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Judge: Bevilacqua competent as witness in clerics trial | Philadelphia …

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By Joseph A. Slobodzian Retired Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, however, remains legally competent to testify at the forthcoming trial of three priests accused of sexually abusing young boys, a Philadelphia judge ruled Monday.

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Ireland sentences O'Grady

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

O'Grady had pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing the materials last year in Dublin Circuit Court before Monday's sentencing, according to the Times. O'Grady was a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Stockton before his 1993 arrest.

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Pa. judge in priest abuse trial again finds retired cardinal with dementia …

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

They say prosecutors are trying to make Lynn the scapegoat for the dozens of Philadelphia priests credibly accused of abusing children. Prosecutors, though, say Lynn was among the select few who had access to sex abuse complaints kept in “secret …

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Ex-Minister Gets Jail For Molesting Naperville Girl

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A former pastor and community college instructor was sentenced Friday to six months in DuPage County Jail for sexually molesting a girl from Naperville on numerous occasions in 2010. DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Daniel P.

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Philly Judge Again Finds Church Cardinal Competent

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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Church Abuse Defense Leads To Clash With The Faithful

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By EDMUND H. MAHONY, emahony@courant.com The Hartford Courant WATERBURY — In its effort to defend itself from an accusation of sexual abuse by one of its priests, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford collided in court Friday with one of the …

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Man held in priest's slaying found dead

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

A man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim's car on a family vacation to Walt Disney World was found dead early yesterday in a prison cell with a sheet wrapped around his neck. Jeremy Wayne Manieri, 33, was charged in the …

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Florida Pastor Arrested Soliciting Sex from Men in Park

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Detectives said after they made contact with the men, the suspects exposed themselves and/or asked them to perform sex acts on them. Among those arrested was Matthew Preston Clark, 33, of Bartow, who told detectives he is senior pastor at the Blessed …

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Judge orders archdiocese to get records ready for Lynn's trial - just in case …

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

James J. Brennan and a former priest, Edward Avery, to parishes in the 1990s where each allegedly molested a boy. All three men have pleaded not guilty. The complicated role of the church lawyers - now and when Lynn was the official responsible for …

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Former Guelph Catholic priest pleads guilty to two sexual assaults

Voltaire — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The 68-year-old bald, heavy-set man, wearing silver-rimmed glasses stood beside his lawyer Roger Yachetti as he pleaded guilty to two sexual assaults in Guelph's provincial court. Boudreau served as pastor at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, …

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