Felipe Alonzo Gomez of Guatemala is the second child identified as dying while under detention by U.S. border authorities in December.
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L.A. archdiocese to seek charges against two nuns for embezzlement
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet have said that they will offer full restitution in response to the embezzlement by two of their members in the school in which they worked.
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Psychologist addresses bishops on helping abuse victims to heal
It begins with listening, understanding, offering responses showing that they, the victim-survivors, are believed, she said.
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New York bishop removed from public ministry pending review of abuse claim
A New York auxiliary bishop has been removed from public ministry pending a Vatican review of a decades-old accusation of sexual abuse against him, a claim he denies, the Archdiocese of New York said in a letter released Oct. 31.
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Federal authorities order USCCB, dioceses to retain documents
Since its release, more than a dozen attorneys general around the country have announced investigations of their own, seeking church records about what diocesan authorities knew of past abuse.
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Catholic groups ask for humane treatment of migrants heading for border
As a group from Central America heads to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration is said to be getting ready to send troops to meet them and Catholic groups are asking that the migrants be treated humanely.
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Video looks at religion’s redemptive role on imprisoned gang members
Gold explained how the U.S. had been involved over the years in El Salvador, inadvertently creating the conditions that fomented the growth of gangs in the Central American country shortly after the 1980-1992 civil war that was partially funded by the U.S. government.
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Judge orders arrest of longtime suspect in St. Romero’s 1980 killing
Judge Rigoberto Chicas issued the order Oct. 23 for national and international authorities to apprehend Alvaro Rafael Saravia, who has for years been a suspect in the killing.
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District of Columbia AG latest to join probes of clergy sex abuse
The archdiocese also is reeling from news earlier in October that the pope accepted the resignation of its leader, Cardinal Wuerl, who has been under fire after a mixed report on his handling of abuse cases.
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Catholic University students call for dean ouster over Kavanaugh tweets
Some students at The Catholic University of America are calling for the resignation of a dean following a series of tweets he wrote criticizing women who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.