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California Catholic dioceses ask Supreme Court to hear statute of limitations extension case

May 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., May 2, 2022 / 16:34 pm (CNA).
California Catholic bishops are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a case challenging the state for perm… […]

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Church in Spain expresses its will that ‘the truth shine forth’ concerning cases of clerical abuse 

March 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Madrid, Spain, Mar 15, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Addressing the 506 cases of clerical abuse that the Spanish Bishop’s Conference has on record, conference spokesman Bishop Luis Argüello, expressed the Church’s will that “the tr… […]

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Laicized former priest serving life term dead of apparent suicide

February 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 8, 2022 / 15:32 pm (CNA).
Robert McWilliams, a recently-laicized former priest, died Friday, Feb. 4 in his jail cell at the federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. … […]

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Phil Saviano, survivor of clerical abuse featured in ‘Spotlight,’ dies at 69

November 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Clerical sexual abuse survivor Phil Saviano at the premiere of "Spotlight" in 2015. / Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2021 / 14:48 pm (CNA).
Phil Saviano, a survivor of clerical sexual abuse whose story was featured in… […]

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Cleveland priest sentenced to life in prison for child pornography, exploitation

November 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

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Cleveland, Ohio, Nov 10, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
On Tuesday, Father Robert McWilliams was sentenced to life in prison on convictions of sex trafficking of youths under 18, child pornography, and sexual exploitat… […]

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Vatican sanctions retired Polish archbishop after ‘Vos estis’ cover-up inquiry

August 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Aug 21, 2021 / 09:20 am (CNA).
The Vatican has imposed penalties on another Catholic bishop in Poland after he was fou… […]

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Archdiocese of Milwaukee rebuffs Wisconsin AG’s clergy abuse investigation

June 4, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 7

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — Saying the Wisconsin attorney general’s investigation of clergy sexual abuse is an unlawful targeting of the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will not cooperate in the state’s plan to review old […]

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Wisconsin attorney general to investigate sex abuse by Catholic clerics

April 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Madison, Wis., Apr 23, 2021 / 16:26 pm (CNA).
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul will launch an investigation of sexual abuse in the state’s five Catholic dioceses, and at l… […]

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Providence diocese won’t comment on bill expanding liability for child sex abuse

March 3, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Providence, R.I., Mar 3, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Providence is refusing to comment on a bill that would provide increased opportunities for victims of child sexual abuse to sue people and entities which enabled their abuse.

The bill, wh… […]

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On the Limits and Failures of Saints

January 2, 2021 Fr. Matthew MacDonald 34

The life and papacy of Saint John Paul II have had an immense impact on the Church after the Second Vatican Council and beyond. One only has to look at his contributions and personal witness […]

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