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DIOCESE/State Watch
Yakima, WA/ St. Louis, MO: According to coverage in St. Louis Today, what
Archbishop Burke knew and when he knew it did not keep a former Yakima, WA
priest from assignments to local parishes in St. Louis. No charges had been
filed against the priest after the Yakima diocese turned over “about
a dozen photos of boys, elementary school-age to teens, all naked … The
FBI and police investigated.” Read more at Yakima
Herald Republic and St.
Louis Today.
- Another Yakima incident involving a priest, the Catholic diocese of Yakima
and an Episcopal diocese in Mexico is covered at length in the Yakima
Herald Republic.
For the full story, you will be asked to register.
Spokane, WA: The Spokane Diocese has filed a $48 million
settlement as part of a bankruptcy plan. The Spokesman Review reports: “Spokane
Catholics will be asked to participate in one of the largest – and most
controversial – fundraisers
ever attempted in their diocese's history: $10 million to pay lawyers and victims
of priest sexual abuse. Unlike past campaigns, they won't have a choice: Failure
to raise the money could mean the sale of their churches and schools. After
more than two years
of legal wrangling and mounting attorney fees, a $48 million settlement to
end the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane bankruptcy was filed Thursday.” For
the full story, click on the title “Diocese
files settlement” at The Spokesman Review. You will be
asked to register. Subscribers can access coverage on this story in the January
5, 2007 issue of the New
York Times.
Boston, MA: VOTF Boston reports on second meeting with archdiocesan leadership.
See Affiliate News for the Boston VOTF newsletter recap.
New York, NY: The New York Times reports: “The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York yesterday issued a final list of 21
parishes that will close ….” Subscribers
can view the Jan. 21 story
online.
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