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This story virtually wrote itself as posts with comments from the USA appeared on the blog. We have also inserted a link to patheos.com, which may be useful in looking at some theology issues, if you're that way inclined. On the other hand, you may be interested to know that we will be returning to some fascinating facts and leave this page to speak for itself.
Below is a list of links that readers have kindly sent us. We have included them as part of this post for ease of access.
Bishop Dolan's interview with CBS's 60 minutes
Pastoral letter of Pope Benedict to the Catholics of Ireland
http://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Towards-Healing-and-Renewal-final.pdf
http://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Towards-Healing-and-Renewal-final.pdf
An article by Riazat Butt in the Guardian on the Irish abuse issue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/20/irish-catholic-bishops-donation-abuse-victims
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/20/irish-catholic-bishops-donation-abuse-victims
Arizona "John Doe" Behind Latest Priest-Abuse Lawsuit Against Archdiocese of Philadelphia
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/arizona_john_doe_behind_latest.php#
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/arizona_john_doe_behind_latest.php#
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/16018
Archbishop: Long-dead priest likely abused kids http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/missouri/article_af241502-8d24-57ff-a1d7-6065fbf963ed.html
Nuns sue Boston Archdiocese over retirement funds
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/21/general-us-nuns-lawsuit_8367308.html
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/21/general-us-nuns-lawsuit_8367308.html
Thought you might appreciate this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/17/60minutes/main20044218.shtml
Here's a direct link to the 60 min prog
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360248n
and here's a copy of the letter
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Riazat Butt has written a piece on the Irish abuse cases in the Guardian. This is the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/20/irish-catholic-bishops-donation-abuse-victims
I see you've reached a momentous tally - 666!
ReplyDeleteHere are some more pickings for you:
Arizona "John Doe" Behind Latest Priest-Abuse Lawsuit Against Archdiocese of Philadelphia
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/03/arizona_john_doe_behind_latest.php#
Rome’s wider remit
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/16018
Archbishop: Long-dead priest likely abused kids
http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/missouri/article_af241502-8d24-57ff-a1d7-6065fbf963ed.html
I noticed one is from the Tablet. YUK!!
Material culture - even nuns aren't what they used to be......
ReplyDeleteNuns sue Boston Archdiocese over retirement funds
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/21/general-us-nuns-lawsuit_8367308.html
'We're taking you to court': Nuns SUE their local archbishop in $1.4million pensions row
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368427/Nuns-SUE-local-archbishop-1-4million-pensions-row.html#ixzz1HKcNMN1w
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368427/Nuns-SUE-local-archbishop-1-4million-pensions-row.html
Something from Europe for a change - at least we're not the only lechers!
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On a lighter note:
ReplyDeleteSexual abuse lawsuit: In the March 22 Section A, a brief news item about a civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia misspelled the name of a parish cited by the man who filed the suit. The man, a former altar boy, said he was abused at Our Lady of Calvary, not Cavalry, parish from 1988 to 1991.
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/corrections/la-a4-correx-20110324,0,3756291.story
This was priceless - the Vatican's got a nerve given all the problems within the Catholic church!
ReplyDeletehttp://richarddawkins.net/articles/606711-vatican-tells-u-n-that-critics-of-gays-under-attack
Saw this on the web -
ReplyDeleteDoes the Archdiocese owe Lynne Abraham an apology?
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/sixth-square/item/15875-does-the-archdiocese-owe-lynne-abraham-an-apology&Itemid=23
I see Jeff Anderson's still busy posting away.
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