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What Do the Church’s Victims Deserve?

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The Catholic Church is turning to outside arbiters to reckon with its history of sexual abuse. But skeptics argue that its legacy of evasion continues. The New Yorker 08 April 2019    5:00 A.M.  (15 April edition) By Paul Elie Some … Continue reading

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Minnesota priest accused of abusing 60 boys in Guam

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Dozens of men accuse a 96-year-old priest of molesting them when they were boys. The Star Tribune 05 May 2018   — 8:11pm By Jean Hopfensperger Star Tribune Matt WeissLeo Tudela testified in 2016, when Guam lifted its statute of limitations … Continue reading

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“Cardinal Pell living at Sydney seminary ahead of historic sex abuse hearing” & related articles

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By Lucie Morris-Marr, CNN Updated 3:22 AM ET, Wed January 10, 2018 Source: CNN Story highlights Pell revealed to be living at Australian seminary as he awaits key court hearing Evidence in the sexual abuse case will be heard from … Continue reading

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“Legionaries of Christ hit by new scandal as priest fathers two” & related articles

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Reuters 07 October 2017 Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order which fell into disgrace after the discovery that its founder was a sexual abuser with a secret family, has been hit by … Continue reading

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Redemptorist priest in Quebec gets four years for sexually abusing boys

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The Canadian Press May 16, 2016 03:23 PM QUEBEC – A former Redemptorist priest was given a four-year prison term Monday for sexually abusing young boys 40 years ago. Jean-Claude Bergeron, 76, was found guilty last December on various sex-related … Continue reading

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“GUILTY”: Three more Dejaeger victims in Edmonton

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Ex priest, Oblate and serial molester Eric Dejaeger pleaded guilty in the Iqaluit courthouse today to four charges related to the sex abuse of three young people, male and female,  between 1975 and 1978 in the Edmonton Alberta.    At  that … Continue reading

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The Curious Case of Carlos Urrutigoity (IV)

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Click on the following links to access other parts of this eight-part series:    Part 1;          Part 11;        Part III;          Part IV;           Part V;      Part … Continue reading

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“Paraguay diocese says accused priest came with Ratzinger OK” & realted articles

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CathNews New Zealand Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 A diocese in Paraguay says a priest accused of abuse in the United States was placed in ministry at then-Cardinal Ratzinger’s recommendation. Bishop Rogello Livieres Plano incardinated Fr Carlos Urrutigoty in Ciudad del … Continue reading

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“Vatican Taking Action In Divisive Paraguay Diocese Where Top Priest Was Removed” & related articles

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Fox News Latino Published July 30, 2014 AP VATICAN CITY (AP) –  Pope Francis is taking action in a divisive diocese in Paraguay where an Argentine priest, accused by a former superior of being a “serious threat to young people,” … Continue reading

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Deceased Dutch Catholic bishop was child molester: commission

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 Chicago Tribune Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor Reuters 10:19 a.m. CDT, April 12, 2014 PARIS (Reuters) – The Dutch Catholic Church, in a rare admission of guilt among senior clergy, has confirmed that a bishop who died last year had sexually … Continue reading

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