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Diocese in Connecticut files for bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits

July 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Norwich, Conn., Jul 16, 2021 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Norwich filed for bankruptcy Thursday amid several dozen sexual abuse lawsuits filed … […]

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Buffalo diocese places retired priest on leave after abuse allegation

July 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Buffalo, N.Y., Jul 12, 2021 / 11:11 am (CNA).
After diocesan officials discovered an unreported allegation of abuse, Bishop Michael Fisher of Buffalo has placed on leave an 88-year-old r… […]

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Colorado law allows sex abuse victims to collect restitution in civil court from public, private institutions

July 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Denver, Colo., Jul 9, 2021 / 18:01 pm On Tuesday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 88, which allows victims of sexual abuse to file for restitution from public and private entities […]

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Some abuse victims dissatisfied by Rochester diocese’s bankruptcy plan

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rochester, N.Y., Jul 7, 2021 / 19:01 pm (CNA).
A proposed settlement deal between the Diocese of Rochester and several insurance agencies has drawn criticism… […]

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Lansing diocese deems credible abuse allegations against deceased Catholic Bishop of Fargo

July 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

Bishop James Sullivan. / Diocese of Lansing.

Lansing, Mich., Jul 2, 2021 / 08:10 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Lansing released a statement this morning announcing  that two allegations of sexual abuse levelled against the late Bishop James Sull… […]

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Springfield bishop appoints co-chairs of sex abuse task force

June 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Jun 29, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts has announced the appointment of two social workers to lead a… […]

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NY bill would allow adult sex abuse victims to sue, beyond statute of limitations

May 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Albany, N.Y., May 28, 2021 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
Those who were sexually abused as adults would be given a one-year window in which to sue perpetrators and institutions, even if the statut… […]

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Former priest, a sex offender, killed Massachusetts altar boy in 1972, investigators conclude

May 25, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Springfield, Mass., May 25, 2021 / 14:05 pm A Massachusetts prosecutor announced Monday that a convicted sex offender who had been dismissed from the clerical state, and who died last week, was responsible for the […]

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Parents detect disgraced sexologist’s theories in German Church’s abuse commission report

May 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, May 18, 2021 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
A parents’ association has expressed shock at a paper issued by the German Church’s abuse commission that it says is based on the theories of a disgraced sexo… […]

The Dispatch

Sex abuse in the German Church: Notes on a groundbreaking report

May 16, 2021 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 10

Many readers here, I’m guessing, do not have access to, or make a regular habit of reading, dark and dolorous articles in scholarly journals devoted to the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church in […]

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