time ever Catholic prelate faces jail time
- Highest ranking church official to ever to stand trial
- If "guilty," SNAP begs judge to issue maximum sentence
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CA - Lawsuit says Catholic officials misled victims
- Lawsuit says Catholic officials misled victims
- Santa Fe Springs school is 1st target of new ruling
- Woman says church paid for counseling but deceived her
- Court decision will expose more predators, SNAP believes
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Sex abuse victims will present Saginaw Bishop Cistone with a letter
- Saginaw Bishop Joseph Cistone to be named in child sex abuse case in Philadelphia
- Sex abuse victims will present Bishop Cistone with a letter
- They want “full transparency” on Bishops role in Philadelphia abuse case
- And they want to know if diocesan funds are being used for Cistone’s legal defense
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GA - Third Poandl Victim Comes Forward
- 3rd victim of pedophile priest files police report
- Separate abuse allegation led to his ouster in Feb.
- Cleric is accused for the third time in three years
- As recently as 2010, priest was put back into Georgia parish
- Victims will hand out fliers &deliver letter to Atlanta’s archbishop
- “Accused predator should be put in treatment center,” group says
- SNAP: “Catholic officials should help get child molesting cleric prosecuted”
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IL - New child sex case filed against cleric
- New child sex case filed against cleric
- It’s the first time he’s been publicly accused
- Catholic brother was dean of discipline at school
- He’s accused of repeatedly abusing St. Rita High School student
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