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Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo: Bankruptcy imminent

By CAROLYN THOMPSON | January 30, 2020

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo faces near certain bankruptcy after posting a $5 million loss in 2019, and with a barrage of lawsuits from the clergy misconduct scandal still pending, according to a financial report released...

Ex-priest charged with sex assault against child in 1989

January 30, 2020

DITTMER, Mo. (AP) — A former Catholic priest has been arrested at a Missouri facility that provides a home for disgraced clergy, accused of sexually assaulting a child in North Texas 31 years ago.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 78-year-old...

NFL’s Saints accused of helping shape clergy sex abuse list

By JIM MUSTIAN | January 30, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints say they only did “minimal” public relations work on the area’s Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis, but attorneys suing the church allege hundreds of confidential Saints emails show the team's involvement...

Appeals court acquits French cardinal of sex abuse cover-up

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | January 30, 2020

LYON, France (AP) — A French appeals court on Thursday threw out a lower court ruling convicting a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock, a decision culminating a drama that has produced angst for the Roman Catholic...

Court to decide fate of French cardinal in sex abuse coverup

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | January 30, 2020

Lyon, France (AP) — A French appeals court is deciding whether a French cardinal is guilty of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock.Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, was found guilty in March of failing to report a predator...

Ex-Dallas-area Catholic priest accused of molesting a child

January 29, 2020

DALLAS (AP) — A 78-year-old former Roman Catholic priest whose whereabouts remain unknown has been accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child while serving as a priest in North Texas, according to a police affidavit.Dallas police obtained a warrant...

Prosecutor: Remains found in Phoenix were those of child

By ASTRID GALVAN | January 29, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — Skeletal remains found in the house of a Phoenix couple accused of abusing three children who had been removed from their custody belonged to another child who might have also been abused, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.The remains...

Judge rejects Sandusky’s latest request for shorter sentence

By MARK SCOLFORO | January 28, 2020

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge flatly rejected Jerry Sandusky's latest request to have his 30- to 60-year child molestation sentence reduced during a brief hearing Tuesday.Judge Maureen Skerda said she purposely fashioned the prison term to have an...

New pressure on Prince Andrew to help Epstein investigation

By GREGORY KATZ | January 28, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The pressure on Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to cooperate with the FBI’s investigation into his ties with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Lawyer...

Father arrested in killings of 5 of his infant children

By DON THOMPSON | January 27, 2020

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California father about to be freed from prison has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-old killings of five of his infant children in a case a sheriff said has haunted his agency for years.Paul Perez, 57,...

Woman takes plea in beating death of 5-year-old son in Iowa

January 27, 2020

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A woman has taken a plea deal on charges stemming from the beating death of her 5-year-old son in Iowa.Jacqueline Rambert pleaded guilty Friday to child endangerment resulting in death and child endangerment-multiple acts, station...