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Attorney general's office executes search warrant at Altoona-Johnstown diocese; action may be tied to Baker abuse case

By Dave Sutor,  [email protected]  Posted: Saturday, August 8, 2015 11:42 pm  The Tribune Democrat

HOLLIDAYSBURG – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office executed a search warrant on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown on Friday.

Officials from the AG’s office would neither confirm nor deny the information.


Jehovah's boss to appear at abuse inquiry

SBS TV, SBS.com.AU  10 Aug 2015 - 7:24pm  Source: AAP

One of the most senior members of the Jehovah's Witnesses will appear before the child abuse royal commission in Sydney this week.


Mother and baby homes: Infant died every fortnight for two decades at home

By Conall Ó Fátharta, Irish Examiner, Friday, August 07, 2015

The 2014 inter-departmental report on mother-and-baby homes listed just 25 infant deaths in Bessborough mother-and-baby home, in Cork, despite two departments having figures that showed 500 deaths.


Authorities: Jehovah's Witnesses didn't report child sex abuse involving congregation members

By RANDALL CHASE  Associated Press, August 05, 2015 - 3:04 pm EDT

DOVER, Delaware — The Delaware attorney general's office is suing a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Sussex County, claiming that elders failed to report an unlawful sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were congregation members.


Milwaukee archdiocese's settlement plan stuns sex abuse victims

The Milwaukee archdiocese has put forth what it hopes is the final settlement plan that will end the church's nearly 5-year-old bankruptcy case, but victims of childhood sex abuse who filed claims against the archdiocese said they are stunned by the latest proposal. They allege that the $21 million allocated to victims is much smaller than that awarded in other bankruptcies and that it pits victim against victim.


Last papal visit traumatic for some abuse victims

Bill White, The Morning Call , Monday August 3, 2015

Robert Corby of Bethlehem tells a story about the time ex-football star Franco Harris visited Northampton Community College to lead a town hall meeting about how Penn State handled the Jerry Sandusky scandal.


Where's 'Father Manuel'? Police hunting fugitive priest, teacher accused of raping N.J. teen

By Mark Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  on July 30, 2015 at 7:15 AM, updated July 30, 2015 at 9:26 AM

Twelve years ago, amid allegations he raped a 15-year-old boy in the rectory of a Plainfield church, the Rev. Manuel Gallo Espinoza vanished.


Lawsuit alleges child sexual abuse in Friends organization

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PORTLAND — A lawsuit filed July 17 in Multnomah County Circuit Court alleges that child sexual abuse occurred in the Friends (Quaker) church in Newberg from approximately 1987 to 1991.


Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed notes about child sex abuse, inquiry told

Australian Associated Press Monday 27 July 2015 


'This cannot happen': Boulder judge sentences VineLife Church leaders for not reporting sex assault

By Alex Burness Staff Writer POSTED: 07/23/2015 07:08:03 PM MDT

Seeking to send a message, a Boulder County judge exceeded prosecutors' requests Thursday in ordering two VineLife Church officials to serve 10 days in jail or on a work crew for failing to report sexual-assault allegations levied against the church's youth pastor in 2013.


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