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Ash Wednesday brings memories of clergy abuse scandal

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · News

LOS ANGELES — Christians throughout the Southland are observing Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seek spiritual renewal through prayer, self-denial and good works.
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes of the foreheads of the faithful as a [...]

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Victims Criticize Dolan’s Handling Of Clergy Abuse Cases

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · News

While Archbishop Timothy Dolan has been credited with reaching out to victims of abuse by the clergy, some charge he hasn’t gone nearly far enough. NY1’s Dean Meminger filed the following report.
As a child, Peter Isely says he was raped by a Catholic priest in Milwaukee. And in his eyes, Archbishop Timothy Dolan hasn’t done [...]

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DPS Board Member and Pastor May Not Be Fit Parent

December 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News

DETROIT — Almost nine months after six children were removed from his care for allegations of abuse and neglect, Detroit Public Schools board member Reverend David Murray has failed to persuade authorities he is fit to have them back.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Mark T. Slavens, who had made the youths temporary wards pending investigation of [...]

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Ex-pastor Sentenced In Videotaped Sex Assaults

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · News

Putnam man gets 45 years for abusing underage relatives
WINFIELD, W.Va. - A former Putnam County pastor was sentenced to a maximum of 45 years in prison Monday morning after pleading guilty to videotaping himself sexually abusing three relatives and his stepdaughter.
Putnam County Circuit Court Judge O.C. Spaulding sentenced Paul D. Smeltzer, 40, to 17 to [...]

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Church Plans Talks Over Likely Abuse Inquiry Fallout

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin (pictured) is planning a series of meetings for priests in the Dublin diocese to discuss the likely fall-out from the commission of inquiry into abuse by Catholic priests who served there.
The commission, an independent state-appointed body which carried out its work in private, is expected to publish its report early in [...]

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