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...large, a deal the Wall Street Journal reports she negotiated with the coaching of Welch and a legal team he recruited. All this maneuvering has probably left him little time for leisure reading. When Welch does find a minute, he may be interested in catching up on the Wetlaufer canon. In 1992 she wrote a novel titled Judgment Call, based on her experiences as a reporter at the Miami Herald. In the book, a young reporter has an affair with a teenage hit man at the behest of a drug lord. Of even more interest may be a 1999 article...
...Soprano." Though no one brought a formal suit against O'Connell until 1996 (which was subsequently and secretly settled), Anderson claims he and Doe have evidence that the Jefferson City diocese had been receiving complaints about sexual abuse by O'Connell as early as 1967 - and that, under Catholic canon law, the diocese would have been required to keep archival files on those accusations, documents that Anderson says he intends to subpoena. Aides to O'Connell say the bishop is "in seclusion" and will not comment...
...reduce threats to children. All such measures are worthy of support, as no cause is more important than the protection of children from sinister pedophiles. Meanwhile, any priests who feel content to ignore both the Biblical precepts and legal injunctions against child abuse should be held accountable to both canon and common...
...secular authority further encroach upon the Church, leading to more conflation of church and state. Obviously clerics must abide by the same laws as regular citizens, but they should not be subjected to extra scrutiny by public agencies simply because they have pledged their lives to their faith. Additionally, canon law itself fully decries sexual abuse. Better enforcement of canonical regulation, and not the interjection of secularization, should be the next step, and Cardinal Law understands this...
Jose Guzman did the right thing. On a chilly night in the rock-and-sand wasteland of Canon de la Marrana on the Mexican border, he gave up an easy run into the U.S.--the border patrol wasn't in sight--to stay with a woman who had twisted her ankle as she took off north toward California. What really angers Guzman, as he waits for a Mexican rescue patrol to shuttle him to the nearest town, is having to make this illegal crossing in the first place. After working in a Los Angeles lumberyard for five years...