A prominent Jesuit priest accused of sexually victimizing teenage boys who were his valets as he traveled the world leading Roman Catholic spiritual retreats was taken into federal custody yesterday in Chicago.
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10/27/2007
Lawyer to Abbey: Follow settlement
By David Unze, dunze@stcloudtimes.com
ST. PAUL – The lawyer who represented numerous alleged victims of clergy sex abuse in what was hailed as a landmark settlement agreement with St. John’s Abbey on Friday accused Abbot John Klassen of failing to live up to terms of that agreement.
St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson bases his accusation on questions about the past of a priest recently appointed to the External Review Board, which was created as a result of the settlement.
The Abbey issued a brief statement Friday afternoon that said it would no
Priest convicted of child molestation accused of abusing 2 more boys
A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera, who had been accused of conspiring with Roman Catholic officials in the U.S. to transfer a priest accused of sexual abuse
A judge says he has no authority to decide whether Catholic cardinals conspired to protect a sex abuse suspect.
The diocese of New Ulm knew Father David Roney was a pedophile when it sent him to live among orphan schoolchildren in Guatemala
L.A. cardinal denies knowing ‘code’ Mexico City cleric says was an alert
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph this week agreed to pay an Independence man $225,000, its biggest settlement ever in a case of alleged priest sexual abuse.
San Diego Catholics reach deal to settle 144 clergy abuse claims
When the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy six months ago, it hoped to find shelter from potentially embarrassing and costly lawsuits from people claiming they were sexually abused by priests.
Documents released by the Los Angeles archdiocese this week shine more light on cover-ups by high-ranking church officials to protect priests accused of sexual abuse from prosecution.
A group of Catholic friars has agreed to pay $1.2 million to a 20-year-old man who accused a one-time Washington area priest of sexual abuse when the man was a teenager and living in Germantown.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former altar boy who accused a Roman Catholic priest of molesting him more than five years ago has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the priest’s religious order, according to the man’s parents and attorneys.
The parents of a local man who said a Catholic priest abused him as a teen announced Thursday that the Rev. Aaron Joseph Cote’s Dominican order has agreed to a $1.2 million settlement in the case.
8/23/2007
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Updated 2/8/2008Aaron Joseph Cote Timeline Updated 8/24/2007Order Settles Md. Abuse Suit for $1.2M WASHINGTON (AP) — A former altar boy who accused a Roman Catholic priest of molesting him more than five years ago has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the priest’s religious order, according to the man’s parents and attorneys.Updated 8/24/2007Dominicans to Pay Man $1.2 Million in Lawsuit A group of Catholic friars has agreed to pay $1.2 million to a 20-year-old man who accused a one-time Washington area priest of sexual abuse when the man was a teenager and livin