{"id":229,"date":"2010-08-12T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/popewatch-kentucky-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-vatican-dropped-benedict-rejects-irish-bishop-resignati.html"},"modified":"2010-08-12T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T14:30:00","slug":"popewatch-kentucky-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-vatican-dropped-benedict-rejects-irish-bishop-resignati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/popewatch-kentucky-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-vatican-dropped-benedict-rejects-irish-bishop-resignati.html","title":{"rendered":"PopeWatch: Kentucky Clergy Abuse Lawsuit Dropped; Irish Bishop Resignations Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/news\/headlines\/index.cfm?storyid=7153\">like a summer vacation to lift your spirits<\/a>, especially after an especially stressful winter and spring. Pope Benedict, currently staying at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/07\/popewatch-before-going-on-summer-vacation-benedict-changes-the-clergy-abuse-rules.html\">the papal summer residence<\/a>&nbsp;of Castel Gondolfo, has just gotten another reason to relax after his scandal-plagued Year for Priests: the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/08\/plaintiffs-give-up-sex-abuse-c.php\">three plaintiffs in a Kentucky clergy sex abuse lawsuit against the Vatican, who had hoped to question the pope himself under oath, have decided to drop their case<\/a>. (There are still two other lawsuits pending against the Holy See, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/08\/11\/AR2010081104767.html?wprss=rss_religion\/wires\">victims&#8217; attorney Jeff Anderson says will proceed<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In semi-related news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hG7UpOwvc_tTJz3KkFUHO9AUBnBAD9HHE4RG0\">the Vatican has rejected the resignation offers from two Irish bishops<\/a>, related to the decades-long clergy abuse scandal and cover-up in that country.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly,&nbsp;this&nbsp;news has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapnetwork.org\/snap_statements\/2010_statements\/081110_snap_blasts_pope_for_rubbing_salt_into_wounds.htm\">upset the Survivors of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing like a summer vacation to lift your spirits, especially after an especially stressful winter and spring. 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