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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
From NY Times
PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, a former archbishop’s aide, was
found guilty Friday of one count of endangering children, becoming the
first senior official of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
to be convicted of covering up child sexual abuses by priests under his
supervision.
Matt Rourke/Associated Press
Monsignor William J. Lynn, walking into court before
the verdict reading, was the first senior official of the Roman Catholic
Church in the United States to be convicted for covering up child
sexual abuses by priests.
Multimedia
The 12-member jury acquitted Monsignor Lynn, of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia, on a conspiracy charge and a second count of endangerment
after a three-month trial that prosecutors and victims rights groups
called a milestone in the sexual abuse scandals that have shaken the
Catholic church.
Despite the mixed outcome, the guilty verdict was widely seen as a
victory for the district attorney’s office, which has been investigating
the archdiocese aggressively since 2002, and it was hailed by victim
advocates who have argued for years that senior church officials should
be held accountable for concealing evidence and transferring predatory
priests to unwary parishes.
Monsignor Lynn sat impassively as the jury read the verdicts, but some
relatives behind him were in tears. Judge M. Teresa Sarmina of the
Common Pleas Court revoked his bail and the monsignor stood up, removed
his black clerical jacket and was led from the courtroom by sheriff’s
deputies. His conviction could result in a prison sentence of
three-and-a-half to seven years.
The trial sent a sobering message to church officials and others
overseeing children around the country, a message punctuated by the
conviction of Monsignor Lynn, who was an aide to the late Cardinal
Anthony J. Bevilacqua.
“I think that bishops and chancery officials understand that they will
no longer get a pass on these types of crimes,” said Nicholas P.
Cafardi, a professor of law at Duquesne University, a canon lawyer and
frequent church adviser.
“Priests who sexually abuse youngsters and the chancery officials who
enabled it,” he said, “can expect criminal prosecution.”
The trial cast a harsh light on the top leadership of the archdiocese,
especially Cardinal Bevilacqua, the archbishop of Philadelphia from 1988
to 2003, who died in January. Monsignor Lynn’s own lawyer told the jury
that “in this trial, you have seen the dark side of the church.”
The revelations of sexual abuse and seeming official indifference have
tormented an archdiocese that was long known for imperious leaders and
an insular camaraderie among its priests – “the priestly equivalent of
the blue wall of silence,” said Rocco Palmo, the Philadelphia-based
writer of Whispers in the Loggia, a blog on Catholic affairs. It has
also been costly: the financially ailing archdiocese said this week that
legal fees and internal investigations spurred by the abuse cases had
cost $11.6 million since early 2011.
Cardinal Bevilacqua and his aides, the prosecutors argued, sought to
avoid scandal and costly lawsuits at almost any price, putting the
reputation of the archdiocese ahead of protecting vulnerable children.
Before the verdict, Monsignor Lynn’s lawyers promised to appeal any
conviction, arguing that the law on child endangerment at the time did
not apply to supervisors and that the judge had allowed prejudicial
evidence, among other issues.
Monsignor Lynn, 61, served as secretary for clergy for the 1.5
million-member Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2004, in charge
of recommending priest assignments and investigating abuse complaints.
Prosecutors said he played down credible accusations and reassigned
known predators to unwary parishes.
The prosecutors presented a flood of evidence, legal experts said, that
the archdiocese had concealed abuse accusations and that Monsignor Lynn
had not acted strongly to keep suspected molesters away from children,
let alone to report them to law enforcement.
But the tortuous jury deliberations and mixed verdict showed the
difficulty of placing criminal blame on one church official when there
was evidence that others, starting with the cardinal at the time, had
worked to prevent bad publicity and lawsuits. The jurors also wrestled
with the definition of conspiracy, at one point asking the judge to
define “agree,” and with the question of criminal intent on the part of
Monsignor Lynn, who presented himself as an affable man who tried his
best.
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This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: June 22, 2012
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the jury had deadlocked on two counts against Msgr. William J. Lynn; the jury acquitted Monsignor Lynn of conspiracy and a second count of endangerment.
Correction: June 22, 2012
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the jury had deadlocked on two counts against Msgr. William J. Lynn; the jury acquitted Monsignor Lynn of conspiracy and a second count of endangerment.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Jimmy Carter -- Hooray!
President Carter acted on this 2 years ago. Published here for research purposes only. From Huffpost
Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
2 years ago
After
more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds
with the Southern Baptist Church -- and he's decided it's time they go
their separate ways. Via Feministing,
the former president called the decision "unavoidable" after church
leaders prohibited women from being ordained and insisted women be
"subservient to their husbands." Said Carter in an essay in The Age:At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, employment and influence within their own communities.And, later:
The truth is that male religious leaders have had -- and still have -- an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.After watching everyone from philandering politicians to Iran's president taking a sudden look heavenwards when the roof starts to come down on them, it's refreshing to see Carter calling out the role of religion in the mistreatment of women.
The question for Carter -- and for others who find themselves at odds with leadership -- is, when a group you're deeply involved in starts to move away from your own core beliefs, do you stay and try to change from within or, at some point, do you have to look for the exit? Carter did give the former a shot -- in recent years publicly criticizing and distancing himself from church leadership, while staying involved with his church. Now, he's seeing if absence might do what presence did not.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Full coverage
'OJ didn't do it, his son did'
Independent Online - 2 hours ago
AP A 2008 file photo showing OJ Simpson in court during his sentencing
hearing after he was convicted of a gunpoint hotel room heist. A US
private investigator claims he knows who really killed Nicole Brown and
Ron Goldman in 1994 – and it wasn't OJ ...
'OJ Is Innocent And I Can Prove It': In New Book, PI William Dear Claims OJ ...
Huffington Post - 13 hours ago
In his new book, private investigator William Dear claims to have
circumstantial evidence that suggests OJ Simpson did not kill Nicole
Brown or Ron Goldman. It's often said that the only certainties in life
are death and taxes.
OJ Simpson's son is the real killer, says new book
London Free Press - 16 hours ago
By QMI Agency A Texas private investigator, in a new book, claims OJ
Simpson's oldest son, Jason, has been overlooked as a suspect in the
grisly murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. William Dear claims to
have circumstantial evidence collected ...
OJ Simpson Innocent? Private Eye Claims Simpson's Son, Jason, Did The Killings
Huffington Post - 22 hours ago
A private investigator claims that OJ Simpson is innocent of murdering
his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. OJ Simpson wasn't
the killer: It was his son who murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman,
says a private investigator.
'OJ Simpson's son killed Nicole Brown'
Hindustan Times - Apr 2, 2012
In a new book, a private investigator assigned to OJ Simpson's trial
for the murder of Nicole Simpson Brown and Ronald Goldman, has detailed
what he and his team of forensic experts have found over the past 17
years. In the book titled 'OJ Is Innocent ...
New book alleges OJ Simpson's son killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman
Fox News - Apr 1, 2012
DALLAS – Celebrity private eye William Dear doesn't think OJ Simpson
got away with murder. The real killer is the gridiron great's troubled
oldest son, Jason Simpson, the Texas gumshoe theorizes in his latest
book, "OJ Is Innocent and I Can Prove It," ...
OJ Simpson didn't kill his wife - his son did it, claims private investigator
NEWS.com.au - Apr 1, 2012
OJ Simpson didn't kill his wife or her friend - his son did it. That's
the theory being pushed by a Texan private investigator, who claims he
has unearthed evidence that links Jason Simpson to the 1994 murders.
William C. Dear claims OJ Simpson tried ...
New Book Says O.J. Simpson's Son Jason Killed Nicole Brown
Us Magazine - Apr 1, 2012
From the title of William Dear's new book OJ Is Innocent and I Can
Prove It, one may think that OJ Simpson has an ally. But Dear's finger
is pointed right at Simpson's own son, Jason Simpson, who was 24 at the
time that his dad was on trial for the ...
New book claims OJ Simpson is innocent and his son Jason is the real killer
Daily Mail - Apr 1, 2012
By Daily Mail Reporter A Texas private investigator claims he knows who
really killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in 1994. And it wasn't OJ
Simpson. In a new book, 'OJ is Innocent and I Can Prove It,' William C.
Dear alleges Simpson went on trial, ...
OJ's Son's Not "The Real Killer" -- Regardless...
Village Voice (blog) - 1 hour ago
By James King By Ben Sin By Victoria Bekiempis By Victoria Bekiempis By
Victoria Bekiempis By James King By James King By James King By Esther
Zuckerman By Esther Zuckerman By James King Tue., Apr. 3 2012 at 7:15 AM
The story about a Texas private ...
Did OJ Simpson's Son Actually Murder Nicole Brown?
Peace FM Online - 1 hour ago
vibe : In yet another book tackling the infamous OJ Simpson trial of
the 90s, author William Dear has released "OJ Is Innocent and I Can
Prove It," a tale that fingers Simpson's son, Jason Simpson, as the true
murderer of Nicole Simpson Brown and ...
OJ didn't do it, son Jason did: New book
Pune Mirror - 9 hours ago
Washington: In a new book, a celebrity investigator assigned to OJ
Simpson's trial for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson
and her friend Ronald Goldman, has detailed what he and his team of
forensic experts have found over the past 17 ...
Private Eye Alleges OJ's Son Killed Nicole Brown
CrabbyGolightly.com - 14 hours ago
A TEXAS PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CLAIMS OJ'S SON KILLED NICOLE BROWN AND
FRIEND RON GOLDMAN. In his new book (of course), William C. Dear
believes that former football great OJ Simpson is innocent of the
murders he was acquitted of in 1995.
Jason Simpson, Nicole Brown Allegations Are Not Entirely New: EXCLUSIVE
LALATE - 15 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (LALATE EXCLUSIVE) – Jason Simpson (photos below) is the
subject of new a book today about the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.
But the author's allegations against Jason Simpson, OJ Simpson's eldest
son, are not entirely new, ...
OJ Simpson Son: Jason Simpson Named as Killer of Nicole Brown in New Book by ...
IBTimes.co.uk - 15 hours ago
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | April 2, 2012 9:57 PM GMT A new book by
William Dear entitled "OJ Is Innocent and I Can Prove It" named OJ
Simpson's son Jason Simpson as the killer of Nicole Simpson Brown and
Ronald Goldman.
OJ Simpson Innocent: Private Investigator Claims the Son is the Real Killer
International Business Times - 20 hours ago
A private investigator claimed that OJ Simpson was innocent and the
true killer, in fact, is his eldest son Jason Simpson, the New York Post
reported. William Dear, a celebrity private eye, based his conclusion
from the seventeen-year investigation ...
Jason Simpson, OJ Simpson Son, Battles Nicole Brown Simpson Allegations
LALATE - 22 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jason Simpson, OJ Simpson's son, is battling
Nicole Brown Simpson allegations. William Dear claims that Jason Simpson
murdered Nicole Brown Simpson. For decades, rumors have existed that
speculated someone close to Simpson ...
OJ Simpson's Son Killed Nicole, Claims Author: Examining His Evidence
Hollywood.com - 22 hours ago
By Michael Arbeiter , Hollywood.com Staff | Monday, April 02, 2012
Private investigator William C. Dear isn't satisfied being one of three
people in the world who maintains that OJ Simpson is innocent of murder.
But the celebrity detective ups the ante ...
I Can Prove OJ Innocent: Private Eye
Newser - 22 hours ago
By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff (Newser) – OJ Simpson wasn't the killer:
It was his son who murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, says a private
investigator. Texas PI William Dear has spent 18 years probing the
murders, and he explains his case in a new ...
OJ Simpson's Son Killed Nicole Brown Claims New Tell-All Book
TaleTela - 22 hours ago
A new book surrounding OJ Simpson's infamous 1994 murder trial claims
it was in fact the star's son Jason who killed Nicole Simpson Brown and
Ronald Goldman. Private investigator William Dear makes the shocking
allegation in his tell-all book, ...
OJ Simpson Shock Claim: Son Committed Murders, PI Says
Celebrity News and Style - Apr 2, 2012
OJ Simpson is innocent and his son committed the murders for which his
father was put on trial, a PI has claimed. Surely this has to be some
terrible April Fool's joke, as the story broke yesterday. But no.
Private investigator William Dear has written ...
BOOK: “OJ SIMPSON IS INNOCENT AND I CAN PROVE IT!"
The National Enquirer - Apr 2, 2012
by NATIONAL ENQUIRER staff Photography by: AP Private investigator
WILLIAM DEAR's new book claims that Jason Simpson, not his dad OJ
SIMPSON. murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994.
In “OJ Is Innocent And I Can Prove It”, ...
Texas P.I. William Dear Claims To Have Proof O.J. Didn't Do It...Which Is ...
Village Voice (blog) - Apr 2, 2012
By James King By James King By Esther Zuckerman By Esther Zuckerman By
James King Texas PI William Dear Claims To Have Proof OJ Didn't Do
It...Which Is Adorable. Argues "Juice's" Son is "The Real Killer" By
James King Mon., Apr. 2 2012 at 7:35 AM In ...
'OJ Simson was innocent; son Jason was the real murderer'
Daily Bhaskar - Apr 2, 2012
OJ Simpson was innocent and faced trial to deflect the blame away from
his son Jason, who was the real killer of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, a
Texas private detective has claimed. According to a UK Daily Mail
report, the claim has been made by ...
OJ Simpson is innocent: private eye says son Jason killed Nicole and Ron
CBS 21 - Apr 1, 2012
The real killer is the gridiron great's troubled oldest son, Jason,
theorizes the Texas gumshoe in his latest book, “OJ Is Innocent and I
Can Prove It.” Dear has spent 17 years de-constructing the murders of
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman on the ...
Private Eye: OJ Simpson Son Killed Nicole Brown Simpson
TheImproper.com - Apr 1, 2012
By TheImproper, April 1st, 2012 OJ Simpson, acquitted of the 1994
murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman,
may have truly been innocent but covered up for his son, the real
murderer. Private investigator William C. Dear ...
OJ DIDN'T DO IT!
Weekly World News (satire) - Apr 1, 2012
By Tap Vann A private investigator proves that the real killer of
Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman was… Jason Simpson, OJ's son. In a new
book, 'OJ is Innocent and I Can Prove It,' William C. Dear alleges
Simpson went on trial, and was acquitted of murder, ...
New book claims OJ Simpson never killed Nicole Brown, his son Jason did.
scallywagandvagabond - Apr 1, 2012
Private investigator William Dear has just come out with a new book
titled, “OJ is innocent and I can prove it,” and judging from some of
the responses on the web the book is creating some degree of dissent.
Then again perhaps that is the whole purpose ...
*************
I always believed he was innocent. But I kept it to myself as there were crazy people obsessed with his alleged guilt. The judge that put him away now has her own show. You can't tell me OJ was put away because of what he did. Boys fighting with boys. OJ would have been covered with blood if he committed those murders. He happened on the scene. Remember the sock that wasn't in the first picture, but which showed up later there on the rug. It had a forensic substance on it -- EDTA? I'm not sure of the name of the chemical. -- KathyCollins
I always believed he was innocent. But I kept it to myself as there were crazy people obsessed with his alleged guilt. The judge that put him away now has her own show. You can't tell me OJ was put away because of what he did. Boys fighting with boys. OJ would have been covered with blood if he committed those murders. He happened on the scene. Remember the sock that wasn't in the first picture, but which showed up later there on the rug. It had a forensic substance on it -- EDTA? I'm not sure of the name of the chemical. -- KathyCollins
I read this book when it came out. Please read it.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Stay out of our Wombs
The Catholic Church is trying to fool us again with their false morality. Now it's a problem of the Church getting involved in legislation that pertains to women. It's abortion and contraception again. What right do they have in our legislation? I learned the meaning of celibacy. You don't have relations with another man, if you're gay. You NEVER go out with or be seen with a woman. Celibacy means you do it to little boys left in your care. It must be up in the billions how much money the Catholic Church paid over their "celibacy," yet they want their power back. This might even be a diversionary tactic regarding countries, our economy, etc. Here's the worst of it:
"U.S. Catholic Church leaders said they will fight President Barack Obama's controversial birth-control insurance coverage policy despite his compromise that religious employers would not have to offer free contraceptives for workers, shifting the responsibility to insurers.
In an abrupt policy shift aimed at trying to end a growing election-year firestorm, Obama on Friday announced the compromise.
But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said its concerns were not addressed and cited "serious moral concerns."
In a statement issued Friday evening, the bishops said Obama's proposal "continues to involve needless government intrusion in the internal governance of religious institutions, and to threaten government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions."
"We will therefore continue - with no less vigor, no less sense of urgency - our efforts to correct this problem through the other two branches of government," the bishops said in urging Congress to take action to overturn the rule.
The regulation at the center of the controversy requires religious-affiliated groups such as charities, hospitals and universities, but not churches themselves, to provide employees with coverage for birth control as other health insurance providers must do.
Catholic Church leaders and Obama's Republican opponents previously led the fight against the rule requiring coverage for contraceptives as a violation of religious freedom, making it a potential big issue in the 2012 presidential race.
Obama's compromise sought to accommodate religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals and universities. But the reaction from the bishops and other Catholic leaders made clear the battle would continue.
NO "CLEAR PROTECTION"
The bishops said the compromise failed to provide "clear protection" for many employers who might oppose birth control personally but not be classified as a religious institution, and thus ineligible to seek exemption from the federal mandate to provide free contraception as part of every insurance package.
Under the compromise, religious employers could opt out of providing coverage, but their workers could then ask their insurance company for that benefit, and the company would be required to provide it free of charge.
In reality, the bishops suggested, that meant the employer would still in effect be subsidizing the benefit, because the insurance company would likely pay for it out of the pool of revenues it earned from its contract with the employer.
"This, too, raises serious moral concerns," the bishops said.
Meanwhile, three religious groups will continue to pursue their legal challenges to the government's regulation, despite Obama's announcement, said Hannah Smith, a lawyer at the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the plaintiffs.
The lawsuits, filed by two religious colleges and a Catholic television network, said the government violated their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion. Two were filed last year and the third was filed last week.
The rule, initially announced on January 20, sparked an outcry not only from Catholic leaders but also from social conservatives, including Republican presidential hopefuls. It even drew opposition from several Democratic lawmakers.
Republicans have seized on the issue, seeking to put Obama on the defensive as signs of economic improvement appear to have re-energized his re-election bid.
Obama's compromise was aimed at preventing the controversy from becoming a liability for him with Catholic voters, while at the same time trying not to anger his liberal base.
"Birth control is basic healthcare and women should have access to birth control, no matter where they work," said Tait Sye, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood.
"It should not be left up to a boss's personal beliefs whether his employees should be allowed birth control coverage," he said.
"SHELL GAME"
Michael O'Dea, the founder and executive director of Christus Medicus Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group for religious healthcare providers, said many Catholic institutions have created their own self-insurance plans to get around state regulations requiring independent insurers to provide birth control if they cover other prescription drugs.
The compromise, he said, would require those insurance plans to cover the contraception - even if the insurers are arms of the Catholic Church.
"This compromise means nothing. It is nothing more than a shell game," O'Dea said.
Polls indicate a majority of Americans and Catholics support requiring contraception coverage.
On Saturday a group supporting expanded access to birth control released a survey showing that 57 percent of Catholic women favor the compromise set forth by Obama.
It found that 56 percent of independent Catholic voters favored the revised contraceptive coverage rule.
Among Hispanic Catholics, who could be pivotal in swing states such as New Mexico and Nevada, the poll found 59 percent supported the policy.
The survey, commissioned by the Coalition to Protect Women's Health Care and conducted on Friday night by Public Policy Polling, queried 466 Catholic voters. It had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
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"U.S. Catholic Church leaders said they will fight President Barack Obama's controversial birth-control insurance coverage policy despite his compromise that religious employers would not have to offer free contraceptives for workers, shifting the responsibility to insurers.
In an abrupt policy shift aimed at trying to end a growing election-year firestorm, Obama on Friday announced the compromise.
But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said its concerns were not addressed and cited "serious moral concerns."
In a statement issued Friday evening, the bishops said Obama's proposal "continues to involve needless government intrusion in the internal governance of religious institutions, and to threaten government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions."
"We will therefore continue - with no less vigor, no less sense of urgency - our efforts to correct this problem through the other two branches of government," the bishops said in urging Congress to take action to overturn the rule.
The regulation at the center of the controversy requires religious-affiliated groups such as charities, hospitals and universities, but not churches themselves, to provide employees with coverage for birth control as other health insurance providers must do.
Catholic Church leaders and Obama's Republican opponents previously led the fight against the rule requiring coverage for contraceptives as a violation of religious freedom, making it a potential big issue in the 2012 presidential race.
Obama's compromise sought to accommodate religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals and universities. But the reaction from the bishops and other Catholic leaders made clear the battle would continue.
NO "CLEAR PROTECTION"
The bishops said the compromise failed to provide "clear protection" for many employers who might oppose birth control personally but not be classified as a religious institution, and thus ineligible to seek exemption from the federal mandate to provide free contraception as part of every insurance package.
Under the compromise, religious employers could opt out of providing coverage, but their workers could then ask their insurance company for that benefit, and the company would be required to provide it free of charge.
In reality, the bishops suggested, that meant the employer would still in effect be subsidizing the benefit, because the insurance company would likely pay for it out of the pool of revenues it earned from its contract with the employer.
"This, too, raises serious moral concerns," the bishops said.
Meanwhile, three religious groups will continue to pursue their legal challenges to the government's regulation, despite Obama's announcement, said Hannah Smith, a lawyer at the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the plaintiffs.
The lawsuits, filed by two religious colleges and a Catholic television network, said the government violated their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion. Two were filed last year and the third was filed last week.
The rule, initially announced on January 20, sparked an outcry not only from Catholic leaders but also from social conservatives, including Republican presidential hopefuls. It even drew opposition from several Democratic lawmakers.
Republicans have seized on the issue, seeking to put Obama on the defensive as signs of economic improvement appear to have re-energized his re-election bid.
Obama's compromise was aimed at preventing the controversy from becoming a liability for him with Catholic voters, while at the same time trying not to anger his liberal base.
"Birth control is basic healthcare and women should have access to birth control, no matter where they work," said Tait Sye, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood.
"It should not be left up to a boss's personal beliefs whether his employees should be allowed birth control coverage," he said.
"SHELL GAME"
Michael O'Dea, the founder and executive director of Christus Medicus Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group for religious healthcare providers, said many Catholic institutions have created their own self-insurance plans to get around state regulations requiring independent insurers to provide birth control if they cover other prescription drugs.
The compromise, he said, would require those insurance plans to cover the contraception - even if the insurers are arms of the Catholic Church.
"This compromise means nothing. It is nothing more than a shell game," O'Dea said.
Polls indicate a majority of Americans and Catholics support requiring contraception coverage.
On Saturday a group supporting expanded access to birth control released a survey showing that 57 percent of Catholic women favor the compromise set forth by Obama.
It found that 56 percent of independent Catholic voters favored the revised contraceptive coverage rule.
Among Hispanic Catholics, who could be pivotal in swing states such as New Mexico and Nevada, the poll found 59 percent supported the policy.
The survey, commissioned by the Coalition to Protect Women's Health Care and conducted on Friday night by Public Policy Polling, queried 466 Catholic voters. It had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
An
adult who is sexually attracted to young children is a pedophile and
even recently in Rome there seems to be some confusion regarding the
truth in these matters. The Berlosconian culture seems to gravitate
toward's child abuse and sexual promiscuity, all in my American
Anglo-saxon humble oppinion, of course.
In issues of child abuse and pedophilia, child psychologists know that
this behavior is on a spectrum. Pedophiles often think that they have
done nothing wrong because they claim to “love” children. Sometimes
pedaphiles actually think they are doing the child a great service when
they are in fact violating them.
Pedaphile's don't have correct boundaries they often act like they
really don't have a clue regarding boundaries, danger, or what is, or
what is not in the child's best interest. Being clueless is not an
acceptable excuse, however.
One factor that works against the pedophile is that eventually the
children will grow up and recall the events that occurred. on Child Abuse from Priest Born in Nazareth?
New Battles for Catholic Clergy from the RED, WHITE, BLUE News:
CATHOLIC CHURCH VOWS WAR ON OBAMA ‘FIGHT IN STREETS’(VIDEO)
(WSJ) The president signed off on a Health and Human Services ruling that says that under ObamaCare, Catholic institutions—including charities, hospitals and schools—will be required by law, for the first time ever, to provide and pay for insurance coverage that includes contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures. If they do not, they will face ruinous fines in the millions of dollars. Or they can always go out of business.In other words, the Catholic Church was told this week that its institutions can’t be Catholic anymore.
I invite you to imagine the moment we are living in without the church’s charities, hospitals and schools. And if you know anything about those organizations, you know it is a fantasy that they can afford millions in fines.
There was no reason to make this ruling—none. Except ideology.
The conscience clause, which keeps the church itself from having to bow to such decisions, has always been assumed to cover the church’s institutions.
Now the church is fighting back. Priests in an estimated 70% of parishes last Sunday came forward to read strongly worded protests from the church’s bishops. The ruling asks the church to abandon Catholic principles and beliefs; it is an abridgment of the First Amendment; it is not acceptable. They say they will not bow to it. They should never bow to it, not only because they are Catholic and cannot be told to take actions that deny their faith, but because they are citizens of the United States.
If they stay strong and fight, they will win. This is in fact a potentially unifying moment for American Catholics, long split left, right and center. Catholic conservatives will immediately and fully oppose the administration’s decision. But Catholic liberals, who feel embarrassed and undercut, have also come out in opposition.
The church is split on many things. But do Catholics in the pews want the government telling their church to contravene its beliefs? A president affronting the leadership of the church, and blithely threatening its great institutions? No, they don’t want that. They will unite against that.
The smallest part of this story is political. There are 77.7 million Catholics in the United States. In 2008 they made up 27% of the electorate, about 35 million people. Mr. Obama carried the Catholic vote, 54% to 45%. They helped him win.
They won’t this year. And guess where a lot of Catholics live? In the battleground states.
There was no reason to pick this fight. It reflects political incompetence on a scale so great as to make Mitt Romney’s gaffes a little bitty thing.
There was nothing for the president to gain, except, perhaps, the pleasure of making a great church bow to him.
Enjoy it while you can. You have awakened a sleeping giant.
Catholic League Poised To Go To War With Obama Over Mandatory Birth Control Payments
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth control.
As CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reports, it could affect the presidential elections.
Catholic leaders are furious and determined to harness the voting power of the nation’s 70 million Catholic voters to stop a provision of President Barack Obama’s new heath car reform bill that will force Catholic schools, hospitals and charities to buy birth control pills, abortion-producing drugs and sterilization coverage for their employees.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Breaking News about Kennedy - no kidding
IT IS NOT LEE HARVEY OSWALD!
The Parking Lot photo also from Hughes is now working. You must click on the picture to see the gif of the man who shot out the 6th floor window of the TSBD. He is identical to the man we see in the 6th floor window.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Kennedy error: Not a man behind the wall in Bell Film
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The Kennedy Assassination. Around #49 of the Bell film you can see on the left a man trying to stand from behind the retaining wall. He looks to be wearing a white t-shirt and his head appears bald. His right shoulder is lifted first. I was mistaken. There's a parking lot right behind the grassy knoll. It is someone's white car that I was seeing.
The Kennedy Assassination. Around #49 of the Bell film you can see on the left a man trying to stand from behind the retaining wall. He looks to be wearing a white t-shirt and his head appears bald. His right shoulder is lifted first. I was mistaken. There's a parking lot right behind the grassy knoll. It is someone's white car that I was seeing.
Monday, October 31, 2011
President Kennedy - the unseen turn onto Elm
Someone destroyed every film taken of Kennedy's limo turn onto Elm St. But this one may tell why. It's of Kennedy receiving the first shot, which possibly may have singed him. Why else does the Zapruder film have footage of the motorcycle cops but is spliced when Kennedy makes the turn onto Elm St.?.
Someone said Zapruder turned off his camera and then turned it back on when Kennedy was already on Elm. Watch the way he pulls back his hand and how his fingers fold unnaturally..
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Weird Weather
Yesterday, on October 30, 2011 New Jersey received 10 inches of snow. We have never experienced anything like this. A blizzard before Halloween? My feelings are that HAARP is behind it.
I don't live in NJ anymore. I live on the Gulf Coast. Large sea turtles and dolphins have been washing up on sections of the shore. This is because of BP's s---load of oil is in the water. I did not go to the beach this year. Our gulf is ruined.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bishop Indicted; Charge Is Failing to Report Abuse
By A. G. SULZBERGER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: October 14, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the
first time in the 25-year history of the church’s sex abuse scandals
that the leader of an American diocese has been held criminally liable
for the behavior of a priest he supervised.
Archdiocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph, via Associated Press
The Roman Catholic bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Robert Finn.
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The indictment of the bishop, Robert W. Finn, and the Diocese of Kansas
City-St. Joseph by a county grand jury was announced on Friday. Each was
charged with one misdemeanor count involving a priest accused of taking
pornographic photographs of girls as recently as this year. They
pleaded not guilty.
The case caused an uproar among Catholics in Kansas City this year when Bishop Finn acknowledged that he knew of the photographs last December but did not turn them over to the police until May. During that time, the priest, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, is said to have continued to attend church events with children, and took lewd photographs of another young girl.
A decade ago the American bishops pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn himself had made such a promise three years ago as part of a $10 million legal settlement with abuse victims in Kansas City.
Though the charge is only a misdemeanor, victims’ advocates immediately hailed the indictment as a breakthrough, saying that until now American bishops have avoided prosecution despite documents showing that in some cases they were aware of abuse.
“This is huge for us,” said Michael Hunter, director of the Kansas City chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and a victim of sexual abuse by a priest. “It’s something that I personally have been waiting for years to see, some real accountability. We’re very pleased with the prosecuting attorney here to have the guts to do it.” The bishop signaled he would fight the charges with all his strength. He said in a statement: “We will meet these announcements with a steady resolve and a vigorous defense.”
The indictment announced on Friday by the Jackson County prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker, had been under seal since Oct. 6 because the bishop was out of the country. He returned on Thursday night.
In a news conference, Ms. Baker said the case was not religiously motivated, but was about the obligation under state law to report child abuse.
“This is about protecting children,” she said.
If convicted Bishop Finn would face a possible fine of up to $1,000 and a jail sentence of up to a year. The diocese faces a possible fine of up to $5,000.
Ms. Baker said that secrecy rules for grand jury proceedings prohibited her from discussing whether other charges were considered, such as child endangerment, a felony. But she said the fact that the bishop faces a single misdemeanor count should not diminish the seriousness.
“To my knowledge a charge like this has not been leveled before,” she said.
It also may not mark the end of the legal troubles facing the diocese in the case, which includes civil and criminal cases in federal court. Last month Bishop Finn and Msgr. Robert Murphy testified before another grand jury in neighboring Clay County. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office there declined to comment.
The priest accused of taking the lewd photos, Father Ratigan, was a frequent presence in a Catholic elementary school next to his parish. The principal there sent a letter to the diocese in May 2010 complaining about Father Ratigan’s behavior with children. Then, last December, a computer technician discovered the photos on the priest’s laptop and turned the computer in to the diocese. A day later Father Ratigan tried to kill himself. The diocese said that Monsignor Murphy described — but did not share — a single photo of a young girl, nude from the waist down, to a police officer who served on an independent sexual abuse review board for the diocese. The officer said that based on the description it might meet the definition of child pornography, but he did not think it would, the diocese said.
Bishop Finn sent Father Ratigan to live in a convent and told him to avoid contact with minors. But until May the priest attended children’s parties, spent weekends in the homes of parish families, hosted an Easter egg hunt and presided, with the bishop’s permission, at a girl’s First Communion, according to interviews with parishioners and a civil lawsuit filed by a victim’s family.
Parents in the school and parishioners — told only that Father Ratigan had fallen sick from carbon monoxide poisoning — were stunned when he was arrested in May after the diocese called the police. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking indecent photographs of young girls.
The new indictment released on Friday said that Bishop Finn and the diocese had reason to suspect that Father Ratigan might subject a child to abuse.
It cited “previous knowledge of concerns regarding Father Ratigan and children; the discovery of hundreds of photographs of children on Father Ratigan’s laptop, including a child’s naked vagina, upskirt images and images focused on the crotch; and violations of restrictions placed on Father Ratigan.”
Bishop Finn said in his statement on Friday that he and the diocese had given “complete cooperation” to law enforcement. He also pointed to steps he had taken since the scandal first became public, including commissioning a report to look into the case, and reinforcing procedures for handling allegations of abuse.
That report found that the diocese did not follow its own procedures. It also found that Bishop Finn was “too willing to trust” Father Ratigan.
The case has generated fury at the bishop, a staunch theological conservative who was already a polarizing figure in his diocese. Since the Ratigan case came to light, there have been widespread calls for him to resign.
Contributing to the sense of betrayal is the fact that only three years ago, Bishop Finn settled lawsuits with 47 plaintiffs in sexual abuse cases for $10 million and agreed to a list of 19 preventive measures, among them to immediately report anyone suspected of being a pedophile to the law enforcement authorities.
France may be the only country where a bishop has been convicted for his failure to supervise a priest accused of abuse, said Terrence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, a victims’ advocacy group that tracks abuse cases.
A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted a top official in the archdiocese there, Msgr. William Lynn, for mishandling cases of abuse. The former archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, was not indicted, but he has been called to testify.
The case caused an uproar among Catholics in Kansas City this year when Bishop Finn acknowledged that he knew of the photographs last December but did not turn them over to the police until May. During that time, the priest, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, is said to have continued to attend church events with children, and took lewd photographs of another young girl.
A decade ago the American bishops pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn himself had made such a promise three years ago as part of a $10 million legal settlement with abuse victims in Kansas City.
Though the charge is only a misdemeanor, victims’ advocates immediately hailed the indictment as a breakthrough, saying that until now American bishops have avoided prosecution despite documents showing that in some cases they were aware of abuse.
“This is huge for us,” said Michael Hunter, director of the Kansas City chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and a victim of sexual abuse by a priest. “It’s something that I personally have been waiting for years to see, some real accountability. We’re very pleased with the prosecuting attorney here to have the guts to do it.” The bishop signaled he would fight the charges with all his strength. He said in a statement: “We will meet these announcements with a steady resolve and a vigorous defense.”
The indictment announced on Friday by the Jackson County prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker, had been under seal since Oct. 6 because the bishop was out of the country. He returned on Thursday night.
In a news conference, Ms. Baker said the case was not religiously motivated, but was about the obligation under state law to report child abuse.
“This is about protecting children,” she said.
If convicted Bishop Finn would face a possible fine of up to $1,000 and a jail sentence of up to a year. The diocese faces a possible fine of up to $5,000.
Ms. Baker said that secrecy rules for grand jury proceedings prohibited her from discussing whether other charges were considered, such as child endangerment, a felony. But she said the fact that the bishop faces a single misdemeanor count should not diminish the seriousness.
“To my knowledge a charge like this has not been leveled before,” she said.
It also may not mark the end of the legal troubles facing the diocese in the case, which includes civil and criminal cases in federal court. Last month Bishop Finn and Msgr. Robert Murphy testified before another grand jury in neighboring Clay County. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office there declined to comment.
The priest accused of taking the lewd photos, Father Ratigan, was a frequent presence in a Catholic elementary school next to his parish. The principal there sent a letter to the diocese in May 2010 complaining about Father Ratigan’s behavior with children. Then, last December, a computer technician discovered the photos on the priest’s laptop and turned the computer in to the diocese. A day later Father Ratigan tried to kill himself. The diocese said that Monsignor Murphy described — but did not share — a single photo of a young girl, nude from the waist down, to a police officer who served on an independent sexual abuse review board for the diocese. The officer said that based on the description it might meet the definition of child pornography, but he did not think it would, the diocese said.
Bishop Finn sent Father Ratigan to live in a convent and told him to avoid contact with minors. But until May the priest attended children’s parties, spent weekends in the homes of parish families, hosted an Easter egg hunt and presided, with the bishop’s permission, at a girl’s First Communion, according to interviews with parishioners and a civil lawsuit filed by a victim’s family.
Parents in the school and parishioners — told only that Father Ratigan had fallen sick from carbon monoxide poisoning — were stunned when he was arrested in May after the diocese called the police. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking indecent photographs of young girls.
The new indictment released on Friday said that Bishop Finn and the diocese had reason to suspect that Father Ratigan might subject a child to abuse.
It cited “previous knowledge of concerns regarding Father Ratigan and children; the discovery of hundreds of photographs of children on Father Ratigan’s laptop, including a child’s naked vagina, upskirt images and images focused on the crotch; and violations of restrictions placed on Father Ratigan.”
Bishop Finn said in his statement on Friday that he and the diocese had given “complete cooperation” to law enforcement. He also pointed to steps he had taken since the scandal first became public, including commissioning a report to look into the case, and reinforcing procedures for handling allegations of abuse.
That report found that the diocese did not follow its own procedures. It also found that Bishop Finn was “too willing to trust” Father Ratigan.
The case has generated fury at the bishop, a staunch theological conservative who was already a polarizing figure in his diocese. Since the Ratigan case came to light, there have been widespread calls for him to resign.
Contributing to the sense of betrayal is the fact that only three years ago, Bishop Finn settled lawsuits with 47 plaintiffs in sexual abuse cases for $10 million and agreed to a list of 19 preventive measures, among them to immediately report anyone suspected of being a pedophile to the law enforcement authorities.
France may be the only country where a bishop has been convicted for his failure to supervise a priest accused of abuse, said Terrence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, a victims’ advocacy group that tracks abuse cases.
A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted a top official in the archdiocese there, Msgr. William Lynn, for mishandling cases of abuse. The former archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, was not indicted, but he has been called to testify.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Ends with Hope? I see a New World Order
This is by Lenny Bloom and Mrs. Steele;
The "once in 500 year" flooding of the Mississippi river over the New Madrid fault line is part of a campaign directed against the American people, according to multiple intelligence agency (MI6, CIA, FSB, Japan Security police) sources. The HAARP caused flooding is expected to be followed by an earthquake and then a "nuclear emergency" involving the 15 nuclear reactors located in the region. This will be a pretext for mass evacuations into FEMA camps, the sources say. The best way to derail this plan, apart from arresting the criminal cabal in Washington D.C., is to widely announce and denounce these plans in advance.
The people planning this attack are the same ones who orchestrated the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster attack on Japan, the sources said. The attack on Japan involved long term planning. A suitcase nuclear device was brought in by sea to a remote island in the Okinawan archipelago before being brought to Kyushu by a fishing boat, according to a whistleblower within the group that smuggled in the weapon. The weapon was then taken by car to a property in Hinode, Tokyo owned by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. From there it was taken to the Chosen Soren (North Korean) headquarters in Tokyo before being transferred to the deep ocean drilling ship the Chikyumaru, according to the whistleblower. The bomb was then placed in a hole drilled 10 kilometers into the seabed off the coast of Japan where it was exploded, thus triggering the earthquake and tsunami.
The subsequent "nuclear accident" was sabotage intended to provide a cover story for the radiation released by the bomb.
The investigative trail goes from there to George Bush Senior and his mafia gang as well as US Senator J. Rockefeller.
If the American people wish to prevent a greater tragedy than the one that hit Japan, they must arrest these and other Washington D.C. criminals.
In other news, we have been given new information about the Vatican. First of all, the new "Black Pope" or head of the Society of Jesus is father Adolfo Nicolas. Father Nicolas was a professor when I studied at Sophia University in Tokyo. Although I never took any of his courses, he has a reputation for being a nice man and a genuine Christian. Trusted sources also say that both Father Nicolas (who is currently ill) and his predecessor Peter Hans Kolvenbach are extremely intelligent and widely read people. The sources say Nicolas and Kolvenbach are both very concerned, among other things, about the pharmaceutical industry's use of toxic vaccines and dissemination of various poisons and diseases.
These sources are now saying Kolvenbach was misquoted by our previous source and that Kolvenbach never said he was the chief Satanist but only asked rhetorically: "are you afraid of Satan." We have not talked directly to Count Kolvenbach or father Nicolas so all we can do is quote contradictory information from sources who are in regular contact with these individuals and let readers decide for themselves.
What is clear though, is that there is considerable confusion and disorder within the highest ranks of power in the West. The signs of extreme tension and high-level financial warfare are everywhere to be seen.
The "killing" of Bin Laden and the threat of high level retaliation by Al CIAda is one example. This "death" was preceded by Wikileaks tales of planned nuclear terrorism by Al CIAda. In other words, the old world order no longer cares if their fake stories are seen through by the rest of the world and are now openly threatening nuclear black-mail.
Italy is also in a panic over rumors they will be hit by an earthquake or nuclear device on May 11th. The group earlier threatening the Vatican with a suitcase nuclear bomb, for its part, says there will be no attack on the Vatican on May 11th.
A different group calling itself the Dark Brotherhood is also using the nuclear blackmail card and are threatening to "destroy the world" if a new financial system is not announced by June 1st.
The big threat, still hanging over us all, is of course World War 3 and nuclear holocaust.
On the financial side there are also many strange goings on. The battle between the fiat money printers and the supporters of an asset backed new financial system burst out into the open with a rash of fiat short-selling of commodities futures timed to coincide with hikes in margin requirements. The fall in commodities prices and subsequent rebound bought the fiat people some, but not much time.
Then there was the attack on Sony's online consumer credit card database by the same "anonymous" group that attacked former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's internet infrastructure. This was a money grab also originating most likely with the fiat folk.
The Toyota Motor Corporation is also under intense attack. It started with a rash of regulatory torment against Toyota in the US. Then the tsunami shut down a crucial Toyota and Chinese parts operation. Now the Japanese government under Naoto Kan (pronounced "can not" in Japanese) is ordering that the electricity supply to their factories in their Nagoya operating hub be shut down. The reason for these attacks against Toyota is simple extortion. Years ago Toyota was given large sums of money by the Federal Reserve Board crime syndicate and their Japanese flunkies for the purpose of building industrial infrastructure. Toyota took a bunch of that money and set up a series of banks. The Feds, desperate to keep their fraudulent operations going a bit longer, are trying to force Toyota to cough up that money, according to Japanese security police sources. Toyota is saying no.
Despite all the chaos, fear and blustering going on, people must realize that such tactics are part and parcel of high-stakes negotiations. Because of the sensitive nature of these negotiations there is much we are being asked not to write at this time.
However, based on this information, we believe the end result will be world peace. The people in the Vatican seem to really think the world is going to end but that is just not true, the world is about to be reborn. World peace, an end to poverty, an end to environmental destruction and the release of new technologies will follow shortly after the announcement of a new financial system. A long predicted golden age is about to begin.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Benedict to be last Pope
I cannot believe what these bastards have done. And it's gone on for centuries. This is evil incarnate. The Irish St. Malachi predicted that Pope Benedict would be the last Pope. This site has a new "improvement." It doesn't like to do what it used to do. All the articles below are separated by a space, but it doesn't publish that well. I just want readers s to see the extent of this evil. I hope they excorcise themselves right out of existence.
Pope sued for crimes against humanity
Herald Sun - Sep 13, 2011
AN international group representing victims of sexual abuse by priests says it will sue Pope Benedict through the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said on Wednesday it had filed ...
Clergy Abuse Victims Place Hope In Court Filing
KSAT San Antonio - Sep 14, 2011
"We want all whistle blowers, we want all sex abuse victims to come forward. This is their chance now to come out," Barbara Garcia Boehland said. Boehland said her son's abuse led him to suicide, and there are too many others going through the same ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
eTaiwan News - Sep 13, 2011
AP Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests are asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against ...
Vatican Taken to ICC Over Child Abuses
Onislam.net - Sep 14, 2011
The Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of sexual abuse cover-up scandals in both Europe and the United States in recent years. The ICC complaint includes the cases of two victims, who say the priests who sexually abused them simply moved to ...
Group Wants To Investigate Pope For Crimes Against Humanity
Jezebel - Sep 13, 2011
The Catholic Church has been dealing with sexual abuse allegations for years now, but the scandal has reached a new height: a nonprofit is asking the International Criminal Court in the Hague to investigate the Pope. According to the BBC, ...
The Pope accused of crimes against humanity
Public Radio International PRI - Sep 13, 2011
Two American advocacy groups representing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court, asking it to investigate Pope Benedict XVI and three other top Vatican officials for covering up the ...
Pope Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity By Sex Abuse Victims
Business Insider - Sep 13, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican secretary of state and two other senior Holy See officials have been accused of crimes against humanity by victims of sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, reports the Guardian. The accusers have lodged a formal ...
Local victims' group supports charges against Vatican
WAVE - Ashley Brauer - Sep 14, 2011
SNAP and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed more than 20000 pages of documents at The Hague Tuesday. The two advocacy groups want the ICC to charge the Pope and other leaders with crimes against humanity. The brief accuses the Vatican of ...
ICC investigation of religious paedophilia urged formally
allvoices - Sep 14, 2011
By Junior Campbell The US based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced today that it has joined forces with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), a survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims in a formal bid to ...
ICC urged to investigate Pope
RTHK - Sep 13, 2011
The International Criminal Court at the Hague is being asked to investigate Pope Benedict and three senior cardinals over their alleged failure to prevent child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests and punish those responsible. ...
Abuse victims seek ICC inquiry of Pope and 3 top Vatican officials
CBC.ca - Sep 13, 2011
Jeffrey Lena, who represents the Vatican in US sex abuse cases, says the request for the Hague tribunal to launch an investigation into possible crimes against humanity is a "misuse of international judicial processes." The Center for Constitutional ...
Abuse victims try to take Pope to international court
Australia Network News - Sep 13, 2011
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Australia could be included in any International Criminal Court action against the Vatican. The Survivors Network, which includes members from Germany, Ireland and the United States are attempting to sue ...
Papers filed, alleging crimes against humanity by Pope Benedict
Newstalk 106-108 fm - Sep 13, 2011
A group representing survivors of clerical sexual abuse has alleged Pope Benedict XVI and the officials “tolerated and enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes. The New York-based rights group Centre for ...
'War crime' court asked to probe Vatican
Belfast Telegraph - Sep 13, 2011
An international clerical abuse survivors group is calling on Irish bishops to release secret files as it pursues the Vatican in a landmark legal action. The group alleges the Pope and three senior cardinals in Rome "tolerated and enabled the ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Boston Globe - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
AP / September 13, 2011 THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, ...
Hague court urged to investigate Pope over sex abuse
Stabroek News - Sep 14, 2011
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | World News | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) - Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy want the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict and three Vatican officials, accusing them of ...
Catholic Bashers Target The Pope – OpEd
Eurasia Review - William Donohue - Sep 13, 2011
Moreover, it is a lie to say that sexual abuse is being covered up at the highest levels of the Vatican. The homosexual scandal took place during the sexual revolution, and most of the offenses ended a quarter-century ago. ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
Photo: ROB KEERIS / AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation ...
Pope to be considered for investigation by International Criminal Court
Examiner.com - Sep 14, 2011
... of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) to demand that Pope Benedict XVI and three other specifically named Vatican officials be investigated and prosecuted on the charge of crimes against humanity for covering up child sex abuse cases around the world. ...
Church sex-abuse victims urge ICC prosecution
Aljazeera.net - Sep 14, 2011
An international group for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests has asked the International Criminal Court to prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three other senior Vatican officials for crimes against humanity. The Chicago-based Survivors Network ...
Abuse Victims Seek Int'l Court Case Against Pope
NPR - Sep 13, 2011
(AP Photo/Rob Keeris) Associated Press Member of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Peter Isely, attends a press conference in Voorburg, near The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no ...
Pope Accused Of Sex Abuse "Crimes Against Humanity" Charges At The Hague
The New Civil Rights Movement - David Badash - Sep 13, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of “crimes against humanity” by two groups representing sex abuse victims in a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The Pope, along with other top ...
Clergy sex abuse victims seek international tribunal investigation into pope
Newser - Sep 13, 2011
Clergy sex abuse victims upset... (Associated Press) Members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), from left: Phil Saviano, Bert Smeets and Rita Milla attend a press conference in Voorburg, near The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. ...
Group wants Pope prosecuted
Calgary Herald - Sep 14, 2011
An international group for victims of sexual abuse by priests said Tuesday it was asking the International Criminal Court to prosecute Pope Benedict XVI for crimes against humanity. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said it had ...
Pope to be sued by victims who underwent clerical sexual abuses
Aysor - Sep 13, 2011
The international tribunals at The Hague is being asked to investigate top Vatican officials over the global clerical sex abuse scandal, and victims say these offenses meet the legal definition of crimes against humanity, the NPR reports. ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope+eTaiwan News - Mike Corder, Rachel Zoll - Sep 13, 2011
AP Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests brought their claims Tuesday to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation ...
Abuse victims accuse pope, Vatican officials of crimes against humanity
CNN (blog) - Sep 13, 2011
The pope and other church leaders "tolerate and enable the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world," said the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and the Center for Constitutional Rights in a ...
Clergy sex abuse victims seek international tribunal investigation into pope
Newser - Sep 13, 2011
Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests brought their claims Tuesday to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican ...
SNAP gathers to show support for charges filed against the Vatican
-WHAS 11.com (subscription) - Sep 14, 2011
On Tuesday, SNAP leaders and their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief charging the Vatican with tolerating and enabling child sex crimes. Local members say clergy abuse will continue unless the Vatican is held responsible ...
Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope
Sioux City Journal - Sep 13, 2011
(AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests went to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, seeking an investigation of the pope and top ... +---++++++
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