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The First Sentence from Prefect Levada Makes the Legion Tremble The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has handed down a stiff sentence against Fr. Gino Burresi. The transgressions? The same ones charged against Fr. Marcial Maciel, founder of the powerful Legionaries of Christ by Sandro Magister ROMA, July 28, 2005 – On July 19, the Catholic newspaper "Avvenire" published the following note from the general secretariat of the Italian bishops' conference (CEI): "Following the decree handed down on May 27, 2005, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, notice is hereby given that the following canonical...

News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on Sat, Aug. 30, 2003 Vatican promoted priest despite warnings of sex abuse, records show BY REESE DUNKLIN The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - (KRT) - The Vatican promoted a U.S. priest through its international diplomatic corps despite high-level warnings in the 1990s that he had sexually abused a girl, according to interviews and records. The case is believed to be the first in which the Vatican has been found harboring an abuser in its ranks. In a message to American Catholic leaders during last year's abuse crisis, Pope John Paul II said: "There is no place...

LACONIA — The state dropped its sexual assault case against the Rev. George Robichaud today following an admission by the victim that he was 16 years old when the alleged offense took place. Although prosecutors remained confident that the Catholic priest did rape the boy, state law at the time of alleged offense made it impossible for the state to prosecute the case because the alleged victim had reached the age of consent. "It’s a technicality, but it’s part of the system and we need to be true to that system," said Belknap County Attorney Lauren Noether on Friday. Defense...

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