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| Pulling Vatican into US, European courts - Friday, April 09, 2010 4-8-10 Two pending federal lawsuits seek to pull the Vatican into U.S. courts over claims that it is liable for damages to victims of sexual abuse by priests. And in Britain, attorneys are said to be investigating whether Pope Benedict XVI himself might be charged, when he goes to England and Scotland in September, with crimes against humanity over the alleged mishandling of sexual abuse cases. (full story) |
| Pope willing to meet with more victims - Friday, April 09, 2010 4-9-10 The Vatican changed its tone and sought to reach out to victims of the sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church, saying Friday that Pope Benedict XVI is willing to meet with them and take part in the church's healing process. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi defended Benedict as a pastor worthy of respect and support in the face of the "unfounded" allegations. But he also focused on the victim's needs. (full story) |
| Levada successfully sued by whistleblower priest - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-7-10 Choosing Cardinal William Levada to bring justice to the Vatican was always problematic, given his record as archbishop of San Francisco and before that, Portland, Ore. Levada used the same tactics of other bishops in sheltering perpetrators, which spurred civil lawsuits and bad headlines. Moreover, Levada stands alone among American bishops in having been sued, successfully, by a whistle-blowing priest, Jon Conley, who reported another priest to the police for making sexual advances on a teenage boy. Father Conley received a six-figure settlement from the archdiocese. Conley's struggle offers a cameo of what's wrong in the Vatican today. (full story) |
| Case settled against priest convicted in 2005 - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-8-10 Jane Doe alleged she was repeatedly stalked, harassed, and even sexually assaulted by Fr. Wladyslaw Gorak, between 2004 and 2005, while Gorak worked as a priest in Lakeland, Florida. Gorak, ordained in Poland, began working as a priest in Newark in 1998. Documents obtained by the Plaintiff reveals that other priests and church employees in Newark raised concerns about Gorak, including his sexually inappropriate behaviors with women prior to his transfer to Orlando in 2004. In 1998, the Archbishop of Newark, Theodore McCarrick, was informed of the complaints about Gorak, according to the evidence. In 2001, two different New Jersey police departments investigated Gorak for stalking a female parishioner. Gorak began working in the Diocese of Orlando in January 2004. (full story) |
| French bishop admits accepting Canadian pedophile - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-8-10 Jacques Gaillot, a retired French bishop, said Monday that it was a mistake to take the St. Vincent de Paul order priest, Denis Vadeboncoeur, into his diocese in the 1980s, but added that "back then, that's how the church operated." "We were being helpful. We were asked to take in an undesirable priest and we agreed," said Gaillot, the former bishop of Evreux, west of Paris. (full story) |
| New Zealand pedophile monks released on parole - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-7-10 One of the men has been brought back into the fold of his Catholic Order, which will give him a home in Australia once his parole period is up. The Order of St John of God says it is the best way to care for and supervise him, but a former member of the Order's professional standards committee says he is being hidden and protected. (full story) |
| Dutch victims redirected - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-8-10 1300 people who submitted a complaint about sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church are to receive a letter this week informing them how they should proceed. The complaints were handed in via the website of a church-run organisation, Help and Justice. The abuse victims will have to make a separate complaint to the Deetman Commission if they want their case to be included in the independent inquiry. Help and Justice is not allowed to pass on complaints to the commission for reasons of confidentiality. (full story) |
| Vatican silent when Norwegian bishop ousted - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-8-10 The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that Georg Mueller quit as bishop in Norway in May 2009. The sex abuse occurred some 20 years ago, when Mueller was a priest. He became bishop of Trondheim in 1997. The Vatican learned of the allegations in January 2009, launching an internal investigation that resulted in the resignation. Meuller’s departure at the time was attributed to a clash in management styles, according to local media reports. The Church now says the case was not initially made public at the request of the victim. (full story) |
| Costa Rican pres. says it's time to end celibacy - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-7-10 President Oscar Arias says forbidding priests from sexual relations goes against nature and the church should "correct that error."Arias won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating in Central American conflicts. He leaves the presidency in May, when the first woman elected president in Costa Rica will replace him. (full story) |
| Southern Catholic College closes - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-7-10 In an email sent out to students, faculty and staff this morning from Father Shawn Aaron, president of Southern Catholic College shared the news that as of Thursday, April 15, Southern Catholic College will be closing its doors for the semester. The college, which is located one hour north of Atlanta in Dawsonville, Ga., was founded in 2000 as the first Catholic college in Georgia. Just last year, the school entered into an alliance with the Legionaries of Christ. Father Aaron, a Legionaries of Christ priest, was installed as the new president last fall. (full story) |
| Dominican nuns discover new life - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-4-10 Today, Sister Philomena Cook and the other 37 nuns living at the convent are in the midst of discovering new life as members of a congregation of Catholic sisters that was founded on Easter Sunday 2009. The Dominican Sisters of Peace was established from the union of seven former congregations with a mission to preach with new fire. The local Dominican nuns, who number 66 (when you count those living outside the convent setting) are part of a community whose accomplishments include the founding of Our Lady of the Elms School, Crown Point Ecology Center in Bath Township, and hunger and clothing centers in Portage County. (full story) |
| Panel discusses how to fund Catholic schools - Thursday, April 08, 2010 4-8-10 Tax credits, parish assessments and community partnerships were among the ideas presented at a gathering of more than 50 Catholic school superintendents, education leaders and supporting organizations from 28 U.S. dioceses April 5. The gathering featured eight panelists who shared their dioceses' or organizations' approaches to helping Catholic schools not only survive, but grow. (full story) |
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