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Gozo Bishop slams delay in Church abuse probe
Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 07:27
It is “unacceptable” for the Church to take eight years to investigate allegations of priestly abuse, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech said.
Clergy Abuse Victims Urged To Come Forward
By Rebekah Rae. CREATED Nov 2, 2014
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) A former pastor who served at an Omaha church is accused of sexually abusing a minor. Two years after his death, the church announced a priest thousands trusted is accused of sex crimes.
Jehovah's Witnesses Ordered to Pay $13.5M to Bible Teacher's Alleged Victim
Friday, Oct 31, 2014 • Updated at 8:07 AM PDT
Judge denies request to seal depositions of Catholic priests
Posted: Oct 30, 2014 7:18 PM CDT
By Krista Corrigan
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC)-- On Thursday afternoon, an Olmsted County District Court judge denied a request to seal the depositions of three Catholic priests. These priests potentially had knowledge of a former Rochester Boy Scout Leader sexually abusing children.
Documents contradict Nienstedt testimony on priest's sexual assault
Archbishop John Nienstedt gave a false statement under oath about his knowledge of a priest's criminal conviction for sexually assaulting a child, letters obtained by MPR News show.
NEW INFORMATION: Fmr. youth pastor among suspects in child sex trafficking, exploitation case
By Mike Lopez and Jenny You
October 20, 2014
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- Nine arrests have been made in connection to child sex crimes in the Chippewa Valley, and investigators say one of the suspects is a former youth pastor at an Eau Claire church.
Kansas City diocese agrees to settle 30 lawsuits for $10 million
By Judy L. Thomas of the Kansas City Star
October 14, 2014
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle 30 lawsuits that alleged sexual abuse by priests.
That action came on the eve of jury deliberations after an 11-day trial in a case filed by a former altar boy.
SNAP Hands Out Leaflets On Investigation Into Pastor Outside St. Alphonsus
By Nancy Harty
October 12, 2014
(CBS) — Priest sex abuse survivors leafleted outside a Catholic church on Chicago’s North Side Sunday to draw attention to an ongoing investigation, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty.
Trial date approaches for Ursuline sisters
A courtroom in Helena, Mont., could be the scene of a rare occurrence in the decades-long crisis of sex abuse in the Catholic church: Roman Catholic women religious as defendants.
Child sex abuse victims face hurdles seeking redress in court
To many survivors of childhood molestation in Japan, seeking retribution from their abusers has been unimaginably difficult.
