Bishop, 70, indicted in sexual abuse
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The former Catholic bishop of Springfield, Mass., was indicted Monday on charges of raping two boys during the 1970s, becoming the highest-ranking official of the American church
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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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By Review-Journal  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The Roman Catholic priest accused of beating and sexually assaulting a female employee at the Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Church of England will launch a review into recent cases of child abuse.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 16--A Wake County school administrator is under arrest this morning and facing multiple sex charges.
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A Missouri man suspected of kidnapping and molesting two boys was indicted for the third time in as many days Friday, accused by a grand jury in St. Louis County of 71 counts of kidnapping and sodomy.
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A former top aide to a disgraced bishop in the Phoenix diocese was placed on administrative leave Wednesday following allegations of sexual improprieties.
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The man who alleges he was sexually molested years ago by a priest endured intense cross-examination last week from the defense. With his mother and aunt set to testify this week, there may be more uncomfortable days for him ahead.
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New charges were filed against a pastor on Monday amid the expansion of an investigation into allegations that leaders of two reclusive church communes sexually abused girls.
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An Iowa machinist accused of being "The Bishop," a shadowy figure who sent threats and unarmed bombs to U.S. investment firms, has been indicted on securities fraud and other charges, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, facing the  financial aftermath of a pervasive child sex abuse scandal, on  Monday elected a president whose diocese plans to seek  bankruptcy protection from dozens of alleged victims.
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Thomas Dupre, former Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, Mass., was charged with two counts of child rape in an indictment unsealed Monday, but only hours later the district
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Former Bishop Thomas Dupre was indicted Monday on child rape charges, accused of molesting two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor said...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - 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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It was a case that showed all the difficulties of prosecuting child sexual abuse cases in the American courts. Yesterday morning, a grand jury indictment was unsealed charging retired Massachusetts
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U.S. Catholic bishops are planning to appoint a nun to their lay review board on sexual abuse, a step that could undermine the watchdog panel's independence, several of its members charged this week.
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A retired Kirk minister will appear in court later in connection with the death of his 71-year-old wife.