Investigation finds Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims
- Nov 21, 2019
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Highlights of Pennsylvania’s Church scandal legislation
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 21, 2019
The Pennsylvania state Senate on Wednesday passed a package of legislation inspired by the Catholic Church scandals to relax criminal and civil statutes of limitations on sexual abuse crimes.
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Pennsylvania senate takes up debate over sexual abuse victims’ lawsuits
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 21, 2019
Pennsylvania’s Legislature moved closer Wednesday night to settling a yearslong battle over lifting criminal and civil statutes for child sexual abuse crimes in a debate growing out of Roman Catholic Church scandals.
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Investigation finds Catholic Church boards reviewing sex abuse fail victims
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 21, 2019
An investigation of diocesan review boards across the country shows they have broadly failed to uphold their commitments to handle clerical sexual abuse.
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People fired on as they gathered at a church in Bolivia, after six die in protests
- Associated Press, Church in the Americas
- Nov 20, 2019
The death toll from an operation by Bolivian security forces to clear the blockade of a fuel plant by anti-government protesters has risen to six, officials said Wednesday.
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Priest gets 45 days in jail for assaulting young man
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 20, 2019
A Catholic priest has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for aggravated assault on a younger man who wanted counseling.
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Ancient basilica on lagoon island hard hit in Venice flood
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Nov 19, 2019
One of the most ancient churches of Venice, a Byzantine basilica established in the year 639, counts among the 60 churches damaged in three exceptional floods last week, officials said Tuesday.
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