Full Coverage: Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
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News Stories
- Judge approves $660-million clerical abuse settlement at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- LA cardinal offers abuse apology at BBC - Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- Catholic church's anti-abuse chief quits on eve of scathing report at The Guardian (UK). - Sun, Jul 15, 2007
- LA Church 'agrees abuse pay deal' at BBC - Sun, Jul 15, 2007
- Victim fights abuse by church Thu, Jan 11, 2007
Feature Articles
- Timeline: US Church sex scandal at BBC - Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- Scepticism over apology Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- Abuse Victims Demand More Than a Check From the Church at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Sat, Feb 24, 2007
- Exposing Scandal in the Church: Key Players at NPR - Thu, Jan 11, 2007
- The Aftermath: The Church Responds at NPR - Thu, Jan 11, 2007
- The Reverend Anthony Mercieca at Miami Herald (reg. req'd) - Sat, Oct 21, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- The church's 'loose canon' at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- Money can't buy absolution for clerics' sins at The Age - Mon, Jul 16, 2007
- Is there a double standard for clergy? Wed, Jan 10, 2007
- Settling to hide the truth at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Tue, Dec 05, 2006
- Sexual Abuse by Priests at Philadelphia Inquirer (reg req'd) - Tue, Aug 08, 2006
- No limits to justice at Boston Globe - Wed, Mar 15, 2006
Related Web Sites
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- includes information on the abuse scandal.
- Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday
- first public comment from the Pope on the child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic priesthood. From the Holy See, March 21, 2002.
- Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse
- database of the nation's 178 mainstream Roman Catholic dioceses that reveals where accused priests have been protected by bishops or others. From the Dallas Morning News.
- Religion: Abuse Cases
- legal documents, including criminal complaints, related to clergy abuse. From FindLaw.
- The Holy See
- official site of the Vatican.
- Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
- self-help organization of men and women who were sexually abused by spiritual elders.