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| SNAP calls for honesty about sexual abuse - Friday, November 21, 2008 11-21-08 A lawsuit against a former priest in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington led victims of childhood sexual abuse,and their supporters, to urge parents to seek the truth. Members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, went to St. Edmond’s Academy in North Wilmington Thursday to distribute educational leaflets about Father Paul Daleo, a former staff member at the school, accused of sexually molesting young boys in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Joelle Casteix wants school officials to be honest, and says the suit alleges school administrators did nothing when they learned Daleo was assaulting students. (full story) |
| SNAP challeges George to 'open discussion' - Friday, November 21, 2008 11-21-08 Leaders of SNAP are issuing the invitation in response to criticism of their group by Cardinal Francis George’s PR woman in today’s Chicago Tribune. Colleen Dolan blasts SNAP for criticizing Coughlin, who is the chaplain for the US House of Representatives. At a news conference and in written statements, SNAP contends that Coughlin helped “conceal clergy sex crimes.” “Coughlin makes no mention of ever notifying police or parishioners about the accused clerics,” said Barbara Dorris, SNAP’s outreach director. “We want Coughlin to openly address this question and other questions about his role in keeping clergy sex crimes hidden.” (full story) |
| Gov't bonds issued for Catholic schools - Friday, November 21, 2008 11-21-08 The Orange County Industrial Development Authority issued $48 million in revenue bonds on Nov. 20 to build, enlarge or renovate 13 Catholic schools in Central Florida. The largest of the projects include the new $17.8 million school for Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Oviedo and an $11.5 million performing arts center and library at Holy Family Catholic School in Orlando. The remaining 11 projects, totaling $17.7 million, include school renovations and construction, athletic fields and centers, field houses and life centers throughout Orange, Seminole, Lake, Polk, Brevard and Marion counties. (full story) |
| 'You are still here!' say sociologists - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-19-08 Drs. Ewick and Steinberg have been attending affiliate meetings and interviewing VOTF members from the |
| Priest sues family that accused him of abuse - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-19-08 A priest facing felony child sex abuse charges in Montgomery County filed a civil lawsuit this week against the family that made the accusations against him. The Rev. John W. Broderick, 47, is seeking $500,000, alleging the family made false statements about him. A Montgomery County grand jury indicted Broderick in September on three felony counts of second-degree sexual abuse and a misdemeanor count of first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child. The indictment alleges Broderick, who authorities said was serving as the Palatine Bridge family's "spiritual advisor," abused three children between October 2005 and May 2007. It further alleges Broderick provided alcohol to a person under 21 in 2007. (full story) |
| Is homosexuality connected to sex abuse? - Thursday, November 20, 2008 10-17-08 Is there a direct connection between homosexual orientation and sexual abuse? No. Sexual orientation does not establish a proclivity towards sexual abuse. Both gay and straight priests have been involved in sex crimes against children and breaches in their fiduciary relationships with vulnerable adults. Is there a connection between homosexual politics in the priesthood and sexual abuse? Yes. The secrecy surrounding the illicit sexual activities of professed celibate and sexually continent priests compromises the moral integrity of the clergy and invites more predatory behavior to occur despite tougher church pronouncements against sexual abuse. (full story) |
| Residents protest arrival of priest - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-19-08 Fr. James Tully has been hiding out in churches around the world and is now taking refuge at the Xaverian Missionary Fathers residence in Wayne. In 1986-87, Tully, a Xaverian Missionary priest, sexually abused Bill Nash, when Nash was a young seminarian in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to Milwaukee Criminal Court documents. Tully also abused other Wisconsin kids, according to the documents, and abused youngsters in Boston according to a settlement by the Archdiocese of Boston. (full story) |
| Jogging naked priest must register as sex offender - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-20-08 A former Catholic priest who was found jogging naked in Frederick must register as a sex offender, a Weld County judge ordered today. "This incident is a manifestation of the substantial risk you pose to the community if you are left untreated," Judge Timothy Kerns said to Robert Whipkey during the half-hour sentencing hearing. State law required Whipkey to register, but the judge said he would have ordered it anyway. He also sentenced Whipkey to five years' probation and 100 hours of community service. (full story) |
| House of Rep. chaplain tied to abuser priest - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-19-08 From 1990 to 2000, the Rev. Daniel Coughlin — who is now the Chaplain of the House of Representatives — played a central role in the efforts of the Chicago Archdiocese to manage priests who had been accused of sexual abuse, according to newly released church documents, public records and interviews conducted by Roll Call. When the archdiocese removed an accused priest from ministry in the early 1990s, he was often sent to a facility that Coughlin ran, though Coughlin was not responsible for overseeing those men. Later in the decade, Coughlin served as the archdiocesan point man for counseling troubled priests, including those accused of sexual misconduct. (full story) |
| Abuse suit names O'Grady, Mahony - Thursday, November 20, 2008 11-20-08 Attorneys for a local man who said a notorious priest molested him as a boy filed a lawsuit Wednesday that also seeks to hold Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony responsible for allowing years of sexual abuse. This is one of many lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church stemming from Oliver O'Grady's alleged abuse but the first that tries to hold Mahony personally responsible, attorney John Manly said from the front steps of the San Joaquin County Superior Court. "Oliver O'Grady is a shark. He's a lion," Manly said. "And Cardinal Mahony was the lion tamer, and he opened the cage." (full story) |
| Mercure denies guilt - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11-19-08 Rev. Gary Mercure, 60, faces sexual abuse charges in the Berkshires, where two men in their early 30s claim Mercure forcibly raped them in 1986 and 1989. Mercure, who was indicted last month by a Berkshire grand jury, faces possible life imprisonment if convicted of the felony counts. The statute of limitations to bring criminal charges against Mercure in New York had expired by the time the abuse allegations came to light there but New York authorities helped Massachusetts officials with their investigation, culminating in last month's direct indictment by a Berkshire grand jury. The statute of limitations in sexual assault cases is longer in Massachusetts. (full story) |
| Financial cost of child abuse staggering - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11-18-08 The Cost of Child Abuse in Australia, a joint research report, found that the real cost of child abuse to the Australian community in 2007 was $10.7 billion, and could be as high as $30.1 billion, including the monetary value of the pain and suffering that they experience. The report has also found that the number of cases of abuse in our community may be five times higher than the official figures. (full story) |
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