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MADISON, Wis. — Bishop Robert J. Carlson, head of the Saginaw Catholic Diocese, is one of 178 bishops fighting a lawsuit the family of a Wisconsin man has filed.
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Eric Barragan is working to lift cultural taboos among Latinos against reporting clergy abuse
A documentary film featuring an extraordinarily candid interview with a former priest convicted of molesting children has heightened interest among law enforcement officials here in considering a criminal case against Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, says a prosecutor who has been investigating sexual abuse cases involving priests.
Oct. 9, 2006 issue – “Deliver Us From Evil,” a gripping new documentary opening in theaters next week, profiles Father Oliver O’Grady, a convicted pedophile who spent 22 years molesting children in parishes throughout California, where he served as their priest.
MEXICO CITY The Mexican Bishops’ Conference on Friday criticized a Los Angeles-based lawsuit accusing Mexico’s most prominent cardinal of covering up for a fugitive priest, saying it has generated an “unjust media scandal.”
Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston was named in a civil suit seeking the release of the names of about 5,000 abusive priests nationwide.
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Police in the Mexican state of Puebla began searching Tuesday for a Roman Catholic priest accused of molesting children in Los Angeles, officials said.
Family seeks the names of abusive priests.
The family of a Wisconsin man murdered after he planned to confront a Roman Catholic priest about child molestation has sued 177 of the nation’s Catholic bishops to force public disclosure of accused priests.
St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson says the problem of clergy sex abuse is much worse in Mexico than in the United States.
MEXICO CITY, Sep 21 (IPS) – Joaquín Aguilar has been seeking justice since 1994, when he says he was sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest in Mexico who is accused of molesting some 60 other boys as well.
Green Bay bishop asked to disclose priest IDs in case
Suit says official protected priest, a convicted child molester with a history of abuse
A Scott County jury awarded Michl Uhde $1.5 million from the Diocese of Davenport on Monday for sexual abuse he suffered as a child, but Uhde said it’s answers he wants, not cash.
LOS ANGELES – A 25-year-old Mexican man who says he was raped by a priest filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Roman Catholic church officials in Los Angeles and Mexico, claiming they conspired to hide evidence to protect the priest.