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Pope Apologizes for 'Evil' Clergy Sex Abuse

Pontiff tells Australia child abusers have damaged the church

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 19, 08 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI used unusually strong language today in condemning the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Catholic clergy, reports the AP. The pontiff said the clergy's "grave betrayal of trust" had damaged the Catholic church. "I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured. I assure them as their pastor that I, too, share in their suffering," Benedict said during a mass in Sydney. "Those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice." More »

Pope to Church: Pedophilia Was 'Badly Handled'

He urges bishops to 'foster healing' and work to improve trust

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 16, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI had strong words for America's Roman Catholic bishops today, asserting that the clerical sexual molestation scandal had been "very badly handled" in many cases, the AP reports. "It is your God-given responsibility as pastors to bind up the wounds caused by every breach of trust, to foster healing, to promote reconciliation and to reach out with loving concern to those so seriously wronged," he said. More »

$500M Bush Library Deal Expected Today

Southern Methodist University trustees voting on controversial project

Dallas Morning News Dallas Morning News Feb 22, 08 2:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Southern Methodist University's trustees are expected to vote today to bring George W. Bush's presidential library to the Texas institution, reports the Dallas Morning News .  The agreement will be "a great day for SMU," said the university's president. But the road to a final agreement at Laura Bush's alma mater hasn't been a smooth one. More »

In Shift, Clergy Gives
More Dollars to Dems

Donations favor Obama, Clinton over Huckabee

Politico Politico Dec 22, 07 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - In a shift from 2004, Republican presidential and congressional hopefuls are losing clergy support as measured by campaign donations, Politico reports. According to FEC data, clergy and religious groups have given Dem candidates $367,000 but the GOP just $288,000. Of the Dem haul, Barack Obama leads with $107,350 to Hillary Clinton's $89,910. More »

NY Diocese's Coloring Book Warns of Abuse

Angel tells kids not to be alone with an adult; priest not mentioned

Newsweek Newsweek Dec 5, 07 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A coloring book handed out by the Catholic Church to kids in New York warns them not to be alone with an adult in a room with the door shut, Newsweek reports. It doesn't specifically name priests as a risk, but it does depict an angel warning an altar boy not to "be alone in a closed room with an adult." A man with his back turned—possibly a priest—is smiling at the child. More »

More about:  children • New York • education • Catholic Church • priest • priest sex abuse • clergy abuse scandal • clergy

Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex

Peterson bragged of getting away with murder

Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Sun-Times Nov 29, 07 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Before her disappearance, Stacy Peterson revealed to three people, including a clergyman, that her husband had bragged of killing his ex-wife and making it look like an accident, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times . Drew Peterson, now a suspect in his fourth wife’s disappearance, was already living with a pregnant Stacy in 2004 when Kathleen Savio’s body was discovered in an empty bathtub. More »

More about:  murder • accident • Drew Peterson • Stacy Peterson • Kathleen Savio • clergy

Anti-Franco Fights Erupt
at Vatican Ceremony

Anger over church role supporting Spanish dictator as it honors clergy

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Oct 29, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Old wounds were ripped open and fights erupted yesterday as the Vatican beatified 498 priests and nuns killed in the Spanish Civil War. Scuffles between Catholics and leftists broke out near the Vatican's largest-ever beatification ceremony in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican, which supported dictator Francisco Franco during the war, considers the clergy, killed by leftist militias, to be martyrs. More »

More about:  Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • clergy • beatification • Spanish Civil War

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