DIOCESE/State Watch
Los Angeles, CA and Mexico City, Mexico: “Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los
Angeles and Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City were named in a civil
lawsuit claiming obstruction of justice, negligence and conspiracy to facilitate
the flight of the priest and sexual battery. The lawsuit claims that the cardinals
allowed a priest wanted for multiple sex abuse to flee California for Mexico.” Read
more. Also, click
here.
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According to the DallasTimes.com site: “Roman Catholic Church officials
asked for an investigation Thursday of two U.S. lawyers and an activist they
claim are trying to extort money from the Mexican church with a lawsuit alleging
Cardinal Norberto Rivera protected a pedophile priest.”
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Townhall.com reports
that the Mexico’s Cardinal Rivera has denied protecting
the priest.
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles, CA: Associated Press reports at
WashingtonPost.com: “The
nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese could sign a $60 million settlement
with dozens of alleged victims of clergy abuse within days, several attorneys
told The Associated Press.
Burlington, KY: According to the International Herald
Tribune: “Attorneys
do not have to give prosecutors the names of victims of sexual abuse by priests
in northern Kentucky until a full hearing on the issue, the Kentucky Court
of Appeals ruled. The appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's order that
would have forced attorneys in the class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Covington to give prosecutors the names of their clients and details
of the suspected abuse.” Read more.
Iowa: The Des Moines Register reports: “Iowa's four Roman Catholic bishops
are named in a long-shot Wisconsin lawsuit that seeks to compel every U.S.
bishop to release the names and locations of all abusive priests - a list estimated
to be in excess of 5,000 names, according to a U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops' study.”
VOTF Council Representative Frank Douglas encourages a visit to this website, which provides more detail on the lawsuit cited above. (Note this link and
other useful links are available from the Links section of the VOTF website.
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VOTF Bridgeport, CT: Associated Press reported in the Stamford
Advocate on
VOTF Bridgeport’s longstanding advocacy of financial accountability in
their diocese. The article also identified recent causes for concern around
the US and VOTF Bridgeport, CT’s plans for their April 2007 conference
at Fairfield University. Read
more.
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