Priest Allegedly Pointed Musket At 8-Year-Old For Rooting Against Giants

A NJ priest has been arrested after he allegedly pointed a musket at an 8-year-old boy and threatened him because the child was rooting against the Giants. Which, yeah, that sounds like a Giants fan alright.
Father Kevin Carter, a 54-year-old priest at St. Margaret of Cortona Roman Catholic Church in Little Ferry, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm for the incident.

http://gothamist.com/2015/10/03/priest_allegedly_pointed_musket_at.php 

Priest took more than $250K from 'grandmas' at wealthy church, authorities say

He called them his grandmas. The Rev. Alex Orozco befriended the elderly women shortly after his assignment to St. Rose of Lima parish in Short Hills. Orozco was a new priest, charming and kind and afire with enthusiasm.
And always, it seemed, willing to accept money, parishioners said. For a car. For a big-screen TV. For a house in the Poconos. For another house in his native Colombia. For credit card bills. For a second car. For plane tickets. For furniture. For dental work.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/priest_took_more_than_250k_from_grandmas_at_wealth.html 

Minnesota Catholic Archdiocese Hit With So Many Sex Abuse Claims They Have to File for Bankruptcy

The Catholic Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota has declared bankruptcy after over 300 estimated sex abuse claims have been filed against them. Over 300 people have filed complaints against church employees with the majority of the cases occurring between the 1950s and 1980s.

http://latest.com/2015/01/minnesota-catholic-archdiocese-hit-many-sex-abuse-claims-file-bankruptcy/ 

Nunavut court: After nearly four decades, Dejaeger’s victims have their say “I am a survivor. I persist.”

After waiting nearly four decades, more than two dozen middle-aged Inuit sexual abuse victims from Igloolik and Kugaaruk filed into an Iqaluit courtroom Jan. 19 to begin describing how ex-priest Eric Dejaeger scarred their hearts and deformed their lives.

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_court_after_nearly_four_decades_dejaegers_victims_have_their_s/ 

Sex-abuse victim tells priest's sentencing hearing wood smell triggers memories

IQALUIT, Nunavut - There's a smell that brings it all back. One whiff, and once again he's a little boy being raped by a priest in a dank furnace room at the Catholic mission in Igloolik, Nunavut. "Whenever I smell moldy wood, it takes me back to that place," the man told a court in Iqaluit on Monday during the sentencing hearing for his onetime tormentor. "It makes me angry."

http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/sex-abuse-victim-tells-priest-s-sentencing-hearing-wood-smell-triggers-memories-1.1735340 

Former priest and school principal has appeal against conviction for sexually abusing boy rejected by Court of Appeal

Con Desmond, (79), with an address as Woodlands, Kilrush Road, Ennis, Co Clare, had pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of indecently assaulting a boy at St Stephen's De La Salle National School in Waterford between 1978 and June 1980.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/former-priest-and-school-principal-has-appeal-against-conviction-for-sexually-abusing-boy-rejected-by-court-of-appeal-30920076.html 

Martin Luther King, a true Christian, dared to dream.

Martin Luther King, a true Christian, dared to dream. One wishes Pope Francis would dream similarly more often. As I observed Pope Francis on his overly scripted public relations trip to the Philippines, I had a dream as well. It was triggered while observing Pope Francis outrageously lobby, in his homily at a massive outdoor Mass a few hours after hugging a twelve year old former “street child”.

http://christiancatholicism.com/pope-francis-martin-luther-king-and-a-dream-about-street-children/ 

This priest assaulted girls — and the church kept giving him more victims

Australia's national child-abuse Royal Commission has been told how the Catholic Church allowed a priest, Father Martin Newbold, to commit sex-crimes against young girls. The church concealed his crimes from the police and transferred him from one Australian state to another to protect him. Thus the church inflicted this criminal on more victims in new parishes.

http://brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/348 

Under their care

Dubbo man Paddy* is haunted by the memories of his boarding school days, where he was abused and tortured at the hands of his primary educator. He talked to NATALIE HOLMES about the bitterness and the brutality. Paddy* was just a kid when he was abused by a staff member at the Catholic college he attended.

http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/local-news/item/2715-under-their-care 

Joseph Jiang Priest Trial: St. Louis Sex Abuse Civil Case Can Proceed.

An effort by the Catholic Church in St. Louis to quash a sexual abuse lawsuit against a priest was unsuccessful after a judge ruled that the civil case can go to trial, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday. The Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl he met while she and her family attended the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.

http://www.ibtimes.com/joseph-jiang-priest-trial-st-louis-sex-abuse-civil-case-can-proceed-judge-rules-1779442 

Comboni Missionaries and Pope Francis on Clerical Abuse

In early 2012, Danny Sullivan was appointed as the Chairman of NCSC following the resignation of Baroness Patricia Scotland. In June 2014, he attended the Mass in Santa Marta, presided over by Pope Francis, and he listened to the Homily in which the new Pope demonstrated, in abundantly clear language, his sorrow at the failings of the Catholic Church in the pressing matter of Child Sexual Abuse.

http://veronafathersmirfield.com/2015/01/10/comboni-missionaries-and-pope-francis-on-clercial-abuse/ 

EightI Common myths about child sexual abuse

Few people are aware of the true state of the science on child abuse. Instead, most people's beliefs have been shaped by common misconceptions and popular myths about this hidden crime. Societal acceptance of these myths assists sex offenders by silencing victims and encouraging public denial about the true nature of sexual assaults against children.

http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/res/csa_myths.html 

Vatican permanently dismisses former Maine priest for sex abuse of a minor

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican has dismissed John E. Harris from the priesthood permanently for a substantiated claim of sexual abuse of a minor in the early 1980s, Maine Bishop Robert P. Deeley announced on Friday.

https://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/16/news/state/vatican-permanently-dismisses-former-maine-priest-for-sex-abuse-of-a-minor/ 

Former Maine priest defrocked after abuse allegations upheld

Church officials say John E. Harris, who now lives in Canada, sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s.  A Catholic priest who was disciplined in 2000 for running a sexually explicit website for gay clergy has been removed from the priesthood after Maine church officials said they substantiated an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor in the early 1980s.

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/17/former-maine-priest-defrocked-after-abuse-allegations-upheld/ 

Church Must Answer For Priests' Abuse

In response to Rev. Gene Barrette's article “Priests Unfairly Labeled” [Jan. 11, Opinion]. Likening himself and his fellow clergymen to the police was an interesting take.  I certainly agree that it is unfair and unjust to judge any group of people by the actions of a few, but in both the cases of police brutality and pedophilia, the protests are calling attention to people in power abusing that power.

http://www.courant.com/opinion/letters/hc-ugc-article-priests-police-and-the-prophet-2-2015-01-14-story.html 

“I don’t want to live in the shadows anymore,” Mielke said

New documents released in a clergy sexual abuse lawsuit show that a former high-ranking church official intervened to help a prominent University of St. Thomas priest accused of sexual misconduct perform a wedding out of state. The Rev. Michael Keating was turned down when he first asked officials of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to verify in writing that he had “never been accused of any act of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct involving a minor.”

http://www.startribune.com/local/288296171.html 

The Catholic Church's dirty secrets: abuse, injustice and a damning letter

HE’S the man whose statement to Hunter police about being sexually abused by a Catholic priest launched Strike Force Georgiana in 2007, and ultimately led to a royal commission. His name is John Parmeter, pictured above, and he wants people to know who he is as Strike Force Georgiana enters its eighth year investigating historic child sexual abuse cases.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2572537/the-churchs-dirty-secrets-abuse-injustice-and-a-damning-letter/?cs=3373 

“Survivor fury that abuse labelled ‘mistake'” & related articles

Survivors of clerical abuse have lashed out at the Association of Catholic Priests over its description of incidents of abuse by priests as “mistakes”. Marie Collins told the Irish Independent she was “shocked” by the ACP’s comment. And a priest, who was himself the victim of clerical abuse, described the ACP’s attitude as “despicable”.

http://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/rc-scandal/other-countries/ireland/survivor-fury-that-abuse-labelled-mistake-related-articles/ 

West Orange ex-priest assists victims of sexual abuse

Speak with Bob Hoatson for just a few minutes and it becomes immediately apparent that he is a genuinely nice man. Immensely friendly and down-to-earth, Hoatson just seems like the type of guy who would shovel your porch without being asked or check your house while you were away on vacation — selfless. It is easy to imagine him working for the Catholic Church, which he did for more than 30 years.

http://essexnewsdaily.com/news/westorange/48334 

US Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke was demoted by Pope Francis blames 'radical feminists' for Church paedophilia

American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has claimed that “radical feminism” is to blame for a host of issues within the Catholic Church and blamed feminists for creating paedophiles, or sexually confused “disordered men” who entered the priesthood and sexually abused children.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-cardinal-raymond-leo-burke-who-was-demoted-by-pope-francis-blames-radical-feminists-for-church-paedophilia-30902691.html