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Lay groups cautious about bishops’ actions to boost accountability

Representatives of lay organizations expressed caution over the steps taken by U.S. bishops to boost accountability and transparency in dealing with clergy sexual abuse, saying future actions by the bishops will determine how successful the initiatives ultimately will be.

'Spotlight' win a validation for victims

Faith

Mar 1, 2016

The also-rans fade from memory fast. Not so the winners. So Sunday’s surprise Oscar winner, “Spotlight,” now takes its place with other famed best pictures: “12 Years a Slave,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Million Dollar Baby, “Forrest Gump,” “Schindler’s List,” and, way back in 1972, “The Godfather.” Way back in 1972

He has his faith, but not his Church
- Faith
- Sep 22, 2015
David O’Regan will tell you he’s had a “beautiful, blessed life.” Six grown children. Forty-three years of marriage to a wife he adores. “The baby lady.” That’s what they call Jane O’Regan around the town near Boston where the O’Regans live in a rambling house with a great big yard.
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Pope creates tribunal for bishop negligence in child sexual abuse cases
- Church
- Jun 10, 2015
ROME — Roman Catholic bishops accused of covering up or failing to prevent the sexual abuse of children by priests will now be subject to judgment and discipline by a new Vatican tribunal, according to a plan approved Wednesday by Pope Francis. The decision is a measure that abuse victims
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Abuse watchdogs praise Bishop Robert Finn resignation, but want more
- Church
- Apr 21, 2015
Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri, finds himself without a job Tuesday, as Pope Francis accepted the embattled prelate’s resignation three years after his conviction for failing to report suspected child abuse. The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests, SNAP, called the move
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