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27 Feb 2004, 8:33 am
Following the release of historical statistics on local sex abuse complaints against Roman Catholic clergy in Boston, Pittsburgh and elsewhere (previously reported in JURIST's Paper Chase), more figures released late Thursday by Catholic church officials showed that 4,392 of the 109,694 clergy members serving nationwide in the US since 1950 - i.e. about 4% of the total - had been accused of abuse [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 12:40 pm by Altman & Altman
Across the country, attorneys general are opening investigations into misconduct (and worse) at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 11:16 am
Last week the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador ruled that the Roman Catholic Church in St. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 12:08 am
Yesterday's London Times reported that the Vatican is holding talks with Saudi Arabian authorities discussing the possibility of opening the first Roman Catholic church in Saudi Arabia. [read post]
10 May 2007, 12:05 am
Meanwhile, in New York a gathering of clergy at Manhattan's Roman Catholic Church of St. [read post]
28 Jul 2012, 8:45 am
Yesterday a Federal District Court in Denver blocked President Obama's attack on the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholics generally by enjoining the operation of the HHS regulations against a Catholic-owned... [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
Anna Su, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, has posted Catholic Constitutionalism from the Americanist Controversy to Dignitatis Humanae, which is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review:     This paper, written for a symposium on the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae or the Roman Catholic Church’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, traces a brief history of Catholic constitutionalism from the Americanist controversy of… [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 12:00 am
In the UK, the Catholic child abuse issue became front page news in 2000, when the then Archbishop of Westminster (and Head of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales), Cardinal Cormac Murphy O Connor, was forced to admit to personal failings in his management of a paedophile priest, and announced that dramatic steps would be taken to improve the Catholic churchs approach to child protection. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 2:59 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Lynn, the first Roman Catholic Church official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced Tuesday to three to... [read post]
13 Oct 2018, 10:27 pm by Staycie R. Sena
On October 9, 75 people went to the morning service at the Spirit of Life Roman Catholic Church in Mandan, North Dakota. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 1:24 am by traceydennis
“A judge today condemned a ‘deplorable’ legal dispute between church leaders and parents over control of a top Roman Catholic comprehensive. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 10:22 am by Buce
  The Catholics showed up and said hey, how about us, and all of s sudden we get all shirty over the separation of church and state. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 12:37 pm by Howard Bashman
Roman Catholic diocese seeks Supreme Court emergency relief over Cuomo coronavirus restrictions; Church said restrictions targeting houses of worship violate the First Amendment”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report. [read post]
A Staten Island man alleges the Catholic Church sponsored the Boy Scout troop whose leader abused him. [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 8:53 am by Tom Smith
With Glenn Beck criticizing our young president for adhering to "liberation theology" and responses from some Catholics such as Jesuit James Martin, I thought it would be useful to link to this church document,(link fixed) which was issued by the CDF in 1984, when our current pope was head of it, and was approved by John Paul II. [read post]
10 Feb 2007, 2:17 pm
Aretakis for bringing a series of baseless lawsuits claiming that a cover-up of priest sexual abuse by leaders of the Roman Catholic Church amounted to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute (RICO). [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 10:27 am by sally
“A Roman Catholic diocese is liable to pay compensation for alleged beatings inflicted by a nun and sexual abuse perpetrated by a priest on a young girl, the court of appeal has ruled. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
It then vacated the district court's order and remanded the case for further consideration in light of the Court's recent decision in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. [read post]