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| Indian priest in abuse case:'I'm innocent" - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-6-10 An Indian priest who is accused of sexually molesting two teenage girls while working in Minnesota from 2004 to 2005 told UCA News, the Asian Catholic news agency, that he is innocent but he would return to the United States to stand trial if called to do so. Father Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul left Minnesota for a family emergency one year into what was to have been a three-year assignment in the Diocese of Crookston. Shortly after he left, allegations of sexual abuse arose, were investigated by the diocese and his permission to serve in the diocese was revoked. He has never returned. (full story) |
| Vatican blasts anti-Catholic 'hate' campaign - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-6-10 The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. Vatican Radio broadcast comments by two senior cardinals explaining "the motive for these attacks" on the pope and the Vatican newspaper chipped in with spirited comments from another top cardinal. (full story) |
| 130 Italian priests investigated: SNAP responds - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-6-10 Our hearts ache for these brave, wounded Italian victims, especially because it seems that church officials often have a cozy relationship with secular authorities and are able to keep a lid on these crimes and cover ups. Gradually, however, the courage of victims will overcome these obstacles and make the church, and Italy, safer for children. (full story) |
| Memphis court documents unsealed - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-7-10 Records unsealed by court order Tuesday after 12 months of legal action by The Commercial Appeal show that at least 15 priests have been accused of sexual misconduct over some four decades in the Memphis diocese. More than 10,000 pages of depositions, pleadings and documents also show abusive priests were moved quietly from parish to parish and diocese to diocese to avoid scandal and to protect the priests, the plaintiff's attorney said. (full story) |
| Pope invited to gathering of child abuse victims - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-7-10 Victims of the Catholic Church child abuse scandal have issued an invitation to Pope Benedict XVI to join them in a 'Day of Reformation' later this year, where the organisers hope the pontiff will be able to meet face to face with the thousands of victims hurt by the massive scandal. The event is being organised by Bernie McDaid and Olan Horne, two victims who met with Pope Benedict during his April 2008 visit to the U.S. and have since pledged to hold the pope’s “feet to the fire” in regards to the crisis. (full story) |
| Ex-Legionaries and incardination - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-7-10 The rumors about the order have been around for years–I have to say, I’m skeptical of someone who has been in for twenty-five years and suddenly recognizes there’s a problem with the formation and the structure and the vows of secrecy. So here’s my question: What procedures are these dioceses putting in place to make sure that that the Legionaries who come over are in fact healthy and likely to be productive priests in parishes? Are the procedures for scrutinizing the soundness of priests who come into a diocese “mid-career” as stringent as those imposed on those who enter the seminary within the diocese? (full story) |
| Der Spiegel highly critical of Pope - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-6-10 The pain of the clergy sexual abuse has been especially acute in Germany these past two months and with this pain has come some very critical assessments of the handling of the crisis by the Germany born pope, Benedict XVI. None, however, has been as dark as the one published this week in Der Spiegel . (full story) |
| Norway bishop resigned over abuse - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-7-10 Norway's Catholic Church revealed Wednesday that a bishop who resigned last year did so after admitting he had molested a child years earlier, when he was a priest. Georg Müller stepped down as bishop in the western city of Trondheim in June 2009. The church said it hadn't previously disclosed the reason for his resignation at the request of the victim. (full story) |
| Last NYC hospital to close - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-7-10 Directors of cash-starved St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village decided last night to close its doors -- and the city's last remaining Catholic hospital will stop receiving patients next week, sources said. Members of the board of the 160-year-old hospital voted to shutter all surgical, rehab and psychiatric inpatient services and divert patients to other hospitals beginning April 14. In the short term, St. Vincent's will likely continue to provide emergency care, the sources said. (full story) |
| Money paved the way for Maciel - Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4-6-10 The saga of the disgraced founder of the Legion of Christ, a secretive, cult-like religious order now under Vatican investigation, opens into a deeper story of how one man's lies and betrayal dazzled key figures in the Roman curia and how Maciel's money and success helped him find protection and influence. For years, the heads of Vatican congregations and the pope himself ignored persistent warnings that something was rotten in the community where Legionaries called their leader Nuestro Padre , "Our Father," and considered him a living saint. (full story) |
| Pastor charged with theft - Saturday, April 03, 2010 4-2-10 The former pastor of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Brookfield Wisc., was charged Friday with the theft of $9,300 in church funds, according to a criminal complaint. Fr. Leonard Van Vlaenderen, 51, of Cudahy is accused of obtaining repayment from the church for computer equipment that had been purchased in March 2006 and August 2006 with a parishioner's credit card but returned for refunds, according to a criminal complaint filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court. He also is accused in the complaint of using church funds to purchase a computer in March 2004 that was given to a Chicago resident, the complaint states. (full story) |
| Good Friday marked by protest in Montreal - Saturday, April 03, 2010 4-2-10 Hundreds took part in a the traditional Good Friday walk through downtown Montreal symbolizing the stations of the cross, known in French as the Marche du Pardon, or forgiveness procession. But standing on the steps of Notre-Dame Basilica, more than 100 protesters said the actions of the Catholic Church are unforgivable. (full story) |
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