Pa. Catholic diocese sets up $1.25 million abuse fund
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has voluntarily set up a $1.25 million fund to aid the victims of 32 cases of clergy sexual abuse, an attorney for the victims said on Monday.
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A Roman Catholic diocese in  California has made a record settlement in 87 lawsuits by  people who claimed they were abused, a source close to the case  said on Friday.
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An agreement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to pay $100 million to settle 87 sex-abuse claims against priests probably will set a standard that
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By Jan Hefler, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 12--A choir leader who served at three Gloucester County churches since the early 1990s has been charged with sex offenses against two teenage girls who sang in two of the choirs.   Frederick L.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Tuesday that it planned to file for bankruptcy protection to put off going to trial in more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
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A new group called Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good said yesterday that it will distribute at least 1 million voter guides before the Nov. 7 elections, emphasizing church teachings on war, poverty and social justice as well as on abortion, contraception and homosexuality.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said yesterday it has reached a $1.3 million settlement with 16 men who were sexually abused by priests between 1962 and 1982.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday he has decided to donate to charity the nearly $40,000 he received from a disgraced Democratic fundraiser who failed to show up for a California court hearing.
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By Stephanie Koons, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun. 16--Does spending only $25 on a full load of groceries sound too good to be true? A local church will soon make that idea a reality for community members.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in a letter to parishioners this weekend that it is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid going to trial on more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
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The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas said on Wednesday that it had reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum of money with 11 men who said they had been sexually abused by a local priest.
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After two years of talks, the Roman Catholic diocese of Orange, outside Los Angeles, has agreed to pay compensation to 87 victims of sex abuse by clergy.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said yesterday that it has reached a $1.3 million settlement with 16 men who were sexually abused by priests between 1962 and 1982.
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A Roman Catholic diocese in California has made a record settlement in 87 lawsuits by people who claimed they were abused, a source close to the case said on Friday.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, facing the  financial aftermath of a pervasive child sex abuse scandal,  elected a president on Monday whose diocese plans to seek  bankruptcy protection from dozens of alleged victims.
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In a letter issued yesterday to parishioners, Archbishop Sean P. O&#39;Malley for the first time acknowledged a link between church closings and the sex-abuse scandal, saying his mission is
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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