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Catholic Church in California grapples with more than 3,000 lawsuits, alleging child sex abuse / Religion News Service
Advocates have been stunned by the number of cases that surfaced during the window, which closed at the end of December. By Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service “At least a third of the 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in California have either filed for bankruptcy or are contemplating doing so to deal with an influx of […]
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Illinois AG's bombshell clergy abuse report not surprising
Voice of the Faithful Statement, May 24, 2023, contact Nick Ingala, nickingala@votf.org, (781) 559-3360 Boston, Mass., May 24, 2023―Voice of the Faithful cannot pretend to be surprised, even as we are outraged, by the Illinois attorney general’s Catholic clergy abuse report released yesterday, May 23. The report concluded an investigation started in 2018 and found […]
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Sex abuse in Catholic Church: over 1,900 minors abused in Illinois
One case among many documented in the report involves Thomas Francis Kelly, a priest who abused more than 15 boys ranging in age from 11 to 17 in several parishes in the 1960s and 1970s. A victim contacted the attorney general’s investigators to describe being singled out by Father Kelly as an 11-year-old altar server. […]
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In the Vineyard: May 22, 2023
In the Vineyard :: May 22, 2023 :: Volume 23, Issue 9 National News Illinois Catholic Dioceses Report on Protocols for Handling Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors Against Clerics This week, the Catholic dioceses in Illinois issued a statement and summary of their common processes for handling allegations of sexual abuse of minors against any Catholic cleric […]
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Voice of the Faithful Focus, May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 TOP STORIES For women, pope’s changes for upcoming Vatican summit open doors ‘that will be hard to shut’“It’s been nearly 14 centuries since the monastery founded by St. Hild of Whitby, a prominent abbess in 7th century Anglo-Saxon England, hosted the Northumbrian kingdom’s assembly to discuss the date on which its Christian […]