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Merzbacher's victims are right to demand justice
It is difficult to describe my feelings on reading about the horrific story years of violence and sexual abuse of Catholic school children at the hands of John Merzbacher ("Prepared to make their voices heard," April 29). That there could be any chance...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Confront child sex abuse
Child abuse demands that we choose sides. The victim demands that we speak up and take action; the perpetrator demands that we remain silent. Do-nothing bystanders collude with the abuser, enabling him to continue devouring children. That's what is...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Roman Catholicism, Human Rights, Teaching and Learning, The Pennsylvania State University
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Catholic priest banned from ministry in child sexual abuse case
A celebrated liturgical scholar has been permanently removed from Catholic ministry in the wake of a "credible allegation" that he had inappropriate sexual contact with a child in Baltimore three decades ago, according to Jesuit officials. The acts by...Tags: Howard County, Charles Street, Abusive Behavior, Colleges and Universities, Roman Catholicism
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O'Brien on priest sexual abuse: Making sure it doesn't happen again
Often, when the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis is discussed, some defender of the church will accurately point out that no other institution has done more to study itself and to create safeguards that protect children in the area of sexual abuse....Tags: Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Roman Catholicism
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Abuse not a product of culture but church policy
Anyone familiar with criminal justice studies realizes how flawed many of them are, and the recently released "The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States 1950-2002" appears to be a prime example....Tags: Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, Edwin F. O'Brien, Culture
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O'Brien blaming society for clergy sexual abuse
The reported highlights of the John Jay University study of the causes and context of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, which were also emphasized in Archbishop Edwin O'Brien's op-ed ( "We can't let it happen again," May 22), are that the general...Tags: Minority Groups, Ellicott City, Gays and Lesbians, Abusive Behavior, John Jay
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Blackwell is convicted of molesting teen Stokes
Sun StaffMaurice Blackwell, the former priest of St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in West Baltimore, was convicted yesterday of molesting a parish choirboy, who years later shot him. The defrocked priest, found guilty of three counts of child sexual abuse that...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Murder, Abusive Behavior, Punishment, Witnesses
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Now is time to stop eulogizing, start asking hard questions
Sun Television CriticWith the election of a new pope yesterday, the networks once again interrupted regular programming to join the all-news cable channels for continuous live coverage from the Vatican. Instantly, tens of millions of screens in homes and offices around the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Rituals, Religious Events, Sexual Assault, Roman Catholicism
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Pope, U.S. cardinal discuss abuse scandal
Sun National StaffWith his papacy just minutes old and the faithful in St. Peter's Square still unaware of his selection, Pope Benedict XVI greeted Chicago Cardinal Francis George in English and told him he was focused on the issue that has engrossed the church's...Tags: Francis George, Vatican City, Abusive Behavior, Church and State Relations, Sexual Assault
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Blackwell asks new trial on abuse charges
Sun StaffClaiming "a circus-like atmosphere where it was impossible for the defendant to receive a fair trial," the attorney for a defrocked Baltimore priest convicted last week of molesting a former parishioner at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in West...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Witnesses
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Zero tolerance policy on sex abuse is on agenda for Catholic bishops
Sun StaffWith financial settlements in the church's sexual abuse scandal costing more than $1 billion, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expected this week to retain their zero tolerance policy - permanently dismissing priests from the ministry for any act...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Roman Catholicism, Tucson, Finance
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Pope picks American to oversee doctrine
Sun StaffPope Benedict XVI selected yesterday a San Francisco bishop with a reputation as a conservative theologian to take over his former job - one of the most powerful in the Catholic hierarchy and instrumental in shaping the direction of the church....Tags: Vatican City, Unions, Georgetown, Society, San Francisco
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