{"id":317,"date":"2010-12-08T10:55:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T10:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/midweek-roundup-clergy-abuse-prop-8-elizabeth-edwards-your-picks.html"},"modified":"2010-12-08T10:55:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T10:55:35","slug":"midweek-roundup-clergy-abuse-prop-8-elizabeth-edwards-your-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/midweek-roundup-clergy-abuse-prop-8-elizabeth-edwards-your-picks.html","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Roundup: Clergy Abuse, Prop. 8, Elizabeth Edwards &amp; Your Picks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Updated on 12\/9 with Politics Daily story about Elizabeth Edwards.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s a Belief Beat experiment: a Wednesday&nbsp;post that catches some of the faith news items that haven&#8217;t made it into a designated blog post yet. If you like this, I can make it a weekly feature.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As I noted in yesterday&#8217;s Comments section, it&#8217;s a busy religion news week. Here are three topics&nbsp;worth catching up on:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clergy Abuse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-12-08-abuse08_ST_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">Top Catholic educator concealed abuse knowledge <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2010\/12\/newark_archbishop_shielded_at.html\">Newark archbishop shielded at least 4 priests accused of clergy abuse<\/a> (Newark Star-Ledger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2010\/12\/archdiocese_of_newark_blasts_s.html\">Archdiocese of Newark condemns Star-Ledger report on handling of priest sex abuse cases&nbsp;<\/a>(Newark Star-Ledger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/03\/AR2010120303141.html?wprss=rss_religion\/wires\">German cardinal asks abuse victims for forgiveness <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/morris-w-okelly\/bishop-eddie-long-agrees-_b_790858.html\">Bishop Eddie Long agrees to mediation <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/12\/03\/AR2010120305508.html?wprss=rss_religion\/wires\">NY rabbi, sons accused of sexually abusing girls <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Proposition 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/9th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-in.html\">9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Challenge To California&#8217;s Proposition 8<\/a>&nbsp;(Religion Clause)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/n\/a\/2010\/12\/06\/national\/a024855S18.DTL&amp;tsp=1\">Court weighs in on constitutionality of gay marriage ban&nbsp;<\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2010\/12\/appeals_court_h.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+christianitytoday\/ctpolitics+(Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog)\">Appeals court hears Proposition 8<\/a> (Christianity Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>RIP Elizabeth Edwards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2010\/12\/elizabeth_edwar.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+christianitytoday\/ctpolitics+(Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog)\">Elizabeth Edwards Dies <\/a>(Christianity Today)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Politics\/2010\/1207\/Elizabeth-Edwards-to-many-embodied-grace-under-fire\">Elizabeth Edwards, to many, embodied grace under fire <\/a>(Christian Science Monitor)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2010\/12\/08\/why-elizabeth-edwards-left-god-out-of-her-last-goodbye\/\">Why Elizabeth Edwards left God out of her last goodbye <\/a>(Politics Daily)\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And <strong>your picks?<\/strong> Share your thoughts, and links,&nbsp;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>(Updated on 12\/9 with Politics Daily story about Elizabeth Edwards.) Here&#8217;s a Belief Beat experiment: a Wednesday&nbsp;post that catches some of the faith news items that haven&#8217;t made it into a designated blog post yet. If you like this, I can make it a weekly feature. As I noted in yesterday&#8217;s Comments section, it&#8217;s a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Midweek Roundup: Clergy Abuse, Prop. 8, Elizabeth Edwards &amp; Your Picks? - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/midweek-roundup-clergy-abuse-prop-8-elizabeth-edwards-your-picks.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Midweek Roundup: Clergy Abuse, Prop. 8, Elizabeth Edwards &amp; Your Picks? - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Updated on 12\/9 with Politics Daily story about Elizabeth Edwards.) 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