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BOSTON — Cardinal Bernard Law consulted with the Vatican on Monday during an abrupt trip to Rome, stirring speculation that he was stepping down or arranging for the Boston Archdiocese to declare bankruptcy. The archdiocese shed no light Monday on the purpose of Law's visit, which came amid a new groundswell of criticism among once-loyal parishioners and priests about his handling of sexual abuse cases against priests. "He's lost his diocese," said the Rev. Robert Bullock, a leader of the Boston Priests Forum, a group that represents about half of the approximately 600 priests in the archdiocese. "He's in hiding....

Conflict divides St. Mary's Nylon issue: Sides accuse each other of overreacting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Ted Slowik STAFF WRITER PLAINFIELD — Some parents and youth ministry leaders at St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church are saying a family overreacted by confronting parish officials and contacting police after eighth-graders in a confirmation class were told to put on nylon stockings as an exercise during a retreat. Some other parents say the pastor overreacted by expelling the family's two sons from the parish school because their father violated a parental code of conduct by being too "intrusive, inflammatory or overbearing." People on both...

See This Thread for full story or click on link. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/768397/posts If I messed up in Creating this Prayer request, Please forgive me, as I do not post very often. Thank You I am asking for prayers for the Gianni Family. They are searching for a new Church, and two new schools, a Grade school, and a middle school. They have been EXPELLED from the Parish, and their two Children expelled from the Parochial School. Thank You for Praying for them in this difficult time, and May God Bless You.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 PM EDT, August 15, 2002 Roman Catholic Faithful Calls For Joliet Bishop Imesch's Resignation The leader of an international Catholic watch dog group today called for the resignation of Joliet, Illinois bishop Joseph Imesch, stating that the Illinois prelate had "harbored known abusers of young boys" while overseeing the diocese. Stephen G. Brady, president of the Roman Catholic Faithful, focused his statement particularly on Imesch's relationship with now-deposed Springfield bishop Daniel L. Ryan, who was consecrated auxiliary bishop by Imesch while serving in the Joliet diocese. "As recently as this year, Joliet spokeswoman Sister Judith Davies...