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Former New Orleans priest, 93, is sentenced to life in prison for raping boy decades ago
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Former New Orleans priest, 93, is sentenced to life in prison for raping boy decades ago

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A judge sentenced a 93-year-old former Catholic priest Wednesday to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a teenage boy decades ago. The survivor of the assault to which Hecker pleaded guilty said that Hecker had offered to instruct him in wrestling moves ahead of tryouts in the mid-1970s for a school team and …

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Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
8 months, 1 week ago

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

The Independent  

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Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
8 months, 1 week ago

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement. Louisiana State Police carried out a sweeping search warrant last week at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seeking a …

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Chicago Archdiocese settles sexual abuse suit for $880,000
3 years, 6 months ago

Chicago Archdiocese settles sexual abuse suit for $880,000

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settlement of $880,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago, attorneys announced Wednesday. The men alleged Norbert Maday sexually abused them repeatedly starting when they were as young as 10 years old while they …

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Chicago priest stepping aside after sex-abuse allegation
4 years ago

Chicago priest stepping aside after sex-abuse allegation

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger has been asked to step aside due to an allegation of sexual abuse that occurred decades ago, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced. The archdiocese said Tuesday that its Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review received an allegation that the 70-year-old Pfleger sexually abused a minor more …

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Archdiocese removes prominent Detroit priest from pulpit
5 years, 6 months ago

Archdiocese removes prominent Detroit priest from pulpit

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A conservative Detroit priest renowned for his orchestral Masses and traditional Latin services has been removed from public ministry after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit reviewed what it described as a “credible allegation” that he had abused a child decades ago. Eduard Perrone’s church, shocked parishioners and came a month after The Associated Press began asking the …

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Prominent Detroit priest removed from pulpit
5 years, 6 months ago

Prominent Detroit priest removed from pulpit

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit said Sunday that it removed a prominent priest from public ministry after reviewing what it described as a “credible allegation” that he had sexually abused a child decades ago. Eduard Perrone was suspended from ministry Friday, a month after The Associated Press began asking the pastor himself, the archdiocese and law enforcement …

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