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Well, the word coming down from on high is that Fr. Haley has been excommunicated and defrocked. This has been personally confirmed to me by someone who should know, but don't expect to hear about it anywhere official. There's something about this case that makes authorities skittish. After all, we can't acknowledge the elephant in the sanctuary, the homosexual priest problem. Every new homosexual scandal is met by the three monkeys with ears, eyes, and mouth covered. ("Psst...ignore the elephant until he goes away.") So Fr. Haley will continue to be the invisible man. Strange, isn't it? The Vatican released...

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A new law is expected to unleash a flood of litigation against the L.A. Archdiocese by victims of priestly sex abuse. By Ron Russell More storm clouds are gathering for Cardinal Roger M. Mahony. Police are investigating at least 72 of his current and former priests for child molestation. New accusers surface almost daily. Despite fierce resistance, a grand jury has forced him to turn over records related to three accused clerics. More subpoenas appear inevitable. L.A. County district attorney Steve Cooley says he will pursue the sex-abuse scandal afflicting the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese wherever it leads, even...

On EWTN radio this morning, I heard a program called "Living His Life Abundantly" with Johnnette Benkovic. Some of you may be familiar with this program. Johnnette's guest today was Mary Jo Anderson, a business woman and mother who turned reporter in response to attacks on the Church from within. What she had to say on today's show was very disturbing and contained a lot of information I had never heard before. Here's the blurb on the show from the LHLA web site: ---------------------------------------- How are dissident groups which claim to be "Catholic" using the current scandal to their advantage?...

Translation from Original Spanish from today's article: 'The Pope Recognizes That Pederasty is a "Crime" ' The Vatican summons an extraordinary meeting to treat the sexual scandals carried out by several priests about the U.S.A. The Pope recognizes that pederasty (pederastia) is a "crime" AGENCIES | City of the Vatican With the presence of the Pope, thirteen cardinals of the U.S.A., seven of the Bar and four archbishops will tomorrow look for during today and in the Vatican an exit to the pederasty scandals in which they have been themselves involved American bishops and priests. The Pontiff has been...