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| WV priest held without bond - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7-13-10 A priest who taught at Wheeling Jesuit University and served as associate pastor of St. Paul's Parish in Weirton is being held without bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center in Virginia, accused of sexual battery on a juvenile. Rev. Felix C. Owino, A.J., is charged with aggravated sexual battery of a minor under 13 years of age. He came to West Virginia last year as an instructor in the philosophy department at Wheeling Jesuit. The university also issued a statement, noting Owino was on summer break from his teaching duties when the alleged battery occurred. (full story) |
| Another suit against Chicago priest - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7-13-10 Three men and a teenage boy filed a lawsuit Monday claiming they were sexually abused -- some more than 100 times -- by convicted sex offender and former Roman Catholic priest Daniel McCormack. The suit also claims the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Catholic Bishop of Chicago and Cardinal Francis George knew McCormack had “inappropriate sexual conduct” with underage boys while in seminary school at Niles College at Loyola and at the Mundelein seminary and Holy Family parish prior to assigning him as pastor of St. Agatha’s parish. (full story) |
| UK diocese appeals compensation claim - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7-13-10 A Catholic diocese has launched an appeal after being found liable for running a boys' school in East Yorkshire where 150 former pupils are suing for sexual and physical abuse. Middlesbrough Diocese, which is facing an £8 million compensation claim, says the De La Salle Brotherhood, a Catholic organisation which provided teachers for the school, should take some responsibility. (full story) |
| Interpol issues notice on Dutch priest - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7-13-10 Interpol has issued a red notice against Father Dejaeger. He was convicted of pedophilia in Canada and given a prison sentence. The Oblate Fathers in Blanden kept him hidden for a decade or he would have served the sentence in Canada. (full story) |
| Dodge City diocese names two more priests - Monday, July 12, 2010 7-9-10 As part of last month’s Journal-World/6News series on sexual abuse in the Kansas Catholic Church, the Dodge City Diocese declined an interview request and originally provided information about only one allegedly abusive priest, John Haberthier, who died in 2009. A statement released by the diocese and posted on its website names former priests Donald Straub and Orestes Huerta. According to the statement, the diocesan review board, which investigates cases of sexual abuse, “conducted an investigation of all the allegations of abuse and made an initial determination of credibility” against the priests. (full story) |
| Be a part of history - Monday, July 12, 2010 This is going to be the best SNAP conference ever. This is a historic moment in the survivor movement. Significant events are happening now. You do not want to miss being part of this history-making! It is not too late, you can register today at SNAPnetwork.org. Sign-up today! (full story) |
| Priest challenges lax abuse policies - Monday, July 12, 2010 7-8-10 “Why is it so difficult for the leaders of the Catholic church to do the right thing?” he asks in his letter. “If the Catholic church is serious about safeguarding children and young people, then the church leaders should prove me wrong or immediately begin corrective action.” (full story) |
| Australian calls for mandatory reporting - Monday, July 12, 2010 7-13-10 An Australian woman is calling for mandatory reporting of child abuse to be extended to the hierarchy of the Melbourne Archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Her call follows an apology statement made by Catholic Archbishop Denis Hart to victims of abuse last week. Jo (an assumed name, for legal reasons) however says more than a year after Healesville priest Paul Pavlou was convicted of sex abuse charges involving her son and knowingly being in possession of child pornography, nothing has changed in the church’s ‘in-house’ approach to dealing with abuse allegations. (full story) |
| Ordaining women a crime like sex abuse - Sunday, July 11, 2010 7-9-10 Church sources told Catholic News Service that the new "norms," as the policies are called, will include the "attempted ordination of women" among the list of most serious crimes, or what are known as "delicta graviora." Sexual abuse of a minor by a priest was added to the classification in 2001. (full story) |
| Sex abuse test case in Fresno court - Sunday, July 11, 2010 7-10-10 The Fresno County Superior Court case involves a former altar boy who says his Bakersfield parish priest told him "God wants you to do this" as he molested the teen 17 years ago. California's statute of limitation prevents him from suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno for sexual abuse. So he is suing for fraud instead. (full story) |
| Philippine priest faces rape charges - Sunday, July 11, 2010 7-11-10 A Leyte-based priest is facing criminal charges after a 17-year-old girl accused him of rape. The victim, known only as Mutya, met the priest while she was still active in a youth organization working under the Pedro Calungsod Mission Station. She claimed the first incident happened when she stayed over at the convent in November. (full story) |
| Investigation of Belgian bishop broadened - Sunday, July 11, 2010 7-9-10 The prosecutor in Bruges said the investigation of former Bishop Roger Vangheluwe has broadened and there are indications that there is more than one victim. The first allegation was barred by time from prosecution but other information has been gathered during the investigation. They are also investigating whether the former bishop can be prosecuted for gross negligence for ignoring years of complaints about sexual abuse in his diocese. (full story) |
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