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  • Advocacy group urges changes to Catholic abuse review boards

    Advocacy group urges changes to Catholic abuse review boards

    • Nov 23, 2019

    The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests sent a letter to Bishop James Johnston Jr., Friday criticizing the current methods of the review boards, which were mandated in dioceses across the country in 2002 after allegations of widespread sexual abuse by priests began to surface.

    By Margaret Stafford
  • Jurors rule against fired unwed pregnant Missouri teacher

    Jurors rule against fired unwed pregnant Missouri teacher

    • Sep 19, 2019

    Jurors ruled against a teacher who alleged that she was fired from a Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri, because she was pregnant, unmarried and refused to have an abortion.

    By Associated Press
  • Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

    Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

    • Sep 13, 2019

    Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday referred 12 former priests for potential criminal prosecution but stopped short of recommending charges against any top church leaders, despite concluding the Catholic Church was involved in “long, sustained and far-reaching cover-up.”

    By Jim Salter
  • Priest tells court ‘fornication’ – not pregnancy – reason unwed teacher fired

    Priest tells court ‘fornication’ – not pregnancy – reason unwed teacher fired

    • Sep 12, 2019

    A Catholic priest says “fornication” not pregnancy was the problem in the case of a teacher who alleges that she was fired from a Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri, because she was pregnant and unmarried.

    By Associated Press
  • New allegations of abuse lodged against disgraced retired Wyoming bishop

    New allegations of abuse lodged against disgraced retired Wyoming bishop

    • Sep 10, 2019

    Allegations by three new victims against Bishop Joseph Hart have been deemed credible and substantiated by the diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

    By Christopher White
  • Teacher fired after becoming pregnant while unwed testifies

    Teacher fired after becoming pregnant while unwed testifies

    • Sep 10, 2019

    A teacher who lost her job at a Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri, after becoming pregnant has testified that she believed administrators decided not to renew her contract because she wasn’t married but created a paper trail of evidence to justify their decision.

    By Associated Press
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