Former US Bishop Won&#39;t Face Child Rape Charges
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A former Massachusetts bishop charged with raping two children in the 1970s will not be prosecuted because the statue of limitations has expired, prosecutors said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, DC - A bishop whose diocese is filing for Bankruptcy Court protection and a cardinal who is well-connected at the Vatican were elected Monday to lead US Roman Catholic bishops through the rest of a decade indelibly marked by the church&#39;s child
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Avoiding further controversy in the worldwide Anglican family, the Episcopal Diocese of Newark on Saturday chose a Massachusetts priest as their new bishop, rather than an openly gay candidate on the ballot.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The former prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case did not intentionally break ethics rules, his attorneys argued Wednesday as they sought to keep him from being disbarred.
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A Colorado judge on Wednesday dismissed  a rape charge against basketball star Kobe Bryant after the  young woman who made the accusations told prosecutors she could  not go on with the case.
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Despite winning the endorsement of a national group of victims of clergy abuse, Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City lost a long-shot bid Monday to head the US Conference
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US Roman Catholic bishops elect a new president, whose diocese is mired in child abuse claims.
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Rape charges against US basketball star Kobe Bryant are dropped, as the alleged victims refuses to testify.
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A Hampden County grand jury has indicted the Most Rev. Thomas L. Dupre, the retired Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, on two charges of child rape.
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Hours after an indictment against former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre was unsealed Monday accusing him of raping two boys in the &#39;70s, the county prosecutor refused
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An Anglican panel studying the consecration of an openly gay bishop in the US Episcopal Church failed to give American conservatives what they sought Monday: punishment for church leaders and
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - The lawyer for defrocked  priest Paul Shanley derided his accuser's memory on Tuesday as  arguments began in a child rape case at the heart of the U.S.  Catholic Church abuse scandal.
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NEW YORK -- A Roman Catholic priest who has been charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old altar boy committed the crimes while decades-old allegations against him were making headlines, prosecutors allege.
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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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Prosecutors wrapped up their case against defrocked priest Paul Shanley on Monday after a psychologist testified that it is not uncommon for adults who suffer trauma as children to repress memories of the experience.
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A Roman Catholic priest facing charges of beating and sexually assaulting a female employee at his Las Vegas parish told a judge Tuesday that he won't fight extradition from Arizona.
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WASHINGTON - Bishop Wilton Gregory, outgoing president of the nation&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops, apologized Monday for any mistakes he made as he led the church through the clergy sex abuse crisis.