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Missionary child abuse, long unspoken of, emerges from the shadows
They followed their parents to remote regions of the world to preach the Gospel. But in recent years, dozens of adults, known in evangelical Christian circles as "MKs," or missionary kids, have come forward to report decades-old abuse at the hands of...
Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Child Abuse, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Belief and Faith
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Matt Damon Being Eyed to Star in Catholic Church Sex Scandal Movie
ReutersJun 14 (TheWrap.com) - Oscar-nominated actor Matt Damon is being sought to star in Tom McCarthy's untitled movie about the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning reportage on the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal, numerous individuals close to the...Tags: Win Win (movie), Steven Spielberg, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Sony Corp., DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Trusting Big Brother in the prolonged war on terror
Every time I drive between Baltimore and Washington and come upon those big, spooky National Security Agency buildings in Fort Meade, I have cinematic thoughts about what goes on inside. I imagine the best and brightest of surveillance nerds spying on...Tags: U.S. Congress, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Barack Obama, Justice System, Judges
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WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info
When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...
Tags: Theft, Security, Philosophy, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (movie), Parties and Movements
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Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse victims
The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the Irish Christian Brothers shipped...Tags: Laws, Christianity, Justice System, Trials, Cook County Government
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Chicago Jesuits hid sex crimes
Tribune reporterInternal church records released Tuesday show that Chicago Jesuits consciously concealed the crimes of convicted sex offender Donald McGuire for more than 40 years as the prominent Roman Catholic priest continued to sexually abuse dozens of children...Tags: Laws, Sexual Misconduct, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Religion and Belief
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Banned priest not monitored
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — Five years after church officials ordered the Rev. Carroll Howlin to stop functioning as a missionary priest in this isolated mountain community, Joliet diocesan leaders received a letter from a suburban pastor that illuminated...
Tags: Laws, Sexual Misconduct, Colleges and Universities, Sexual Assault, OxyContin (drug)
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Former priest at Schaumburg church sued for sexual abuse
A former parishioner at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Schaumburg sued an ex-Roman Catholic priest and the Archdiocese of Chicago in Cook County Circuit Court on Thursday, accusing the former church leader of sexual abuse. According to the complaint,...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Christianity, Schaumburg
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Uganda priest ostracized for publicizing sexual abuse
KAMPALA, Uganda — He is a celebrity across eastern and central Africa, a gospel music star known to many as the "Dancing Priest." But for years he also was a keeper of painful secrets — his own and many others'. In going public, Anthony...
Tags: Entertainment, Roman Catholicism, Separation of Church and State, Music, Uganda
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Love to attend your wedding, but God said no
It's not surprising that the leading Roman Catholic churchman in Rhode Island is disappointed that the state has legalized same-sex marriage. But in reacting to what he called “this immoral and unnecessary proposition,” Bishop Thomas J....Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism, Weddings, Christianity
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Joliet Diocese did not detail priest's past, hospital says
The Joliet Diocese acknowledges church officials allowed a Roman Catholic priest to serve as a hospital chaplain even though the bishop declared him unfit for parish ministry because of "inappropriate behavior" with a boy years earlier. The Rev....
Tags: Punishment, Roman Catholicism, Sexual Misconduct, Christianity, Prosecution
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Pope wants church to 'act decisively' on abuse
ROME -- Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to "act decisively" to end the sexual abuse of minors by priests, the Vatican said Friday. At a meeting with the head of the Vatican's doctrinal department, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, Francis...
Tags: The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Rome (Italy), Vatican City
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