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Washington archdiocese removes exorcist after UFO comments spark controversy

A controversy within the Catholic Church emerged after Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a longtime exorcist in the Archdiocese of Washington, suggested in an online video that many UFO sightings could be connected to demonic activity. Cardinal Robert McElroy subsequently removed Rossetti from his role as an archdiocesan exorcist and ended the…

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Massachusetts Church Displays Slammed For Anti-ICE Nativity Scene For 'Politicizing Christmas'

A Dedham, Massachusetts Catholic church faces criticism from the Boston Archdiocese and federal officials for replacing traditional Nativity figures with an 'ICE was here' sign.

International Business Times UK

New York archdiocese seeks $300m to settle claims by clergy abuse survivors

Largest US Catholic archdiocese is raising funds, selling assets and cutting costs to compensate about 1,300 victims

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Katy Perry Accused of 'Preying on the Elderly' Amid £3.78 Million Legal Battle With 85-Year-Old Dying Veteran

Katy Perry is involved in another legal battle with an elderly, dying person, and this reminds several netizens of a previous case between the Roar singer and a nun, who passed away during a hearing.

International Business Times UK

Pennsylvania defense attorney shocked: FBI nabs explicit child abuse suspect in court

He's at an undisclosed location.

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New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

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Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff

The death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a key figure of the Catholic Church in the 21st century, generated reactions around the world.

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Catholic Archdiocese to Pay Out Record $880 Million Settlement to Victims of Child Sex Abuse

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached a record $880 million settlement with over 1,350 victims of clergy sexual abuse.

Latin Times

Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to $880m sex abuse payout

The settlement to 1,353 alleged victims is the largest payout by a US Catholic diocese over decades-old abuse claims.

Al Jazeera

A Baltimore priest has been dismissed over 2018 sexual harassment settlement

A Benedictine monk has lost his priestly faculties after the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore recently became aware of a payment he made several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations

The Independent UK

Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Friday it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact

The Independent UK

Revised report on Maryland church sex abuse leaves 5 church leaders’ names still redacted

Maryland’s attorney general has released a less-redacted version of its report on child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Independent UK

Less-redacted report on Maryland church abuse still redacts names of church leaders

Maryland’s attorney general has released a less-redacted version of its report on child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Independent UK

San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse

San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials

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One dead in fishing boat mishap at Muthalappozhi, search on for three missing men

A fisherman died and three others have gone missing after a fishing boat overturned at Muthalappozhi in the district on Monday.

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Baltimore archdiocese adds 42 names to its list of Catholic clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse

BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore added 42 names Friday to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, including that of a longtime theology dean and professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic historically Black college.

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Catholic church 'dismayed' by ACT government takeover of Calvary Public Hospital, but peak medical body backs plan

Canberra's Catholic archdiocese says it's dismayed and disappointed by the ACT government's decision to take over the Catholic-owned Calvary Public Hospital.

Tribune News Service

Maryland attorney general challenges Archdiocese statement on clergy abuse report, says church can release redacted abusers

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

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The Independent UK

‘Staggering’ extent of Baltimore Catholic Church sex abuse laid bare in damning report

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response

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Maryland attorney general releases report on decades of sex abuse by Catholic priests

The redacted report paints a damning picture of abuse allegations against nearly 160 priests, involving more than 600 victims and spanning 80 years, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore's response.

The Independent UK

Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

Tribune News Service

Maryland AG report on Catholic Church sex abuse to be released Wednesday

BALTIMORE — An judge approved the release of a Maryland Attorney General Office’s report on clergy abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the office will release the report to the public Wednesday, a spokesperson said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Evergreen Park priest under investigation over decades-old child sexual abuse accusation

In a letter Saturday, Cardinal Blase Cupich said an accusation has been reported to the archdiocese that the Rev. Paul Guzman abused a minor when he was a layman — 25 years before entering Mundelein Seminary.

The Independent UK

Catholic church defends school’s firing of teacher because she’s gay

The Archdiocese said Maggie Barton “intend[ed] to persist in violating [of] the standards she previously agreed to uphold”

Edinburgh Live

Catholic Church opposed to Midlothian primary school closure

Councillors were reminded of the words of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela who called education "the most powerful weapon with which we can change the world"

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