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Catholic Priest Who Was Victim of Sex Abuse Draws Fire After Speaking Out he Rev. James Moran was asking his usual questions during his chaplain rounds one day last summer at Washington Hospital Center: How are you? Would you like to pray together? Maybe take Communion? But one of the patients on his "Catholic" list bristled at the sight of a clerical collar. The Catholic Church hierarchy's treatment of clergy sex abuse victims was disgusting, the patient told him Believe me, I'm not trying to force Jesus down your throat," answered Moran, a beefy 60-year-old with an agonizing secret he...

A woman was hospitalized earlier this month with bubonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Los Angeles County in more than two decades, health officials said Tuesday. The woman, who was not identified, was admitted April 13 with a fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms. A blood test confirmed she had contracted the bacterial disease. The woman was placed on antibiotics and is in stable condition, officials said.

Conservative icon Rush Limbaugh has confirmed the rumors -- he's addicted to prescription pain medication. It's obvious that he has broken our nation's drug laws. Which poses an interesting dilemma for his fellow conservatives. According to Rush and other conservative drug warriors, "Drug users ought to be convicted and sent up" as Rush himself put it. *Sent up, as in sent to prison. *So here's the conservative dilemma: Should Rush, a self-admitted "drug user," be "convicted and sent up"? *If they say yes, they're advocating silencing the most powerful and influential conservative voice in America -- imprisoning a man they...

The entire nation owes radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh a debt of gratitude, Libertarians say, because his ordeal has exposed every drug warrior in America as a rank hypocrite. "One thing we don't hear from American politicians very often is silence," said Joe Seehusen, Libertarian Party executive director. "By refusing to criticize Rush Limbaugh, every drug warrior has just been exposed as a shameless, despicable hypocrite. "And that's good news, because the next time they do speak up, there'll be no reason for anyone to listen." The revelation that Limbaugh had become addicted to painkillers -- drugs he is accused of...