After an appeals court found his sweeping 2012 trial flawed and his conviction was twice overturned, Monsignor Lynn, 69, is set to be retried Monday on a single child endangerment count.
Sexual Abuse
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My conversations with Jean Vanier raised many questions. I have no answers.
How could he see so clearly the need to respect the vulnerable and then abuse those under his spiritual care?
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Cardinal Pell’s lawyers argue for appeal in Australia’s High Court
Australian Cardinal George Pell seeks a last chance to have his sexual assault conviction overturned in court.
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West Virginia bishop requires new protocols for anti-sexual abuse program
Fingerprinting is now required of the bishop; all priests and deacons; all seminarians; all Catholic school principals, teachers, staff and certain volunteers; as well as chancery staff.
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Pope Francis allows French Cardinal Barbarin, embroiled in abuse cover-up, to resign
Lyon Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, 69, had offered to resign when the Lyon court in March 2019 first convicted him and gave him a six-month suspended sentence for failing to report the predator priest to police.
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New York bishop explains why priests accused of abuse joined private Mass
His statement came in response to angry reaction to the Mass by Robert Hoatson, co-founder of Road to Recovery, an sexual abuse victims’ advocacy group.
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Vatican sends abuse experts to Mexico to help church in safeguarding
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the doctrinal congregation, will be accompanied by Spanish Father Jordi Bertomeu Farnos, a congregation official, on a visit to Mexico City March 20-27.
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Pope Francis tells scandal-marred Legion of Christ they still haven’t reformed
Pope Francis told the Legion of Christ religious order Saturday it still has a long road of reform ahead, making clear that 10 years of Vatican-mandated rehabilitation hadn’t purged it of the toxic influences of its pedophile founder.
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Intellectually disabled L’Arche members react to news of Jean Vanier abuse
For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.
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Legion of Christ vows better abuse response amid new scandal
The Legion of Christ religious order is promising accountability and transparency following damaging new revelations of sex abuse and cover-up that have undermined its credibility, a decade after revelations of its pedophile founder disgraced the order.