DIOCESE/State Watch

Los Angeles, CA and Mexico City, Mexico: “Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City were named in a civil lawsuit claiming obstruction of justice, negligence and conspiracy to facilitate the flight of the priest and sexual battery. The lawsuit claims that the cardinals allowed a priest wanted for multiple sex abuse to flee California for Mexico.” Read more. Also, click here.

  • According to the DallasTimes.com site: “Roman Catholic Church officials asked for an investigation Thursday of two U.S. lawyers and an activist they claim are trying to extort money from the Mexican church with a lawsuit alleging Cardinal Norberto Rivera protected a pedophile priest.”
  • Townhall.com reports that the Mexico’s Cardinal Rivera has denied protecting the priest.

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles, CA: Associated Press reports at WashingtonPost.com: “The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese could sign a $60 million settlement with dozens of alleged victims of clergy abuse within days, several attorneys told The Associated Press.

Burlington, KY: According to the International Herald Tribune: “Attorneys do not have to give prosecutors the names of victims of sexual abuse by priests in northern Kentucky until a full hearing on the issue, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled. The appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's order that would have forced attorneys in the class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington to give prosecutors the names of their clients and details of the suspected abuse.” Read more.

Iowa: The Des Moines Register reports: “Iowa's four Roman Catholic bishops are named in a long-shot Wisconsin lawsuit that seeks to compel every U.S. bishop to release the names and locations of all abusive priests - a list estimated to be in excess of 5,000 names, according to a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' study.”

VOTF Council Representative Frank Douglas encourages a visit to this website, which provides more detail on the lawsuit cited above. (Note this link and other useful links are available from the Links section of the VOTF website. )

VOTF Bridgeport, CT: Associated Press reported in the Stamford Advocate on VOTF Bridgeport’s longstanding advocacy of financial accountability in their diocese. The article also identified recent causes for concern around the US and VOTF Bridgeport, CT’s plans for their April 2007 conference at Fairfield University. Read more.



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October 5, 2006
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