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Catholic Bishops Plan Seattle Meeting on Clergy Abuse; Global Scandal Spreads
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Nicole Neroulias
The U.S. Catholic bishops will meet in Seattle June 15-17 to consider revising their policy on clergy sex abuse: the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, passed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in June 2002, as the scandal had broken wide open nationally. Although the John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s report last…
Study Blames Poor Training, Not Celibacy or Homosexuality, for Catholic Clergy Abuse
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Nicole Neroulias
UPDATE: Whispers in the Loggia has a link to the lengthy report. Also, see the Comments section for more links and information, such as The New York Times revelation that this study used 10 as the victim age cutoff for pedophile vs. ephebophile priests — even though age 13 is the norm! Check out this…
Fun Friday: Stephen Colbert’s Catholic Bender, After Falling Off Lent Wagon
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Nicole Neroulias
A royal wedding seems too solemn to qualify for a “Fun Friday,” plus I only caught a brief glimpse of the recap this morning (stymied by the West Coast time zone and shared hotel room with toddler). For what it’s worth, I predicted Kate would go with that Maid Marian/Shakespearean look (though some are now…
Dueling Blessings: Royal Wedding vs. Pope John Paul’s Beatification
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Nicole Neroulias
There’s been some griping among Catholics and anti-monarchy types about the April 29 British wedding of Prince William to Catherine “Kate” Middleton stealing the thunder of Pope John Paul II’s beatification on May 1. It’s like Princess Diana vs. Mother Teresa, Part II: Blessings Be Upon Us. But as I pointed out over at GetReligion, the…
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