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Omaha archbishop denies sexual abuse accusations

July 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo. / null

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 26, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA).
Omaha Archbishop George Lucas has categorically denied accusations that he sexually abused two minors several decades ago while he w… […]

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Accused killer laid on priest in form of a cross after Nebraska stabbing, court filings say

December 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Police tape. / Credit: Unsplash

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2023 / 14:36 pm (CNA).
The suspect in the murder of a Nebraska priest was discovered lying on top of the victim forming the shape of a cross as the pastor was bleeding to death,… […]

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Nebraska priest dies after stabbing in parish rectory, suspect arrested

December 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Stephen Gutgsell. / Credit: Archdiocese of Omaha

CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2023 / 13:35 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest in Nebraska died Sunday after being stabbed at a parish rectory, the Archdiocese of Omaha said. Police identified a suspect in t… […]

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Omaha Archdiocese to delay and revise new gender identity policy

September 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo. / null

St. Louis, Mo., Sep 7, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Omaha will delay the implementation of a new policy for Catholic schools on gender identity and gender dysphoria and will inc… […]

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Omaha, Sioux Falls bishops adopt policies affirming students’ biological sex

August 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Alumni of Loyola Marymount University have launched a petition drive calling for the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop encouraging students to use preferred pronouns tied to their gender identity. / Shutterstock

Boston, Mass., Aug 25, 20… […]

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Nebraska Facebook abortion case: Court documents reveal grisly details

August 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

null / Thanatip S/Shutterstock.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 19, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A Nebraska abortion case relying on private Facebook messages as evidence began as an investigation into concerns that a teenager gave birth prematurely t… […]

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Former Protestant minister embraces the truth of the Catholic Church

May 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Recent convert Steve Dow and his wife, Amanda, pose for a photo with Deacon M.J. Kersenbrock, left, and Father Bernard Starman after the Easter Vigil April 16, 2022 at St. Patrick Church in O’Neill, Nebraska. / Courtesy of the Dow family

Omaha,… […]

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Nebraska attorney general releases report on clergy sexual abuse

November 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The Nebraska capitol. / Steven Frame/Shutterstock

Lincoln, Neb., Nov 5, 2021 / 15:34 pm (CNA).
A report detailing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Nebraska has found credible allegations against 57 Church officials, involving 258 documente… […]

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Ex-seminarian’s lawsuit resurrects ‘orgy’ allegation against Omaha Archbishop George Lucas

August 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Omaha Archbishop George Lucas in a 2011 photo.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 12, 2021 / 06:12 am (CNA).
Recent affidavits in a lawsuit brought by a former seminarian against administrators of Rome’s Pontifical North American College major seminary have res… […]

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Nebraska dioceses to restore Sunday Mass obligation in May

April 6, 2021 CNA Daily News 3

Lincoln, Neb., Apr 6, 2021 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- The bishops of the three local Churches in Nebraska will each restore the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days next month.

The obligation will be restored May 23 in the Archdiocese of Omaha a… […]

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