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MO - Parents sue diocese; their abused son committed suicide

September 06, 2011

New clergy sex suit filed by parents
Their son, suit says, was driven to suicide
Accused priest was police department chaplain
New legal action means KC monsignor is Missouri’s “most sued pedophile”
He faces 27 lawsuits and was reported to church officials as far back as 1972
Yet child molesting cleric remains a priest today; Bishop won’t ask Vatican to defrock him

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MO - Shocking new clergy abuse case is filed

September 01, 2011

Man says two priests molested him as a kid
He also witnessed 3 other boys being abuse
One of them, he says, later committed suicide
One of the predators has never been accused before
That cleric is still on the job today in northern Missouri

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MA - Springfield diocese releases accused clerics list

September 01, 2011

But dozens of alleged abusers are missing, SNAP says
Group is grateful but says names are “very hard to find”
For "public safety," victims push for "more accessible disclosure”
Two alleged offender priests are publicly identified for the first time
SNAP “Diocese should also name abusive nuns, bishops, seminarians & lay workers”

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IL - Priest is investigated about abuse

August 31, 2011

Archdiocese has put him "on restriction"
He's accused of molesting a girl in the 1970s
SNAP blasts Cardinal for not suspending cleric
And group says he "continues secrecy & recklessness"
Private email from church official to victim is released
George is also blasted for new agreement with lawyers

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CA - Victims want pedophile jailed

August 26, 2011

Court hearing is set for tomorrow
Prosecutors try to keep priest locked up
They’re using new “sexually violent predator” law
Group wants LA’s current & former church heads to help
Both Mahony and Gomez should write judge, SNAP feels

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MO - New lawsuit filed against predator priest

August 25, 2011

Cleric was credibly accused earlier this year
Abuse survivors react to news of grand jury investigation

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MO - Abuse victims prod prosecutor

August 24, 2011

They want grand jury investigation into church
Twice, SNAP has written Buchanan County official
But so far, support group has gotten no response from him
They repeat their plea to KC bishop to write families of St. Joe students
If he refuses, then local school principals should do this ‘simple outreach,’ SNAP says
Controversial cleric also spent time at a third church in the area while pastor was sick

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RI - Convicted predator now works for non-profit

August 23, 2011

Clergy abuse victims want the public to be warned
He’s defrocked and is listed as a registered sex offender
His crimes spanned decades and were as recent as 2001
Group worries ex-cleric may still be around “vulnerable people”
And they worry about two recently arrested RI Catholic deacons too

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