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Legion of Christ priest arrested at the Mexico City airport

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On Wednesday June 11, around 6 pm, the Mexico City International Airport became the epicenter of the global clergy sexual abuse crisis as officers of the Attorney General's Office arrested Catholic priest Antonio María Cabrera, a member of the Legion…[Continue Reading...]

Priest charged with child molestation, removed from Downey parish by Archdiocese of L.A.

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A Roman Catholic priest is facing five felony counts of child molestation and was removed from his Downey parish after being arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies, records and officials said. Father Jaime Arriaga, 41, remains in the Los…[Continue Reading...]

Catholic priest found guilty of historic sexual abuse against child in Jersey

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Jersey's Royal Court has found a former Catholic priest guilty on three counts of gross indecency with a child. Piotr Antoni Glas, 61, committed his crimes on multiple occasions against a teenage boy between 2004 and 2007. There were cries…[Continue Reading...]

John Taggart, former priest, and ex-teacher Christopher Crisona charged with sexual assault of minor in Wilmington in mid-1990s

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An 80-year-old former priest of the Diocese of Wilmington and a 57-year-old ex-teacher in local Catholic schools have been charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the mid-1990s, the Delaware attorney general announced in a news release March 17.…[Continue Reading...]

French prosecutors won’t investigate sexual abuse allegations against revered priest Abbé Pierre

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PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor said Tuesday it cannot investigate allegations by several women who said they were sexually assaulted or harassed by Abbé Pierre, a nationally revered priest and humanitarian crusader who died in 2007. The allegations against…[Continue Reading...]

French church calls for judicial investigation into Abbé Pierre following new sex abuse allegations

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PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally requested that prosecutors initiate an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual violence. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of…[Continue Reading...]

Former Louisville priest faces new child abuse charges decades after being removed from ministry

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A priest who formerly worked in Louisville is facing charges of child sex abuse, and this isn't the first time he's been accused. Joseph Mouser, 86, was removed from public ministry in 2002 and is facing…[Continue Reading...]

Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape

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A serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest on Wednesday declined an opportunity to apologize to his victims after pleading guilty to child rape earlier in December. Lawrence Hecker’s silence came on Wednesday in New Orleans’s state criminal courthouse…[Continue Reading...]

Retired New Orleans priest pleads guilty to kidnapping and raping boy in 1970s

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Shortly before a jury was supposed to be chosen for his trial on criminal charges of kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid-1970s, the self-acknowledged serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]

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