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September 21, 2018 at 2:30 pm

Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims’ compensation fund

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses said late Friday they are willing to set up a victims' compensation fund as they face the...

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September 16, 2018 at 9:37 pm

Barack Obama’s return: good or bad for Democrats?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years out of the White House, former President Barack Obama is facing another political test. To the delight of many...

August 30, 2018 at 11:45 am

Bishops back victim fund over abuse lawsuits in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Roman Catholic officials in Pennsylvania began lining up quickly and publicly with a key state legislative ally Thursday in backing the...

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August 29, 2018 at 3:20 pm

Senate GOP leader cautions against retroactive abuse claims

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate responded Wednesday to a sweeping grand jury report on the sexual abuse of children...

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August 22, 2018 at 9:25 am

School drops archbishop’s name amid sex abuse report fallout VIEW

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Roman Catholic high school will shed the name of Washington's archbishop, who was cited in a sweeping grand jury report...

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August 21, 2018 at 7:02 am

Pennsylvania priest faces charges as sex abuse fallout grows

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest was charged on Tuesday with groping a 17-year-old girl and sending her nude images of himself, just...

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August 17, 2018 at 1:39 pm

Will other states follow Pennsylvania on church abuse?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Attorneys general around the U.S. have been largely silent this week about any plans to conduct an investigation like Pennsylvania's that...

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August 15, 2018 at 9:09 am

Church helped former priest accused of abuse get Disney job

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A sweeping grand jury report into child sexual abuse in Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania said church officials gave a former...

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Judy Deaven who says her son was a victim of sexual abuse by a priest as a boy reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

August 14, 2018 at 9:26 pm

Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints VIEW

An estimated 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, according to a...

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FILE – In this June 30, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, speaks while outlining the schedule for Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to Washington, during a news conference at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Wuerl wrote to priests to defend himself on the eve of the scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, release of a grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) PAPX203 PAPX203

August 13, 2018 at 9:01 pm

Report: Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 children VIEW

The grand jury said it believes the "real number" of abused children might be "in the thousands," since some records were lost and victims were...

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