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The LAtimes, miraculously, has some criticism of Cardinal Mahony: In describing his response to sexual abuse allegations, Mahony has said he and other bishops initially believed molesting priests could be cured through therapy. He said that his approach changed over time, and that he established a zero-tolerance policy in 1992 for abusive clergy. "It was…

John Farrell notes a Boston case in which a priest was cleared of charges against him, and comments: I have only a couple of comments. 1. Notice that when ambulance chasers "lawyers" get their cases thrown out, they start whimpering about "technicalities." 2. Notice that the woman who smeared Father Murphy doesn’t have to give…

Problems at a DC-area school School officials say one student accused Father Orr, who taught religion, Latin and theater, of "inappropriate touching" in the fall of 2002. The student graduated before reporting the incident to school officials in October 2003, said Kate Pipkin, director of communications for the Jesuit province.     The priest, who…

The read-the-Catechism-in-a-year blog is going full swing, and it’s never too late to get rolling. In a previous discussion on this, some commentators remarked that the Scriptures should be read as well – that’s a part of the process of this group blog, but aside from that, I’ll just say that it’s really impossible to…
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