DA Won&#39;t Prosecute Bishop Accused of Rape
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Sept. 27, 2004 - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case.
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A priest accused of ordering the slaughter of 2000 people who sought refuge in his church during Rwanda&#39;s genocide refused to appear for the start of his trial at a UN tribunal yesterday.
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The priest has had many accusers, but now only one whose case is in court.
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A grand jury has charged a former Massachusetts bishop, Thomas Dupre, with raping two children in the 1970s, a state court said on Monday, in the first such action against a high-ranking member of the US Roman Catholic Church.
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Attorneys for basketball star Kobe Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant.
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Prosecutors told a judge Thursday that an alleged victim of defrocked priest Paul Shanley might refuse to testify if he is publicly identified during the upcoming sexual abuse trial. That would mean the end of the criminal case against one of the most notorious figures in the Boston Archdiocese's sex scandal, Assistant District Attorney Lynn Rooney said.
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Bishop Thomas Dupre, the former head of the Springfield Diocese, was indicted Monday on child rape charges, accused of molesting two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor said. He becomes the first Roman Catholic prelate indicted in the sex abuse scandal within the American church.
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Just hours after an indictment against former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre was unsealed Monday accusing him of raping two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor refused to pursue the case because the statute of limitations has expired.
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A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.
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New Hampshire authorities said Wednesday they cannot prosecute former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre on charges he abused two teens in the 1970s because it wasn't a crime at the time to have sex with youths their age.
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DENVER -- Kobe Bryant&#39;s attorneys asked a judge Monday to make sure the NBA star doesn&#39;t have to answer questions about what they called other &quot;consensual relationships&quot; as he defends himself against a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape.
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera on Sunday urged a Mexican priest charged with raping and molesting children to turn himself in but denied accusations that he helped protect the fugitive.
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EAGLE, Colo. - The sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant has been dropped, but his accuser - whose reluctance to participate derailed the criminal trial before it ever really got started - isn't letting the NBA star off the hook just yet...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case...
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The presiding judge in the church trial of a Methodist minister who declared she is a lesbian in a committed relationship ruled Wednesday that the cleric&#39;s defense could not call witnesses who would challenge the denomination&#39;s ban on sexually active gay
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Bishop Thomas L. Dupre, the former head of the Springfield, Mass., Catholic archdiocese, was indicted on two counts of child rape yesterday, but the prosecutor announced shortly
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DENVER - A federal judge in Colorado has rejected a request from the woman accusing NBA star Kobe Bryant of rape to remain anonymous in her civil lawsuit.