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Cardinal: Pope merits thanks on abuse, not attacks - The Associated Press
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Cardinal: Pope merits thanks on abuse, not attacks
The Associated Press
SNAP and other victims' groups have contended that Roman Catholic church leaders, both in dioceses, religious institutions and at the Vatican, have systematically protected or covered up the abuse, including by shuttling pedophile priests from parish ...
Catholics in unprecedented abuse talksNEWS.com.au
Vatican holds summit to fight sexual abuse by priestsGlobalPost
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6 Feb 2012 at 12:44pm
Pedophile Priest with Connections to Central California Arrested in Ireland o...
KSEE
Pedophile Priest with Connections to Central California Arrested in Ireland on ...
KSEE
By KSEE News (LODI NEWS) Convicted pedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, who served at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Lodi, California in the 1970s, was arrested Friday on charges of possessing thousands of pictures of child pornography, according to the ...
Notorious pedophile priest jailed for three years for child pornographyIrish Central
Ireland sentences O'GradyStockton Record
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30 Jan 2012 at 10:23am
Pedophile ex-priest makes plea to judge - Fox11online.com
Pedophile ex-priest makes plea to judge
Fox11online.com
WINNEBAGO COUNTY - A pedophile ex-priest makes a plea to a judge about his future, just days before his trial. Norbert Maday is a former priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Winnebago County. The state wants him labeled as a sexual predator ...
Former Priest Wants to be Sent to Specialized Treatment FacilityWBAY
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3 Feb 2012 at 11:42am
Judge: Bevilacqua competent as witness in clerics trial | Philadelphia ... - ...
The New Civil Rights Movement
Judge: Bevilacqua competent as witness in clerics trial | Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
"I'll adhere to my original ruling," Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina told Thomas A. Bergstrom, attorney for Msgr. William J. Lynn, a former church official accused of enabling a pedophile priest to continue preying on children by ...
God Hates Fags To Picket Funeral Of Philadelphia Cardinal Who Died Amid ...The New Civil Rights Movement
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31 Jan 2012 at 12:06am
Catholic church keeps alleged pedophile priest - Press TV
Press TV
Catholic church keeps alleged pedophile priest
Press TV
He was the highest-ranking African American priest in the NY archdiocese. He gave invocations for former Governor David Paterson and arranged for the Pope's record mass at Yankee Stadium. But then two men came forward to say that Harris molested them ...
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2 Feb 2012 at 11:45pm
Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priest? - SF Weekly (blog)
Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priest?
SF Weekly (blog)
An unsigned letter in the thousands of pages of church documents turned over to plaintiffs suing the Jesuits over the actions of convicted pedophile and former priest Donald McGuire asks that McGuire be allowed to continue working, despite a 1993 ...
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11 Jan 2012 at 7:36am
Belgian church wants abusers to pay if victims seek funds after statute of .....
Belgian church wants abusers to pay if victims seek funds after statute of ...
Washington Post
In Belgian cases, however, Harpigny said in all instances of reports of serious pedophile cases being sent to Rome, the Vatican left the decision of leaving the priesthood to the pedophile priests themselves. So the options of the Belgian church have ...
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12 Jan 2012 at 10:21am
Priest's return shocked victim - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Priest's return shocked victim
TheChronicleHerald.ca
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL ? A former Nova Scotia man who was sexually assaulted by an Anglican priest says he was shocked to learn his abuser had again been performing duties at a small Annapolis Royal church. The priest resigned Thursday in the wake of the ...
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3 Feb 2012 at 2:23am
What does Cardinal's passing mean for sex abuse case - Philadelphia Inquirer
What does Cardinal's passing mean for sex abuse case
Philadelphia Inquirer
They seek to demonstrate to jurors that the abuse within the archdiocese was widespread, and that pedophile priests were transferred to new parishes. The District Attorney's Office declined any comment. "There's a strict gag order in this case," said ...
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1 Feb 2012 at 3:35am
Trial Starts In Priest Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Archdiocese - Hartford Courant
Valley Independent Sentinel
Trial Starts In Priest Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Archdiocese
Hartford Courant
... moved the priest, Ivan Ferguson, between church schools where he had access to children. The suit contends that Ferguson was a pedophile who molested and sexually assaulted boys in the 1970s and 1980s. The archdiocese, which employed Ferguson, ...
Man Testifies He Was Molested By Priest In Derby, Courant ReportsValley Independent Sentinel
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24 Jan 2012 at 5:42pm
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God Hates Fags To Picket Funeral Of Philadelphia Cardinal Who Died Amid ... -...
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God Hates Fags To Picket Funeral Of Philadelphia Cardinal Who Died Amid ...
The New Civil Rights Movement
by David Badash on February 1, 2012 God Hates Fags announced today they will picket the funeral of Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who died yesterday, amid several cases of priests on trial for pedophile rape, sex abuse, and molestation.
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1 Feb 2012 at 12:14pm
God Hates Fags Is The Heart Of The Religious Right - The New Civil Rights Mov...
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God Hates Fags Is The Heart Of The Religious Right
The New Civil Rights Movement
by Benjamin Phillips on February 1, 2012 From Fred Phelps to Tony Perkins to Bryan Fischer to Rick Santorum to Rick Perry, ?God hates fags? ? the concept ? is at the very heart and soul of the Religious Right. Say what you will about the Westboro ...
1 Feb 2012 at 7:36am
Hollywood and the Fundamentalist - Highbrow Magazine
Highbrow Magazine
Hollywood and the Fundamentalist
Highbrow Magazine
Phelps is the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group made famous for picketing funerals and appliance stores with signs that say ?THANK GOD FOR 9/11? and ?GOD HATES JEWS.? On April 6, 2007, Smith told Joe Utichi from Rotten Tomatoes UK that ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:41am
Enthusiastic but well-mannered crowd greets Westboro in Clayton - St. Louis B...
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Enthusiastic but well-mannered crowd greets Westboro in Clayton
St. Louis Beacon
So besides the jeers that greeted Fred Phelps Jr. and his companions when they set up on the far end of the field with their usual signs -- "Mourn for your sins," "God hates you" -- they didn't draw much reaction. Instead, the crowd was occupied with ...
Hundreds Gather Outside Clayton High School To Shout Down Westboro ProtestorsKMOX.com
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6 Feb 2012 at 9:51am
Recipe of the Week: 'God Hates Figs' Tart - OC Weekly (blog)
Recipe of the Week: 'God Hates Figs' Tart
OC Weekly (blog)
31 2012 at 9:30 AM The poor members of the Westboro Baptist Church and their pointless "God hates fags" signs! If only their blinkered interpretation of God had allowed them to have a little more education, they might have been able to read the message ...
31 Jan 2012 at 9:32am
Hell Raiser - Queerty
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Hell Raiser
Queerty
Timothy Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, the masterminds behind ?God Hates Fags? and ?God Hates Lady Gaga? and ?Thank God for Dead Soldiers??and son of WBC founder Fred Phelps?took time out of his picketing routine (currently, he's en route to ...
God Hates Fags Protests Penn State Coach Joe Paterno's Funeral (Photo)The New Civil Rights Movement
Westboro Baptist to Protest Joe Paterno Funeral: Other Upcoming Church PicketsInternational Business Times
SPLC: Westboro Gay-Bashers Plan to Picket Paterno's FuneralSouthFloridaGayNews.com
GossipCop -newjerseynewsroom.com -Business Insider
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24 Jan 2012 at 2:03pm
An Open Letter To All LGBT Students Of The Anoka-Hennepin School District - T...
The New Civil Rights Movement
An Open Letter To All LGBT Students Of The Anoka-Hennepin School District
The New Civil Rights Movement
Ergo, for you sometimes to say ?I am an out, proud gay student? is not disruptive of a public school learning setting, but for somebody to say ?God hates fags,? ? or anything that expresses that concept ? however ?polite? the language ? is disruptive ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 7:04am
Dogmageddon - God (Still) Hates Boobs - VICE
VICE
Dogmageddon - God (Still) Hates Boobs
VICE
Another group that hates boobies: The religious extremists in Iran, who banned Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani from returning to her homeland after a French magazine published topless photos of her. Possibly even more unfortunately, this lead to a ...
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3 Feb 2012 at 2:29pm
God hates shrimp? - Bulletin (subscription)
God hates shrimp?
Bulletin (subscription)
This group is famous for their protests in which they hold up signs that say things such as "God Hates Fags," "Fags Are Beasts," "God Hates America," and so on. Now obviously, this is a Christian church with extreme views, but it does bring up the ...
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1 Feb 2012 at 9:08pm
Talking With Khartoum Regime Is Waste of Time - AllAfrica.com
Talking With Khartoum Regime Is Waste of Time
AllAfrica.com
Our living Christian God hates both; I do not know what Islam says about theft and deceit. In CPA, Khartoum regime was given 50% share of our oil resources. Has Khartoum regime been faithful in implementing the CPA? Khartoum regime started cheating and ...
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6 Feb 2012 at 8:42am