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Clergy abuse victims settle with Twin Cities Archdiocese for $210M

By Jim
May 31 2018

Attorneys representing clergy abuse victims announced a $210 million settlement Thursday in the protracted Twin Cities archdiocese bankruptcy case, calling it the largest ever. More than 400 victims will share in the proceeds. In a news conference Thursday afternoon, St.

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After 50 Years, a Pope’s Birth-Control Message Still Divides Catholics

By Jim
May 10 2018

Fifty years ago this July, Pope Paul VI promulgated his encyclical “Humanae Vitae,” which reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s traditional prohibition of artificial birth control and set off one of the most divisive debates in modern church history. Catholics have overwhelmingly rejected the document’s teaching.

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Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock island of Guam

By Jim
Aug 05 2017

The lawsuits and other public statements collectively claim that priests preyed on children for nearly four decades, with allegations of wrongdoing reaching the highest levels of the Guam Catholic hierarchy. Archbishop Anthony Apuron, 13 Guam priests and others, including a Catholic schoolteacher, a Catholic school janitor and a Boy Scout leader, are alleged to be sexual predators. Guam's Archdiocese of Agana is a defendant in 96 lawsuits.

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Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer denies Australia sex offences

By Jim
Jun 29 2017

Cardinal Pell, 76, who is based in the Vatican, is considered the third-ranking official in the Holy See. He told a news conference at the Holy See that he would travel to Australia if his doctors permitted it.

Vatican's Cardinal Pell charged with sex abuse, vows to defend himself in Australia

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