Priests 'took US church millions'
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A Catholic priest is held in Florida and another is on the run after stealing millions from parishioners, police say.
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People who say they were sexually  abused by priests could receive more than $1.5 billion in  damages from The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles --  more than any other U.S. diocese has paid, an attorney for more  than 100 alleged victims said on Sunday.
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WILLMAR, Minn. - After its last pastor allegedly bilked them out of $10,000, leaders of Rejoice Ministries church thought they were being extra careful when they hired James Poole.
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France's Catholic Church posts a huge deficit after a weekend visit by the Pope to the southern shrine of Lourdes.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - A priest accused along with another clergyman of stealing more than $8 million from their church once griped that an audit of parish funds was "a waste" of money that "should be spent more wisely," newly released court documents show.  The Revs.
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The Vatican released details of its financial report Friday, saying increased contributions from dioceses and individuals &#151; primarily from the United States &#151; helped keep it in the black despite rising labor costs and a falling dollar.
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Roman Catholic bishops have spent more than two years trying to convince parishioners and the public that church leaders have learned the painful lessons from the crisis over clergy sex abuse.
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Makers of The Passion of the Christ are tempting US churches with bulk orders, says  The New York Times.
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Catholics have overtaken Anglicans in church attendance in Britain, according to research published on Sunday.
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An apologetic Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $800,000 from his parish to finance vacations, country clubs and fancy clothes.
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An Anglican commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize.
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Vatican loyalists concede that the Pope's workload has been delegated to top subordinates
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The Archdiocese of Chicago paid $6.65 million to settle claims made by 14 people who say they were abused by Catholic priests, the church and plaintiffs' attorneys said Tuesday
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People who say they were sexually  abused by priests could receive more than $1.5 billion in  damages from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles --  more than any other U.S. diocese has paid to date, the Los  Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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The leader of the largest U.S. Roman Catholic archdiocese apologized on Sunday for what he called a "terrible sin and crime" as the church confirmed it would pay a record $660 million to people who were sexually abused by priests.
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Four priests accused of sexually abusing children have been defrocked by the Vatican, the Boston Archdiocese said.
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Parishioners in southern Italy have bricked up the entrance to their Roman Catholic church, in response to a decision to transfer their popular priest, local authorities said.