Irish Priest Who Disrupted Games Acquitted of Abuse
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A former Irish priest who disrupted the  Athens Olympics and the British Grand Prix was acquitted  Thursday of indecency with a seven-year-old girl.
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Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted Monday of raping and fondling a boy at his church during the 1980s.
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A court convicts an ex-priest of raping a boy in the 1980s in a scandal which has shaken the Church in Boston.
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A judge clears Sean Hoey of the murders of 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb attack.
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A local court in the Philippines has   freed a British man on trial for sexually abusing young girls   after three witnesses disappeared, a Roman Catholic priest said   Wednesday.
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A prominent judge was cleared Wednesday of charges he exposed himself to a woman on two separate occasions on trains in London last year.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has released the names of three priests who have been permanently barred from ministry after allegations that they sexually abused children were found to be credible.
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THREE Irishmen acquitted by a Colombian judge of training Marxist guerillas in IRA-style terrorist warfare have been found guilty on appeal and sentenced to up to 17 1/2 years in prison.
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A former Catholic priest who lives in Britain faces criminal charges in Greece after pushing the leader of the men&#39;s marathon off the track during the Athens Olympics.
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A former Irish priest pushed Brazil's  Vanderlei de Lima off the road when he was leading the Olympic  marathon on Sunday.
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The man who disrupted the men's marathon at the Athens Olympics was defrocked as a Roman Catholic priest Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 29, 2004 - The defrocked Irish priest who bolted from the crowd and tackled the marathon leader about three miles from the finish Sunday has been arrested before for disrupting sporting events.
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Pope John Paul II has defrocked two Catholic priests convicted of sexually abusing children in Ireland, an unprecedented move in this predominantly Catholic nation, church officials confirmed Thursday.
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A group of footballers accused of gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in south-east London are cleared.
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ATHENS -- In a bizarre and stunning conclusion to the Olympic Games, the leader of the men's marathon was grabbed by a former Irish priest and pushed into the crowd about three miles from the finish. After a police officer helped free the runner, Vanderlei de Lima, the shocked Brazilian hustled back into the race after losing several seconds off ...
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A former Irish priest who disrupted the men&#39;s Olympic marathon in Athens has appeared in court on two counts of indecently assaulting a child.
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Former basketball star Calvin Murphy  was acquitted on Monday by a Houston jury on charges he  sexually abused five of his daughters.