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Updated: Dec 08, 2014 10:42 PM PST, by Jolene Toves

Guam - With recent controversies emerging within the Catholic Church, a new organization led by parishoners has formed to be the voice of the Catholic community. Catholics from parishes across the island have organized to form the non-profit group called Concerned Catholics of Guam to investigate recent controversies within the Archdiocese of Agana and its management.

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On December 3, 2014, the Vatican Information Service issued a Declaration “on the situation regarding the ex-nuncio Msgr. [Jozef] Wesolowski.”

By Eric Kurhi, [email protected]  

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Victim advocates Friday called for the ouster of a psychiatrist and former priest who has practiced at El Camino Hospital for decades, citing accusations that he had molested two teenage girls years ago.

Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:00 am  From staff reports  

A Texas jury on Tuesday sentenced a former Catholic priest and Omaha native who once served in Nebraska to 30 years in prison for the aggravated sexual assault of a 16-year-old, according to a report by a San Antonio television station.

Updated TODAY, December 3, 2014     By Van Darden  Web - News Editor  KSAT.com

Boston Globe Editorials   December 2, 2014

Madeleine Baran · St. Paul, Minn. · Dec 1, 2014

By Rod Dreher • November 26, 2014, 2:20 PM

I want to bring you up to date on a couple of stories we’ve been talking about a lot on this blog in the past few days.  First, I want to thank a reader for sending me this story as a follow-up to  . . .

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Source: AAP 26 NOV 2014 - 5:20 PM 

The UN Committee against Torture is this week expected to address the powers of Australia's child abuse royal commission, with implications for Australian-Vatican relations.

By Rod Dreher • November 24, 2014, 1:20 PM

Pope Francis this past September named an American Jesuit, Fr. Robert Geisinger, formerly the head of the Chicago Jesuits, to be the Vatican’s top prosecutor for serious crimes, including child sexual abuse.