Just after dawn on Wednesday, May 23, Paolo Gabriele said goodbye to his wife, passed by the bedrooms of his three children and left to start another day in the service of the man Roman Catholics believe is the vicar of Christ on Earth. By the end of the day, Pope Benedict's butler would be branded a traitor and some, including an Italian cardinal, would compare him to the most famous betrayer in history - Judas Iscariot, the man who turned Jesus over to the Romans.

Dark haired and handsome, Gabriele, 46, left his simple home on the third floor of a s Vatican apartment block named after the 7th century monk Saint Egidio. With the St Ann's Gate entrance, guarded by Swiss Guard in blue berets, to his back, he passed the Holy See's central post office on Via Del Belvedere, turned left to climb a stone stairway named after Pope Pius X, and walked up a flight of covered steps to enter the small Renaissance-era Courtyard of Sixtus V. Here he used a key held by fewer than 10 people to enter an elevator that leads directly to the pope's private apartment on the third and top floor of the Apostolic Palace in the world's smallest state.

Peter's Square last Wednesday May 23 in his popemobile during his weekly general audience, Paolo Gabriele, his "assistente di camera," or butler, was sitting right beside him, as he had been doing for the last six years. But the shadows of suspicion were already hanging heavily over Gabriele, and within hours, he would be arrested on charges of being "illicitly in possession" of some of the pope's private documents. According to a reconstruction by Italy's daily La Repubblica, Gabriele had been approached the day before his arrest by Benedict's personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Ganswein.

A 'People's Petition' launched in Donegal, calling for the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady, will be presented this week to several organisations including Amnesty International Ireland, One in Four, a charity group granting support to those people who suffered sexual abuse, as well as to appropriate Catholic Church offices.

Martin Gallagher from the Falcarragh area of west Donegal - one of scores of children who suffered clerical abuse by pedophile priest, Eugene Greene — and who signed the petition earlier this week, said he was encouraged by the petition and the support he has received from people in Donegal and elsewhere in Ireland.

So many people suffered - and continue to suffer as a result of this terrible sexual abuse — and until the Catholic Church not only owns up to what was done, but makes comprehensive changes to the system to prevent it ever happening again, then such petitions as these are extremely important. Cardinal Brady should not lead this Congress. The news came out of bankruptcy filings, and is being publicized by a group representing the interests of victims of child abuse.

Regarding the questions on the pope's possible resignation, a hypothesis maintained by various media outlets, Fr. Lombardi affirmed that those were baseless creations of some journalists, which have no foundation in reality. The Curia has expressed its solidarity with the pontiff and continues to work in full communion with the Successor of Peter: Lombardi emphasized that it is important that communication regarding this sorrowful event for the Pope and the Church be inspired by rigorous criteria for the truth: I thus honestly believe that we are trying to handle this new situation: We are seeking the truth, and trying to objectively understand what may have happened.

First, however, it is necessary to be sure to have understood it, in respect for persons and the truth". You are German and have known the Pope for a long time. How do you think he feels? Why does he seem so calm? Benedict XVI is obviously saddened, but is certainly calm because he totally trusts in the help of the Almighty. He is aware that the Church must cross the tempestuous sea of this world; it must face its problems. Difficulties are not ideal, but I think they are normal occurrences in life.

The destiny of the disciple of Jesus is that of sharing his experience of suffering. As a historian of the Church, how do you see current events? Are there similar instances from the past that could be compared with the present? And one must not forget that at the end of the nineteenth century, during the first Vatican Council, during the course of the discussion on papal infallibility there were leaks of documents which were used as the basis for articles to discredit the Council. Vatican spokesman urges media to present accurate and balanced information Vatican spokesman, Fr.

Federico Lombardi has denounced the fact that too many articles are not based on fact, reiterating that respect for others comes above everything else. The response to this question is that given by the Pope today. Lombardi stressed — only speak when an answer has been given and I never mention any names, Gabriele being an exception because he was found to be in possession of material he was not supposed to have and this is an objective fact.

Lombardi stressed the importance of respect for others. Names should not be divulged before their involvement is proven. As Holy See hunts for evidence, three Italians are said to be involved Investigations into emails and phone calls and collaboration with public prosecutors continues. Meanwhile, the Secret Services have received a request for help. Paolo Gabriele is still the only person being investigated for the leak of documents from the papal apartments, but suspicions seem to lead to three more lay officials working in the Vatican, who reside in Italy.

Giani used to work for the Sisde, the Italian secret services and so far the Holy See has appealed twice to the Italian intelligence for support. First of all a month ago when the mole started leaking confidential papers to the mass media and the Vatican formally asked the Italian government for help. In that instance the secret services were authorized to collaborate with the Gendarmerie.

The culprits however were not found. The second time was when Inspector General Giani apparently called for support from the Italians again, from both police and intelligence, to intercept phone calls and emails. But the help could not be given without authorization from political authorities. The Gendarmerie continued its investigations and now we are at a turning point. As previously mentioned, at the top of the list of suspects there are three lay people working in the Vatican, who are however Italian citizens, residing in Rome.

According to the Vatican inspectors their involvement is evident. Perhaps inspectors are simply waiting for them to make a wrong move. So far, the Italian magistrates were not asked to send any rogatory letters, but if necessary, it should be fairly easy for the Vatican to ask for assistance from the Judiciary system and confiscate their private computers. Moreover, emails are kept up to five years on internet servers.

It should be simple, come the right time, to verify if one of them illegally handled confidential documents. Cleveland — Father Robert Marrone has been suspended by the the Cleveland Catholic Diocese for disobeying orders by Bishop Richard Lennon to remove himself from a break-away congregation of St. Peter's in downtown Cleveland was one of more than 50 churches closed by Lennon in the past three years.

Many members of St. Bishop Richard Lennon previously threatened to punish the Rev. Robert Marrone for celebrating Mass for former parishioners of St. They moved to a commercial building after their church was closed in amid downsizing by the diocese. But, recently, the poison has been laid bare for everyone to see as leak after an embarrassing leak has revealed an institution at war with itself. Already this year we've read about documents warning of a death threat against the Pope, widespread nepotism and corruption, exiled whistleblowers, gay smear campaigns and embarrassing revelations about the Vatican's tax affairs.

As the author of a new book on the Vatican, Gianluigi Nuzzi, says: This pope has removed 50 priests. The people in charge still think the Vatican is above ordinary laws. The structure of the Vatican - which is an absolute monarchy - is no longer suitable for the modern world," says Mickens. Posted on May 31, 7: Cronyism, corruption and power struggles.

Where else would you find such things, along with palace intrigue and a butler leaking sensitive information, but the Vatican? A book just published in Italy references private letters, internal memos, and a treasure trove of secret information that includes pleas to the Pope to deal with a money-laundering scandal. Such scandals seem to abound in the church hierarchy. Supposedly, he is the one who leaked all the juicy data to the author of the book, which is flying off the shelves in Italy. This sort of tale is not unusual, of course. Stories have leaked recently about the fate of a teenaged girl with Vatican City citizenship who was kidnapped and held for ransom in in lieu of the release of the man who attempted to assassinate John Paul II see: I HAVE been very moved by the overwhelming number of positive text and Facebook messages that I have received in response to my recent announcement of my marriage last year to the beautiful Josefina.

I know it must have come as a complete shock to everyone but it was deliberately orchestrated that way to draw attention to an issue that has fermented in the Catholic Church for decades, that of abuse by teachers, priests, brothers and even nuns in the church, and that many priests are living duplicity by having homosexual relationships. In my role as representative of the Catholic Church in nine parishes throughout the Diocese of Parramatta I have observed one constant: All the while I wanted to believe abuses were rare and infrequent but in my experience they were so commonly talked about.

The church will contend that the percentage is quite small but in my mind it should not be any. Being around kids who enjoy my company was always uncomfortable because of general suspicions about priests who play with kids. But they also have a responsibility to safeguard against terrible things that are done in their name. Jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments today in the child-endangerment trial of Monsignor William Lynn involving his handling of several priest-abuse complaints. Orlando Molina has been suspended indefinitely until an internal investigation is completed, said Michel Joseph Pugin, bishop of the U.

In a Philadelphia courtroom Thursday, jurors will hear closing arguments in a historic case involving the Catholic sex abuse scandal. William Lynn, a monsignor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is the first high-level church official to be tried for his involvement in covering up child abuse. In a Philadelphia courtroom, jurors are hearing closing arguments in a historic case involving the Catholic sex abuse scandal. William Lynn, a monsignor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is the first high-level church official to be tried for his involvement in covering up child abuse, specifically, conspiracy and children endangerment.

Journalist Ralph Cipriano has listened through every day of testimony, posting the events for the blog Philadelphia Priest Abuse Trial. For most of the week trial, he says, prosecutors put on a powerful case that Lynn, who was in charge of investigating sex abuse claims from to , protected the priests and the church - not the children. Then Lynn went on the stand and argued that he did everything within his power to protect children. The priest died in and was never convicted of any crimes. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes says he is pushing for passage of a new state law to force rabbis to report child sex allegations to authorities.

But lawmakers say Hynes has joined the legislative fray late in the state capital of Albany, and time is running out for any measure to pass this year. Only the NYPD should monitor crime. We see child neglect on a massive scale every day. Local police are told by their superiors not to issue tickets, and firefighters are told not to issue summonses when firetrap schools present a death threat to the youngest residents.

How ironic that these children are barely taught a thing about the country that provides them the freedoms they enjoy. That abuse gets swept under the rug is just par for the course. Outing Orthodox pervs imperils victims: Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes left blamed witness intimidation in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community — which he compared to the kind of threats carried out by the Mafia — for his unwillingness to name accused sexual predators.

Identifying the accused, Hynes said, would put their accusers in jeopardy of being outed by segments of the Orthodox community. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes continued to defend his office's record on sex abuse cases in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community at an unrelated press conference Wednesday. He said the victim intimidation in that community is worse than what he's seen in organized crime and police corruption cases over his nearly two-decade career.

The reports have also claimed Hynes failed to intervene when an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish organization told him that followers had to get permission from a rabbi before reporting allegations of sex abuse to authorities. Hynes has maintained that a significant hurdle in sex abuse cases involving Orthodox Jews is that the community cares more about protecting suspects than victims. Robert Marrone has been suspended from priestly ministry for disobeying an order by Cleveland Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon to remove himself as pastor of a breakaway congregation, according to a letter the priest wrote to his followers.

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Marrone and his congregation, the Community of St. Peter, broke away from the diocese to set up their own worship space in a commercial building in August , four months after Lennon closed their church, St. Peter, in downtown Cleveland. In the Roman curia, it's war. The ouster of the president of the bank. The maneuvers of Cardinal Bertone. The pope's false friends. Since the butler of His Holiness ended up in jail, the scene has suddenly changed. At center stage is no longer the dispute over the contents of the stolen papers.

Intent on scheming in the shadow of a venerable white robe. He didn't know that seven years later it would become the public image of the Vatican. A citadel devastated by thievery, with no corner left inviolate, not even that "sancta sanctorum" which the private desk of the pope should be. The real or presumed thieves of Vatican papers have declared in chorus to the newspapers, under anonymity, that they acted precisely out of love for the pope, to help him clean house. And it is true that none of the wrondoing laid bare in the documents involves his person.

But it is even more true that everything falls upon him, inexorably. Vigano invited two people to sit down and chat and he received their petition asking that the sanctions against LCWR be withdrawn:. In the course of the conversation, he [Vigano] made it known he had been at the beginning of the LCWR board meeting which started Tuesday and ends Friday. Later, he invited about 20 people into the embassy to see the chapel and offer prayers. During the trial, witnesses indicated that Reilly allowed young girls to spend the night with him, then took them to the Tabernacle Church the next day.

The girls were between the ages of at the time. During the sleepovers, the girls said he touched them inappropriately. One of the girls claimed she had sexual intercourse with Reilly when she was only 7 years old. During sentencing, Millican had choice words for several local supporters of Reilly, who had complained about the handling of the case: WOOD - A former Holland Public Schools worker accused assaulting three middle school students in has pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him. Meyer, 32, was originally charged with three counts of first-degree CSC.

He was a lunchroom supervisor at Holland's West Middle School at the time of the assaults and was also a church youth leader at Christ Memorial Church in Holland. A year-old Gadsden man convicted of rape and sex abuse involving four young girls he befriended at the church where he volunteered on Wednesday was sentenced to prison terms totaling years. Millican sentenced Reilly to 30 years in state prison on the rape charge and 20 years for each of the sexual abuse charges. The judge ordered the terms to be served concurrently. Victims of child sexual abuse who missed deadlines for filing civil claims against their abusers may get a two-year window during which they could bring old cases to court, under one legislative scenario under discussion on Beacon Hill.

Those potential provisions are being discussed as part of a move by lawmakers to scale back a proposal, opposed by the Catholic Church, that would have made sweeping changes to the legal remedies available to people sexually abused as children. The original legislation, which even some proponents consider too far-reaching, would eliminate the statute of limitations entirely for criminal and civil cases involving child sexual abuse, letting people come forward for an unlimited amount of time. Monsignor William Lynn is the first U. The prosecution alleges Monsignor William Lynn failed to act to protect children from two dangerous priests.

One of those priests, co-defendant James Brennan, has pleaded not guilty and the defense argues he never abused the victim who testified against him in this trial. The second priest, Edward Avery, also a former co-defendant, pleaded guilty just before trial admitting he sexually abused a boy in Lynn, testifying in his own behalf, told the jury he was sorry about that. But he did not accept blame.

He testified he did the best he could, but the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua had authority for priest placements. KFVS - The wife of an East Prairie pastor charged with statutory sodomy and possession of child porn is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Beth Lynnette Allen, 36, is charged with the endangering welfare of a child-1st Degree. Her husband, Kenneth Neal Allen, 36, is charged with three counts of first degree statutory sodomy and possession of child pornography. According to the probable cause statement, Beth Allen is a state paid child care provider and knew about an instance when her husband allegedly inappropriately touched a male child and failed to report it.

Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina summoned prosecution and defense attorneys to the closed-door meeting the day after testimony in the landmark trial ended, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Closing arguments will be Thursday, and the jury could get the case Friday, the newspaper said. A Catholic priest known for interfaith work is on a voluntary leave of absence while the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County district attorney decide whether his Facebook posts or other computer use amount to sexual abuse of a minor.

Daniel Valentine, 63, pastor of St. James parish in Sewickley, took personal leave on May 19 on the advice of diocesan officials, said the Rev. Ronald Lengwin, spokesman for the diocese. While on leave, he is not permitted to wear clerical garb or exercise public ministry. Father Lengwin would not describe the posts. The diocese hasn't decided if they cross the line into behavior prohibited by the church's child protection charter, he said.

In late April, he said, a family came to the diocese "and expressed deep concern about a posting on Facebook to one of their minor children. Having heard it, we determined that it should be turned over to the district attorney's office. United Press International Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, approved payments to priests suspected of abuse in the Milwaukee archdiocese, church documents show.

He became a cardinal in May 30, AP Interview: The investigative journalist who published a book of leaked papal documents begs to get off the phone one day because he's playing with his two kids at home in Milan. A day later he's ensconced in a swank hotel on Rome's Via Veneto, joking about cutting his journalistic chops as a year-old writing for a weekly Mickey Mouse magazine.

But Nuzzi, 42, is very much in the hot seat for revealing the secrets of one of the most secretive institutions in the world, accused of an unprecedented attack on both the pope and the Catholic Church. In the few days since, it has become the most-talked about book in Italy and the Vatican, pages of leaked Holy See documents and analysis of the Vatican's internal machinery that represents its biggest security breach in recent history.

Posted on May 30, 7: A Recipe for Child Protection: NO ONE— wants to get in front of television cameras and say that they were sexually abused. But when someone does, and does it in an eloquent, emotional and powerful way, that person changes the world. Jessica Bohman According to Bohman, her family members, and a lawsuit she just filed in Kern County Superior Court, Jessica was sexually abused by Foursquare Church youth minister Damon Young from when she was approximately 4 until she was 8 years old. I hope to post a copy of the police report soon.

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There is no question that the Young should have been immediately pulled out of youth ministry, the police called and the kids helped. But no one picked up the phone to report their suspicions. When Jessica had a sex ed class in junior high, she suddenly realized that what happened to her was very, very wrong. Veertig procent van de priesters in Nederland vindt dat het celibaat afgeschaft moet worden. Van de veertig procent die voor afschaffing is, denkt 22 procent dat de regel seksueel misbruik in de hand werkt. De groep voorstanders van het celibaat bleek bijna even groot als de groep tegenstanders, 39 procent vindt dat het celibaat behouden moet blijven.

De overige 21 procent oordeelde neutraal over de regel die stelt dat priesters niet mogen trouwen of seksueel contact mogen hebben. Julie Wolf said the payments were intended to speed up the departure process for pedophile priests, in response to critics who demanded that all abusive priests be defrocked. And it demanded that the archdiocese release all records about the payments, and other details on how the Milwaukee church handled sex abuse cases. Closing arguments will begin on Thursday in the high-profile Catholic criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia, and the media is not giving some important facts the attention they deserve.

The two trial defendants have already scored significant victories in their cases.


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The prosecution went into the trial that began on March 26 with the astonishing charges that Msgr. Brennan actually conspired together with the intention to abuse children. The charges were so wild and so far off base that even Judge Teresa Sarmina — who has sided with the prosecution nearly every step of the way in this ordeal — outright dismissed most of these charges from the bench two weeks ago. This was even though the jury had already sat for nearly two months of testimony! Sarmina's ruling prompted journalist Ralph Cipriano to note:.

Lynn, it made absolutely no sense to try the two together. Prosecutors have essentially admitted that an important episode in last year's grand jury report was largely a work of fiction.


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The much-cited report chronicled in stomach-turning detail the story of Rev. Brennan committing a brutal, all-night rape of year-old Mark Bukowski in Mark's full name is in the report, and he has given permission for his name to be public. By the time the trial started, however, prosecutors claimed that Brennan "almost raped" Mark. That's a big discrepancy. In addition, the defense has argued that Mark has notable credibility issues, which include a lengthy criminal record of fraud and filing false police reports. The Spokesman-Review reported Wednesday it was the second settlement in five years that has been billed as ending the bankruptcy of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane.

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A letter written by Spokane Bishop Blase Cupich and distributed to parishioners on Sunday sought to assure churchgoers that the threat of foreclosure had passed. And it called on church authorities on Wednesday to release all records involving the payments and its handling of clergy sex abuse cases. Archdiocese spokeswoman Julie Wolf said the payments were intended to speed up the laicization process, in response to criticism by SNAP and others who called for offender priests to be defrocked.

She disputed their characterization as a payoff, saying the money was meant to help the men transition back into lay life. Posted on May 30, 6: Citing its need to restructure in the United States after a series of sex abuse scandals involving its founder and several prominent members, the Legionaries of Christ are withdrawing from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Sacramento, California, effective July 1, reports NCR Online. The order has administered the large Hispanic parish in the state capital for the last 12 years.

Their departure follows the closure last year of their two local schools, the University of Sacramento and the Immaculate Conception Apostolic School, because of diminishing enrollment. In a civil complaint, Jessica Bowman claims that, starting from when she was 4 years old, she was sexually molested by a year-old Four Square church volunteer who later became her youth minister.


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  6. Posted on May 30, 5: Now it has begun a formal inquiry into the case of the pope's personal assistant who has been implicated in the media-blitzed "VatiLeaks" scandal. Paolo Gabriele, the pope's valet since , was arrested May 23 by Vatican security for having unauthorized documents in his possession.

    As the case unfolds in the coming weeks, many may wonder how the Vatican City State's unique judicial system works. While a recent survey by the Association of Catholic Priests found that weekly Mass attendance throughout the country is one of the highest in Europe at 35 percent, the capital -- where Mass attendance in some parishes is 2 percent -- has been hit by a combination of religious apathy, secularism and disenchantment as a result of clergy sex abuse scandals.

    David Quinn of The Iona Institute, a think-tank that aims to highlight the benefits of religion for society, believes it is wrong to present all of the church's challenges as being linked to clerical abuse scandals. The shift in public opinion, he said, is "driven primarily by the secularizing trends that would have overtaken the rest of Europe over the last century, and only secondly actually by the scandals, because the downward trends were in place before the scandals ever came to light.

    May 30, To: Jerome Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee From: That betrayal was marked and sealed by a disbursement of money: So it is with considerable dismay to learn that the apostolic leaders of the Milwaukee church, who gather the faithful around the name and memory of Christ, have been apparently engaged in paying off those who betrayed the children of our archdiocese. Minutes from a March Archdiocese Finance Council meeting, which have surfaced in Milwaukee Federal Bankruptcy Court, appear to confirm what we survivors and our families have long suspected, that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, under the leadership of Archbishop Dolan and Bishop Sklba, were paying off priests who committed criminal acts of rape, sexual assault and abuse against youngsters.

    Evidence shows the plan was implemented. A few months later you put the archdiocese into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Dolan emphatically denied such a charge in But a new document surfacing in the Milwaukee Archdiocese bankruptcy case shows that Dolan had discussed such a scheme with his Finance Council in Now we know, he implemented it. Laicization is an administrative procedure to have a priest defrocked. This is as ludicrous as a school board, instead of firing a teacher for criminal acts against children, calling the police, and revoking his license to teach, instead saying that they had to pay the child molester tens of thousands of dollars to hand over their license to the board.

    How wrong would it be to use church funds for these kinds of payouts to pedophiles? When serial child predator Fr. Yet, the minutes that have now surfaced from a Archdiocese of Milwaukee Finance Council meeting, attended by Dolan and his auxiliary bishop Richard Sklba, make very clear that these laicization payouts were independent of salaries, pensions and health insurance. They were a no strings attached financial bonus to help child molesters walk away from the priesthood and disappear into the community.

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    In opening statements in March, a prosecutor called the alleged cover-up of child sexual assaults by priests a battle between right and wrong within the Philadelphia archdiocese. But hundreds of church documents aired at trial suggest there was little internal debate among Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua and his top men on how to handle the complaints: Ask the priest if he did it. Send him to a church-run hospital. Tell the parish he's on "health leave.

    Bevilacqua made Monsignor William Lynn his point person for the thankless job from to , when Lynn served as secretary for clergy. Now jurors will have to decide - after closing arguments Thursday - whether the mild-mannered Lynn alone should be held criminally responsible for the sins of the church. That, of course, is what Lynn is saying: That was a very convenient death. It is a frightening fact that modern technology has greatly closed the gap between predators and children, and we urge parents to be vigilant about what kind of people are contacting their children online.

    We are grateful to Pittsburgh law enforcement for looking into this matter and are grateful that Rev. Daniel Valentine has been removed from his parish. Bishop Zubik isn't a police officer or prosecutor. So he has no business minimizing Valentine's actions or claiming they weren't criminal. It's doubtful law enforcement would be involved if the priest was talking to the child about Hot Wheels or Winnie the Pooh.

    Posted on May 30, 3: One defendant is James Brennan, a priest accused of trying to rape a minor, which is not that unusual. We are asking NPR to respond to our complaint. In this day and age when it is considered taboo to make sweeping generalizations of a negative sort about so many demographic groups, it is astonishing that NPR would allow this bigoted swipe at Catholic priests. Instead, as the "Vatileaks" scandal has revealed, the head of the Roman Catholic Church can't even keep his own private mail secret. His hand-picked deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, faces a "monsignors' mutiny" by prelates in the halls of power.

    Benedict's papacy has been marked until now by controversies over things he has said and done, such as his criticism of Islam at Regensburg in or his decision to readmit four excommunicated ultra-traditionalist bishops to the Church. Posted on May 30, 2: ROME Reuters - An Italian journalist behind a leaks scandal shaking the Roman Catholic Church denies Vatican accusations he is a criminal and says he was only doing his duty to uncover the truth.

    Gianluigi Nuzzi's book, alleging corruption and conspiracies among cardinals in a Vatican struggle for power, has led to a hunt for informants in the Holy See and the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI's butler, one of the people closest to him. These documents reveal the secrets of the Vatican but there is nothing in the documents that threatens the security of that state," Gianluigi Nuzzi told Reuters on Wednesday. He spoke as the pope denounced what he called false media coverage of the scandal, which his aides have branded a brutal, personal attack on the ageing pontiff. The minutes show that there was a discussion about "unassignable priests" receiving full salary.

    SNAP alleges that the plan was accepted and implemented based on what it claims were payments to accused members of the clergy.

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    Phil Reifenberg, Wayne A. So far, only one case has been filed, but we are anticipating three or four more. There will be some insurance coverage, however it will take a long time to recover. The insurance companies argue that the Archdiocese was negligent and therefore coverage does not apply. Results of the psychiatric evaluations of the victim have not yet been received. Archbishop Cousins sent a letter to the Diocese of Orange outlining the problems with Fr.

    Pastoral Mediation Our care for victims goes beyond the law. Restorative justice makes reparations for lost jobs, education, etc. This is a process done without an attorney for either side. Currently, Marquette University has a mediation program in place. Several victims have come forward and think pastoral mediation sounds helpful. Pastoral mediation has been in place for many years now, however it has not had a formal edict. This amount is a goal and is not concrete. The Finance Council believes this is a step in the right direction.

    Since this cannot be taken from CSA, how would this be funded? If the costs become too great, they would have to be borrowed. A loan would be internal and probably would come from the Income Care Fund. It would be hoped that some funding would come from the insurance and would help repay the loan. The worst-case scenario would force the Archdiocese to liquidate property. If Wisconsin takes the same approach as California and offers a one-year reprieve on the statute of limitations, then more drastic action would need to be taken. This could result in program cuts, seminary cuts, etc.

    The Cabinet has been and will continue to meet to discuss and revise the budget. Some of the options are drastic and may not be feasible at this time. Francis Seminary must be made aware of our predicament and be willing to share In budget cuts. Since parishes have already completed their budgeting processes, we would not be able to increase parish assessments for the coming year. Another option may be to reduce or eliminate the subsidized lunch program for employees.

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    Currently unassignable priests are receiving full salaries and are budgeted under the Vicar for Clergy. Also, they remain on our health insurance until they find other employment. The final effect of all this is not known at this time and it may be a wash with the current budget.

    Posted on May 30, 1: Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said May 30 that the magistrates who have been holding Gabriele in the offices of the Vatican police were considering the formal request to allow him to return to his Vatican apartment with his wife and three children. The papal assistant, a combination butler and valet, was arrested May 23 by Vatican police, who said they found stolen documents in his apartment. Father Lombardi confirmed that Gabriele's lawyers had petitioned for house arrest.

    He said the magistrates were considering the request and "arrangements already are being made" in case they allow it. Richard Cottrell Contributing writer for End the Lie As the ship of state veers close to a deadly reef in the teeth of a violent storm, the captain and all his crew are suddenly struck blind. This is an apt simile for the uproar surrounding the extent and gravity of the child abuse scandal eating at the very fabric of the Roman Catholic Church.

    The first reaction of Pope Benedict and his advisors in the circumstances is to adopt a strict policy of eyes wide shut. Here in the United States allegations of sexual abuse are swept under the rug so hastily that accused priests are actually able to hold supervisor positions with the Transportation Security Administration TSA. Believe it if you will, the conference of Italian bishops has just issued new guidelines on what to do if abuse cases involving priests or for that matter, higher ranks of the church come to their attention. Lynn suggests he was overwhelmed and inexperienced, but apparently never once asked for additional personnel or training.

    He implies he got conflicting pressures but apparently never once sought clarity. He now blames others' "rules" but apparently never once objected to them or tried to change them. Lynn had these feelings of maybe wanting to do more, shouldn't there be some evidence that at some point over a decade or more he might have acted on these feelings? Yet there is none. And not once, in almost four decades as a seminarian and priest did he ever call police about known or suspected child sex crimes, no matter how egregious or repeated they were.

    Posted on May 30, A Sewickley priest is on leave as the Allegheny County District Attorney's office investigates a complaint involving Facebook postings to a minor. Daniel Valentine, a St. James priest, began a leave of absence May 19 because of a complaint about Facebook postings, according to a letter from Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Bishop David Zubik. District Attorney's office spokesman Mike Manko confirmed his office received a request to investigate. Valentine could not be reached for comment. In a letter to parishioners posted on the St.

    James website, Zubik said he instructed diocesan staff to ask the District Attorney's office to do a forensic audit of the computers at Saint James Parish and Valentine's personal computer. The Vatican bank has been shaken by the dismissal of its President, Italian Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who was removed by its board of external financial experts over accusations of negligence and failing to fulfil basic duties. Here is a look at the 70 year-old Vatican Bank and its scandals: The priest at St.

    Pittsburgh Catholic Bishop David Zubik said in a letter posted on the parish's website that a complaint was recently made against the Rev. Dan Valentine regarding Facebook postings the St. James priest for six years made to a minor. AP - Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik says a parish priest has taken a leave of absence while prosecutors review a complaint that the priest allegedly posted messages to a minor on Facebook.

    Zubik says Allegheny County prosecutors have determined the postings amount to "poor judgment" rather than "criminal activity" and that he hopes the Rev. Daniel Valentine will return to duty soon with St. James Catholic Church in Pittsburgh's upscale suburb of Sewickley. A spokesman for the district attorney's office confirmed the diocese had referred the case for investigation, but wouldn't comment further.

    The Beaver County Times http: Posted on May 30, 9: Benedict made his first direct comments on the scandal in off-the-cuff remarks at the end of his weekly general audience. He lashed out at some of the media reports about the scandal, saying the "exaggerated" and "gratuitous" rumors had offered a false image of the Holy See.

    The Italian media have been in a frenzy ever since the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested last week after Vatican investigators discovered papal documents in his Vatican City apartment. He remains in detention and has pledged to cooperate fully with the investigation. In remarks at the end of his weekly audience for pilgrims in St Peter's square, the pontiff also expressed his full trust in close Vatican aides under fire over the scandal. Tales of finger-pointing cardinals lobbing wild accusations against each other have made the hallowed Holy See look more like a nest of vipers.

    One Italian paper even suggested that an unnamed laywoman had secretly ordered the butler to do it. But the Vatican, of course, denies it all. Pope sees scandal as a test not as a tragedy, says Fr. The director of the Vatican Press Office returns to the Vatileaks case. The director of the Vatican Press Office, Fr. It will not, however, allow the fierce media interest shown in the case in recent days, to rush the investigation. They were to talk about documents which they claim show that now-Cardinal Timothy Dolan was involved in plans to pay child molesters to quietly leave the priesthood.

    Auxiliary Bishop Richard Sklba allegedly was also involved in that meeting. Posted on May 30, 8: Abuse among the Orthodox: Jewish Ideas Daily — First, the bad news: Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse occurs in Orthodox Jewish communities. Next, the worse news: Though there is no evidence that such abuse occurs more frequently among the Orthodox than in other populations, two recent front-page New York Times stories are just the latest piece of evidence that Orthodox communities are often in denial and worse.

    Rabbis and communal leaders often seek to save the community from embarrassment and, in doing so, protect the perpetrators. If children complain of being abused, their parents may silence them, or, if their parents complain too, their neighbors harass them to prevent their going to the police, claiming a religious prohibition on giving Jews up to secular authorities.

    Indeed, the official policy of the Haredi organization Agudath Israel of America is that school teachers or administrators who suspect abuse must ask a rabbi before going to secular authorities, New York State laws notwithstanding. By Paul Berger Published May 29, Charles Hynes established in to handle sex abuse allegations among haredi Jews in New York.

    A firestorm of controversy has surrounded the program in recent weeks, in part due to a pair of front-page stories in The New York Times detailing the communal pressure that alleged victims of sex crimes face in the haredi community. Archbishop Becciu says that he has seen the Holy Father "suffering because, on the basis of what has thus far emerged, someone very close to him would seem to have acted in a completely unjustifiable manner.

    Of course, the Pope's prevailing sentiment is one of pity for the person involved, but the fact remains that he has been the victim of a brutal action. Benedict XVI has had to witness the publication of letters stolen from his own home, not simply private correspondence but information, reflections, expressions of states of mind, and effusive comments which he has received merely by virtue of his ministry. For this reason the Pope is particularly sorrowful, also for the violence suffered by the writers of the letters he has received".

    In the view of the Secretariat of State, the publication of these documents "is an immoral act of unprecedented gravity, especially because it is not just a serious violation of the privacy to which everybody should have the right, but a despicable abuse of the relationship of trust that exists between Benedict XVI and those who turn to him, even if they do so to express some heartfelt protest. The question does not merely involve the theft of some of the Pope's letters; the consciences of those who address him as the Vicar of Christ have been violated, and the ministry of the Successor of the Apostle Peter has come under attack".

    However, I have never lost my firm certainty that, despite the weakness of man, despite difficulties and trials, the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit and the Lord will ensure she never lacks the help she needs to support her on her journey. Thus, I wish to reiterate my trust and encouragement to my closest collaborators and to all those people who every day, in silent faithlessness and with a spirit of sacrifice, help me carry out my ministry".

    The courtroom was packed with Lynn supporters on the defense side and victims, family members and supporters on the prosecution side. Although, it was so crowded some late-comers had to mix in where there was an available seat. I looked around at the people who I never knew until this past year: Vicky and Steve, whose bodies were sexually violated as children; Art, whose beloved son is now gone forever; Sr. Many people have made their way to room over the past 8 weeks.

    Margaret from Catholic Accountability, who I was with the day they entered the evidence of my former parish priest Fr. Cannon; Jackie and Susan, who I sat in between as we cried the day James and Billy took the stand to speak their truth; Beth, who always extends warmth and comfort to our victims; Rich, who bravely sat and listened to the testimony of James and Billy, their stories so similar to his own; and the family members of the victims who testify.

    So much painful history has occupied those rows — so much pain. The two dozen women and men say they came to support the nuns. And they said 'no'. That fight had its roots in the Second Vatican Council, the effort to bring the Catholic Church into the modern world. Sister Karen Kennelly is a church historian and past president of L. She says Vatican Two told religious congregations to renew themselves. Minutes from confirm Minutes from confirm: Minutes from meeting confirm: Victims will also be emailing a letter Wednesday to current Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki demanding: On final day of testimony Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Thursday after the defense rested Tuesday afternoon for Monsignor William Lynn and a co-defendant.

    Lynn, 61, who served as the Philadelphia archdiocese secretary for clergy from to , is the first U. He and the Rev. James Brennan have been on trial for 10 weeks. Brennan has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a teen in Defrocked priest Edward Avery pleaded guilty to a sexual assault days before trial and is in prison. No one fully knows the extent of damage. In our lifetime, certain people within the Catholic community — priests, members of religious orders, women religious, the lay community — have molested or otherwise abused innumerable boys and girls.

    The loss can be measured in dollars, sure, but no one can define the value of each damaged soul. Victims speak of shutting themselves down to the outside world, acting inappropriately themselves, or feeling a civic, cultural or religious disenfranchisement. The butler did it. Polygamist paedophile Warren Jeffs has a revelation in prison: Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has shared an apparent change of heart in his latest 'revelation' from prison, writing that women should not be abused.

    The Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints Church leader is serving a year sentence at Powledge Unit near Palestine, Texas, for systematic child sex assault and marrying underage girls. The year-old's 'revelation', one of a series of religious messages he has addressed to the Utah State Attorney General, is dated 13 May, just days before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected his appeal. Jeffs wrote, 'Let women be free, to be educated, to have full protection from abuse, ye nations', Fox News reported.

    Was in Deutschland verboten ist und unter Strafe gestellt, wird dem prominenten Radio-Moderator Marcus Japke vorgeworfen. Es nicht zu machen, kann auch als eine symbolische Geste verstanden werden. Tausende Anrufe gingen ein, doch es werden immer weniger: A Bakersfield woman who claims she was molested by her youth minister more than 20 years ago has come forward, urging others who may have been molested to do the same.

    Jessica Bohman, 29, is suing both her alleged assailant as well as the church she attended, Dayspring Christian Fellowship in central Bakersfield. The International Four Square organization, a Pentecostal Christian group affiliated with Dayspring Church, is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

    Bohman was only 4 years old when she claims family friend and youth minister Damon Young began sexually abusing her. The defense in the clergy sex-abuse trial rested Tuesday after Msgr. Lynn ended three days' contentious testimony the way he began - asserting he had done his best to protect children but had lacked the power to do more. Lawyers for Lynn and his codefendant, the Rev. Brennan, called their final witnesses - friends, relatives, parishioners, priests, and nuns who praised the defendants as law-abiding citizens.

    As the defense rested its case Tuesday in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sex abuse trial, the momentum in the courtroom appeared to be shifting. The question is whether it had moved enough to matter. A month ago, the prosecution appeared so far out in the lead, they were paring down witness lists, and playing it safe, as they strove to protect a big fourth-quarter lead. Sure there were problems with the Father James J. Brennan side of the case, but the evidence against Msgr. Lynn seemed stacked so high the only question was when the monsignor went down, would that giant sucking sound take Father Brennan along with him.

    But then Judge M. Teresa Sarmina, who had been pro-prosecution all the way, suddenly whacked two conspiracy charges off the prosecution's case. Next the defense stole the prosecution's alleged smoking gun -- that list of 35 abuser priests drawn up by Lynn and ordered shredded by Cardinal Bevilacqua -- and used that same evidence to show that Lynn may have been just a patsy. Yesterday, the last shoe to drop was Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington's anti-climactic finish to his three-day cross-examination of Msgr.

    Lynn, a performance that was toned-down from the previous fireworks. By the time Blessington limped to the finish, it sure seemed like the prosecutor had run out of steam. That's the risk you take when you stretch a cross over three days, but maybe the prosecution is still so far ahead, it won't matter. An alleged case of sexual abuse more than 20 years old has been resurrected by the filing of a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court.

    Plaintiff Jessica Prater Bohman went public Tuesday as she stood outside the courthouse with her attorney and relatives to announce the lawsuit and discuss what she said happened to her when she was 4 years old. The lawsuit says Bohman, now 29, was molested by a youth minister at Bakersfield Dayspring Foursquare Church from to The lawsuit identifies Damon Young, who was 15 when the abuse first began, as the minister who assaulted her.

    Investigative reports filed by Bakersfield police and provided by Bohman's attorney say Young admitted in to molesting Bohman and two other girls. According to Bohman, the case went to juvenile court but Young could not be held criminally liable because the statute of limitations had expired. That Plan, in addition to establishing a multi-million fund to compensate victim survivors, also provided for the possibility of claims to be made after the bar date of March , for a period of nine years, or until Parishioners were advised that the risk of foreclosure was small, given that the number of future claims in all likelihood would not be significant.

    As I noted in my letter to you shortly after I arrived in the fall of , the Trustee, appointed to oversee the bankruptcy plan, informed me that the one million dollar fund would soon be exhausted with the payment of several future claims awards and that we would need to recapitalize the future claims fund immediately or face foreclosure on parish and school properties to satisfy this obligation.

    The Diocese did not have the funds available, which meant foreclosure action was imminent. The situation was deteriorating even more so at this time, since the high costs of legal efforts beginning in to challenge some of the future claims awards were draining what little resources we needed to operate and, as reported by the media, these challenges had reached a stalemate. We also were informed that more future claims would in all likelihood be accepted, thus placing the very survivability of the Catholic Church in Eastern Washington as we know it into serious question.

    Taking all of this into consideration, I sought the assistance of a new team of competent individuals to take a fresh look at things and to put together a strategy to mediate this impasse and bring some order to the series of events that were cascading out of control. District Court for the District of Oregon to serve as mediator. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Product details File Size: CassiopeiaPress December 4, Publication Date: December 4, Sold by: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.

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