Groups contest limits on Indiana’s religious objections law

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A lawyer for three conservative religious groups told a judge Thursday that the organizations’ constitutional rights were violated by limits lawmakers put on Indiana’s contentious 2015 religious objections law after then-Gov. Mike Pence signed it. An attorney for the Indiana Family Institute, Indiana Family Action and the American Family Association of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

October 1, 2019

Investigator: Archdiocese meeting obligation in abuse crisis

NEW YORK (AP) — An independent investigator praised the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York for its response to the sexual abuse crisis, saying no priest or deacon remains in ministry in the Manhattan-based archdiocese who has been credibly abused of sexual abuse. Barbara Jones, a former federal judge, said Monday she received “complete access”... Read More

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Catholic Church, Timothy Dolan

September 27, 2019

In New Orleans, hope for justice seen in ex-deacon’s arrest

A man who says he was raped by a Roman Catholic deacon four decades ago while serving as an altar boy in New Orleans says he hopes the deacon’s arrest will “send a message to other pedophiles in the church that this should never happen again.” “There’s no closing the book on this for me... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

George F. Brignac

September 19, 2019

Mexican megachurch leader back in court in child rape case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will detail Thursday accusations of child rape and human trafficking against the leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo. Naason Joaquin Garcia, who is considered the church’s apostle, and two co-defendants were arrested in June on suspicion of sexually abusing three girls and a woman in Los Angeles County.... Read More

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Naasón Joaquín García

September 18, 2019

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

CHICAGO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. According to a statement issued later by the archdiocese, it has paid around $200 million in... Read More

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Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church

September 13, 2019

Fugitive priest faces sentencing in US sex abuse case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former Roman Catholic priest is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Santa Fe, where a jury found him guilty this year of sexually abusing an altar boy in the early 1990s before fleeing the country. Federal prosecutors are requesting a sentence of more than 30 years in prison for 81-year-old... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Arthur Perrault

September 12, 2019

Order limits video of Ten Commandments display deposition

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily limited who can see the video from the deposition of a legislator who sponsored a measure requiring a Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas’ Capitol in the lawsuit challenging the monument. The decision came after state Sen. Jason Rapert raised concerns the video could be... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

Ten Commandments

September 12, 2019

Ministry had growing empire before forced-labor charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California ministry whose leaders are charged with using deadbolt locks to detain homeless residents and making them turn over panhandling money was no fly-by-night operation. Imperial Valley Ministries was known in the remote desert region for decades of work helping drug addicts turn their lives around. The ministry operated... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

Imperial Valley Ministries

August 29, 2019

Suits allege abuse, cover-up in Pennsylvania diocese

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Frustrated by the Pennsylvania Legislature, four men are taking advantage of a shifting legal landscape to file suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton over decades-old allegations of clergy sexual abuse. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 45 to 57, cite a recent Pennsylvania appeals court ruling that could... Read More

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Catholic Church

August 27, 2019

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — The IHOP in Southhaven, Mississippi, was an unlikely place to settle a sex abuse claim against the Catholic Church. But in January a white official from the Franciscan religious order slid into a booth across from a 35-year-old black man and offered to pay him $15,000 to keep years of alleged... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

August 23, 2019

Yeshiva University hit with sexual abuse lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University sued Thursday over claims they were molested by two prominent rabbis in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The suit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleges that the university failed to protect students at... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

George Finkelstein

August 22, 2019

Lawsuit accusing ex-bishop of drunken sexual assault settled

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawsuit accusing the former bishop of West Virginia’s Roman Catholic diocese of molesting boys and men has been settled. The terms of the recent settlement are confidential, Wheeling-Charleston Diocese spokesman Tim Bishop said in a statement. The diocese declined further comment. A former personal altar server sued ex-Bishop Michael Bransfield... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Michael Bransfield

August 20, 2019

Cardinal Pell’s appeal verdict due but may not be final word

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn the outcome of his appeal on Wednesday though the verdict still may not be the final word on his convictions for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral more than two decades ago. The Victoria state Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

George Pell

August 15, 2019

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations

An Australian court will rule next Wednesday on the appeal for Cardinal George Pell on his five convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago. Some events in Pell’s career and the criminal case: July 16, 1996: Auxiliary Bishop George Pell is appointed Archbishop of Melbourne. He molests two choir... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, George Pell

Groups contest limits on Indiana’s religious objections law

Investigator: Archdiocese meeting obligation in abuse crisis

In New Orleans, hope for justice seen in ex-deacon’s arrest

Mexican megachurch leader back in court in child rape case

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

Fugitive priest faces sentencing in US sex abuse case

Order limits video of Ten Commandments display deposition

Ministry had growing empire before forced-labor charges

Suits allege abuse, cover-up in Pennsylvania diocese

In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap

Yeshiva University hit with sexual abuse lawsuit

Lawsuit accusing ex-bishop of drunken sexual assault settled

Cardinal Pell’s appeal verdict due but may not be final word

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations

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