Newark priest resigns amid child-interaction allegations
Recent reports had Fr. Michael Fugee attending youth retreats and trips, seemingly violations to a court agreement barring him from contact with children.
Accountability
Newark paper calls on prelate to resign
Calls have come for the resignation of Newark, N.J., Archbishop John J. Myers after a late-April investigative story revealed an archdiocesan priest had violated the terms of a court-ordered agreement to stay away from children.
New Jersey Catholics have anger, disgust for abuser priest in ministry
Advocates for victims of childhood sexual abuse said "there has to be justice" when it comes to dealing with priests convicted of sex abuse.
Editorial: Philadelphia was a shallow victory
We say: Years of elaborate deceptions by Catholic leaders are hardly avenged if the response is more cunning deception by civil society.
Star witness' story in Philadelphia sex abuse trials doesn't add up
Analysis: One man's word put four men in prison. But stories conflict, and there's no real evidence to support his claims.
Editorial: Sex abuse accountability should be universal law
We say: Pope Francis must hold bishops liable for their actions (and inactions) when it comes to the child sex abuse scandal.
Irish audits show 'evidence of steady progress' dealing with abuse
The head of the Catholic church's child safeguarding watchdog said he is encouraged by the latest audits of the handling of abuse allegations by dioceses and a religious congregation.
Ian Elliott, head of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church, said the seven audits, published Wednesday, show "clear evidence of steady progress in developing robust safeguarding structures" in the church.
Archives reveal LA cardinal's attempts to head off John Jay investigation
The cardinal represented "a pattern of conduct of circling the wagons" to protect clerics and bishops, said Justice Anne Burke.
Hard work awaits pope and abuse survivors
Opinion: As Francis embarks on a papacy rooted in Gospel values, a cloud of unresolved and inadequately addressed ecclesiastical cover-up envelops the Vatican.
Grand jury report likens Gosnell's clinic to a 'baby charnel house'
Several patients and former employees testified about the squalid conditions they saw at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's abortion clinic. Prosecutors seek the death penalty.
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June 7-20, 2013
- Pope spotlights social teaching with blunt calls for ethical economy
- We face clear moral choices in priorities of our federal budget
- Mother Tekla: the most powerful woman in Rome
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