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Former priest at Schaumburg church sued for sexual abuse
A former parishioner at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Schaumburg sued an ex-Roman Catholic priest and the Archdiocese of Chicago in Cook County Circuit Court on Thursday, accusing the former church leader of sexual abuse. According to the complaint,...
Tags: Schaumburg, Roman Catholicism, Health and Medical Professionals, Sex Crimes, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
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Police investigating sex abuse allegations at Anne Arundel Catholic school
Anne Arundel County police are investigating sexual abuse allegations by a former student at Monsignor Slade Catholic School in Glen Burnie, officials of the Archdiocese of Baltimore said Wednesday. In a letter posted on the archdiocese website and...
Tags: Glen Burnie, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Police Investigations
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Uganda priest ostracized for publicizing sexual abuse
KAMPALA, Uganda — He is a celebrity across eastern and central Africa, a gospel music star known to many as the "Dancing Priest." But for years he also was a keeper of painful secrets — his own and many others'. In going public, Anthony...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Music, Roman Catholicism, Africa, BBC
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Love to attend your wedding, but God said no
It's not surprising that the leading Roman Catholic churchman in Rhode Island is disappointed that the state has legalized same-sex marriage. But in reacting to what he called “this immoral and unnecessary proposition,” Bishop Thomas J....Tags: Roman Catholicism, Weddings, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Religion and Belief
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Banned priest not monitored
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — Five years after church officials ordered the Rev. Carroll Howlin to stop functioning as a missionary priest in this isolated mountain community, Joliet diocesan leaders received a letter from a suburban pastor that illuminated...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, OxyContin (drug)
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FEATURE-Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - For years, headlines about Catholic schools in the United States have told gloomy tales of falling enrollment and multiple closings. Between 2000 and 2013, 2,090 U.S. Catholic schools closed or...Tags: Immigration, Chicago Tribune, Teaching and Learning, Bronx (New York City), Roman Catholicism
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Ex-Catholic has no right to Church job -German court
Reuters* Teacher had challenged dismissal from charity job * Quit Church in protest over sex abuse scandal, other issues * Court decision victory for Protestant, Catholic churches By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS, April 25 (Reuters) - Germany's top...Tags: Labor Legislation, Separation of Church and State, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Good Friday
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Joliet Diocese did not detail priest's past, hospital says
The Joliet Diocese acknowledges church officials allowed a Roman Catholic priest to serve as a hospital chaplain even though the bishop declared him unfit for parish ministry because of "inappropriate behavior" with a boy years earlier. The Rev....
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Hospitals and Clinics, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Punishment
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Pope wants church to 'act decisively' on abuse
ROME -- Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to "act decisively" to end the sexual abuse of minors by priests, the Vatican said Friday. At a meeting with the head of the Vatican's doctrinal department, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, Francis...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Vatican City, John Paul II, Sex Crimes, Francis I
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Letters: The next pope
Re "What we need in a pope," Opinion, March 3 The several different opinions by Roman Catholics collected and published by The Times on the hoped-for qualities of the next pope encompass a wide spectrum. But reading these short Op-Ed pieces, one...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, AIDS, Benedict XVI, Abusive Behavior, Religion and Belief
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Chicagoans studying at Rome seminary inspired to bring history home
— Chris Kerzich of Bedford Park had moved to Washington to enter politics when former Pope Benedict XVI came to the nation's capital and inspired him to pursue public service of a different kind. The Rev. James Wallace of Winnetka heard the call...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Seminaries, Politics, Fishing, Benedict XVI
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Area clergy, residents hail newly elected pope for his humble life
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.com and holly.shok@herald-mail.comThe Roman Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope, who lived in a small apartment and used public transportation as a cardinal, sparked excitement among Tri-State area clergy and church members Thursday. Members of the clergy in the Tri-State...Tags: George Ryan, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Politics, Benedict XVI
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