Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into alleged “sexual aggression” by Catholic archbishop Luigi Ventura, the Vatican’s envoy to France, according to French officials. Confirming a report published by Le Monde newspaper on Friday, a judicial official and a spokesman at the Paris mayor’s office said the police investigation targeting... Read More

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Catholic Church

February 6, 2019

Pastor accused of child sex trafficking faces federal trial

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Three pastors accused of coercing and sharing teenage girls to have sex, often for money, also sent one another photos and videos of the girls, federal prosecutors say. Two of the men already have pleaded guilty, and the third is set to go on trial this week in federal court. Anthony... Read More

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Anthony Haynes

February 4, 2019

Pregnant teacher files suit over Catholic school termination

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A pregnant Pennsylvania teacher who alleges that she was fired from her Catholic school job because the diocese was upset that she wasn’t married has filed suit contesting her termination. Naiad Reich filed a breach of contract suit Friday in Northumberland County against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. She’s also... Read More

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Catholic Church

January 30, 2019

Condemned inmate says state violating his religious rights

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week in Alabama said the state is violating his rights by requiring a Christian prison chaplain to stand near him as he is put to death, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Dominique Ray is scheduled to be executed Feb. 7 for... Read More

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Dominique Ray

January 23, 2019

Supreme Court rejects coach’s appeal over prayer, for now

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a former Seattle-area football coach who lost his job because he refused to stop praying on the field. But four conservative justices say Tuesday that they are interested in former Bremerton High School Coach Joe Kennedy’s case and the legal issues it raises. Lower... Read More

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Joe Kennedy

January 14, 2019

Faith-based shelter fights to keep out transgender women

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A conservative Christian law firm that has pushed religious issues in multiple states urged a U.S. judge on Friday to block Alaska’s largest city from requiring a faith-based women’s shelter to accept transgender women. Alliance Defending Freedom has sued the city of Anchorage to stop it from applying a gender identity... Read More

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Hope Center

January 14, 2019

McCarrick accuser cooperates with NYC prosecutors on abuse

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The key accuser in the sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has met with New York City prosecutors, evidence that the scandal that has convulsed the papacy is now part of the broader U.S. law enforcement investigation into sex abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church. James Grein gave testimony... Read More

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Catholic Church

January 11, 2019

Priest who abused boys, made 1 confess, due to be sentenced

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two boys and making one of them say confession after the assaults is set to be sentenced in Pennsylvania court. David Lee Poulson is one of two priests charged as a result of a damning Pennsylvania grand jury report that named... Read More

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David Lee Poulson

January 7, 2019

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure to report a pedophile priest who confessed to preying on Boy Scouts and whose victims want to hold one of France’s highest church figures accountable. Nine alleged victims of the Rev.... Read More

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Catholic Church

January 3, 2019

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found. Nearly... Read More

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Catholic Church

December 31, 2018

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession. James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese,... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

December 27, 2018

Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy and throw the Catholic hierarchy into a credibility crisis not seen in modern times. The latest development — a high-profile verdict in a far-away country... Read More

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Catholic Church

December 21, 2018

Idaho Catholic priest sentenced to 25 years for child porn

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who possessed more than 2,500 images of what investigators called the most disturbing child pornography they had ever seen has been sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole. The Rev. W. Thomas Faucher pleaded guilty to five felonies including possessing and distributing child pornography and a... Read More

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Father William Thomas Faucher

December 5, 2018

Bankruptcy filing provides rare window into diocese finances

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest Catholic diocese has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months on lawyers to fight claims of clergy sex abuse and to prepare for a potentially lengthy battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s petition for reorganization provides a rare look into the finances... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

Pastor accused of child sex trafficking faces federal trial

Pregnant teacher files suit over Catholic school termination

Condemned inmate says state violating his religious rights

Supreme Court rejects coach’s appeal over prayer, for now

Faith-based shelter fights to keep out transgender women

McCarrick accuser cooperates with NYC prosecutors on abuse

Priest who abused boys, made 1 confess, due to be sentenced

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy

Idaho Catholic priest sentenced to 25 years for child porn

Bankruptcy filing provides rare window into diocese finances

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