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Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese has paid out $80M to law firm
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 17, 2019
The Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm alone since 2000, the Minnesota-based attorney who heads the firm told reporters.
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Prominent Chicago priest accused in 1974 child sex assault
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Aug 9, 2019
The Archdiocese of Chicago says the first Catholic priest to adopt a child is under investigation for allegedly sexual abusing a minor in 1974.
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Cupich: ‘Never forget’ policies that led to Holocaust began with words
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 29, 2019
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and the policies that led to the Holocaust all began with words, including words that targeted “the other,” Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago wrote in a July 24 commentary in the ‘Chicago Catholic’, the archdiocesan newspaper.
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Chicago Public Schools urged to take lesson from Catholic action on abuse
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 3, 2019
The Chicago Public Schools system should take some lessons from the Catholic Church in dealing with child sexual abuse allegations, according to an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune.
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‘We’re still in the war’: Priest battles flow of firearms in Chicago
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Dec 11, 2018
Father Michael Pfleger, the activist priest at Chicago’s St. Sabina Church who was the inspiration for a character in Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” laments the city’s gun violence: ”We’re still in the war. We’re not coming home from it. We live it.”
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DePaul offers 2 new scholarships to Chicago, Catholic grads
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 25, 2018
DePaul University is announcing two new scholarship programs for graduates of Chicago Public Schools and Catholic high schools across the state.
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