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Kerala Priest Charged Under POCSO Act For Allegedly Molesting Minors
A 70-year old Catholic priest allegedly molested three minor girls when they visited him to seek blessings at his church office in Chendamangalam in Ernakulam district last month, the police said on Friday.
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Delhi Archdiocese Rejects Claims Of Sexual Abuse By Kerala Nun's Family
The Delhi archdiocese has rejected the claims by family of a Kerala nun that she had informed Archbishop Anil Couto about her alleged abuse by a bishop of Jalandhar diocese.
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Archdiocese Asks Affiliate Schools In Kolkata To Ramp Up Security
The Archdiocese of Kolkata, the custodian of all Catholic schools under the Diocese in the city, will ensure its schools implemented all security steps in the wake of alleged sexual abuse of a Class 2 student in a primary school under its fold six days back
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Indian Priest Stabbed In Australia's Melbourne, Police Arrests Attacker
A Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed at a church in Australia's Melbourne city while he was preparing to lead a Sunday Mass around 11 am on March 19.
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Pope Names Successor To Guam Archbishop Accused Of Sex Abuse
The new leader of the Catholic Church in Guam will immediately assume all responsibilities in the archdiocese while its suspended archbishop faces a church trial for allegedly sexually abusing altar boys, a church leader said Tuesday.
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Katy Perry Wins Archdiocese Lawsuit Against Nuns
Katy Perry has struggled to win over a pair of elderly nuns who oppose selling the former convent to the singer for $14.5 million. They had signed a deal to sell the convent to a restaurant owner, but the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge in a brief hearing invalidated the deed
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US Archdiocese Faces Criminal Charges Over Sex Abuse
US prosecutors laid criminal charges against the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on Friday for its failure to protect children from sexual abuse at the hands of a disgraced priest.
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18,112 Santa Clauses Set Guinness Record in Kerala
The archdiocese of Thrissur in Kerala on Saturday created a new Guinness World Record, when it assembled 18,112 Santa Clauses on the streets and broke the existing record set by Derry in Northern Ireland with 13,000.
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'Fastest Nun in the West' on Path for Sainthood
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced on Wednesday it is exploring sainthood for an Italian-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs and helped open New Mexico territory hospitals and schools.
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Catholic Priest Deported to India for Molesting Minor in US
A Catholic priest from India, who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota was deported today following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
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Harvard Club Drops Much-Criticised Satanic Event
A Harvard University club says it has dropped sponsorship of a satanic Mass that drew condemnation from the Archdiocese of Boston and the university's president.
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Chicago archdiocese hid decades of child sex abuse
After a 13-year-old boy reported in 1979 that a priest raped and threatened him at gunpoint to keep quiet, the Archdiocese of Chicago assured the boy's parents that, although the cleric avoided prosecution, he would receive treatment and have no further contact with minors.
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Sex abuse files on 30 Chicago priests going public
Internal documents showing how officials from the Archdiocese of Chicago handled allegations of child sexual abuse by priests are about to become public.
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Pope Francis sacks top Slovenian clergy over financial scandal
Pope Francis on Wednesday sacked Slovenia's two top Catholic clerics over a financial scandal that has reportedly left one archdiocese with a budget shortfall of 800 million euros ($1.1 billion).
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21 Catholic priests named in sex report suspended
The Philadelphia archdiocese suspended 21 Roman Catholic priests on Tuesday who were named as child molestation suspects in a scathing grand jury report last month. It is a decision that comes more than eight years after US bishops pledged swift action to keep potential abusers away from young people.The priests have been removed from ministry whil...
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Kerala Priest Charged Under POCSO Act For Allegedly Molesting Minors
A 70-year old Catholic priest allegedly molested three minor girls when they visited him to seek blessings at his church office in Chendamangalam in Ernakulam district last month, the police said on Friday.
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Delhi Archdiocese Rejects Claims Of Sexual Abuse By Kerala Nun's Family
The Delhi archdiocese has rejected the claims by family of a Kerala nun that she had informed Archbishop Anil Couto about her alleged abuse by a bishop of Jalandhar diocese.
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Archdiocese Asks Affiliate Schools In Kolkata To Ramp Up Security
The Archdiocese of Kolkata, the custodian of all Catholic schools under the Diocese in the city, will ensure its schools implemented all security steps in the wake of alleged sexual abuse of a Class 2 student in a primary school under its fold six days back
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Indian Priest Stabbed In Australia's Melbourne, Police Arrests Attacker
A Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed at a church in Australia's Melbourne city while he was preparing to lead a Sunday Mass around 11 am on March 19.
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Pope Names Successor To Guam Archbishop Accused Of Sex Abuse
The new leader of the Catholic Church in Guam will immediately assume all responsibilities in the archdiocese while its suspended archbishop faces a church trial for allegedly sexually abusing altar boys, a church leader said Tuesday.
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Katy Perry Wins Archdiocese Lawsuit Against Nuns
Katy Perry has struggled to win over a pair of elderly nuns who oppose selling the former convent to the singer for $14.5 million. They had signed a deal to sell the convent to a restaurant owner, but the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge in a brief hearing invalidated the deed
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US Archdiocese Faces Criminal Charges Over Sex Abuse
US prosecutors laid criminal charges against the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on Friday for its failure to protect children from sexual abuse at the hands of a disgraced priest.
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18,112 Santa Clauses Set Guinness Record in Kerala
The archdiocese of Thrissur in Kerala on Saturday created a new Guinness World Record, when it assembled 18,112 Santa Clauses on the streets and broke the existing record set by Derry in Northern Ireland with 13,000.
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'Fastest Nun in the West' on Path for Sainthood
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced on Wednesday it is exploring sainthood for an Italian-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs and helped open New Mexico territory hospitals and schools.
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Catholic Priest Deported to India for Molesting Minor in US
A Catholic priest from India, who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota was deported today following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
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Harvard Club Drops Much-Criticised Satanic Event
A Harvard University club says it has dropped sponsorship of a satanic Mass that drew condemnation from the Archdiocese of Boston and the university's president.
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Chicago archdiocese hid decades of child sex abuse
After a 13-year-old boy reported in 1979 that a priest raped and threatened him at gunpoint to keep quiet, the Archdiocese of Chicago assured the boy's parents that, although the cleric avoided prosecution, he would receive treatment and have no further contact with minors.
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Sex abuse files on 30 Chicago priests going public
Internal documents showing how officials from the Archdiocese of Chicago handled allegations of child sexual abuse by priests are about to become public.
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Pope Francis sacks top Slovenian clergy over financial scandal
Pope Francis on Wednesday sacked Slovenia's two top Catholic clerics over a financial scandal that has reportedly left one archdiocese with a budget shortfall of 800 million euros ($1.1 billion).
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21 Catholic priests named in sex report suspended
The Philadelphia archdiocese suspended 21 Roman Catholic priests on Tuesday who were named as child molestation suspects in a scathing grand jury report last month. It is a decision that comes more than eight years after US bishops pledged swift action to keep potential abusers away from young people.The priests have been removed from ministry whil...
