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...light, the church hierarchy has done everything in its power to hush it up, pay secret damages to the victims and, in many cases, do nothing but reassign pedophile priests to other parishes, where they can commit abuse again. In one of the worst cases, that of the Rev. John Geoghan, the church hierarchy had responded to clear evidence of his depravity by moving the now defrocked priest around for almost two decades--as he continued his pattern of molestation of minors. Last week he was sentenced to nine to 10 years for indecent assault and battery...
...partners to offer apologies to each other and seek forgiveness for the hurt they have inflicted. "The church is always present during a death, but here we are with a divorce, an overwhelmingly painful thing, and the church hides its head in the sand," says the Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers, 69, a retired Methodist minister who co-wrote a paper in 1976 examining Christian divorce rituals...
...sequins, feather boas and fluorescent lights, as representatives of all aspects of gay life, from lesbian grannies to members of the Australian army, take to the streets for the annual Mardi Gras parade (this year on March 2). Dykes on Bikes, who traditionally lead the marchers down Oxford Street, rev up the crowd of more than 500,000, honking horns, raising fists and baring breasts along the way. They are followed by drag queens in full regalia and troops of shirtless muscle men dancing to the rhythms of Madonna, Cher and Australia's homegrown diva, Kylie Minogue...
...response to a barrage of recent accusations that Catholic priests had molested children in Greater Boston, His Eminence Cardinal Bernard F. Law last week stripped Rev. D. George Spagnolia of his ability to exercise priestly ministry and revoked his monthly stipend of $1,400. The cardinal claims that this action was justified by the Archdiocese’s new “zero-tolerance” policy for alleged molesters, which was developed as a response to scandals over the past months that have uncovered hundreds of potential victims. As a result of the Cardinal’s swift-handed...
...ruling sparked outrage and talk of protests from many New Yorkers, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, who, alongside attorney Johnny Cochran, had rallied support for Louima. Sharpton decried the decisions Thursday morning, calling it "a shocking display of how the judicial system continues to fail to protect citizens from police abuse." He also urged U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to take this case into consideration during deliberations over the appointment of a new U.S. attorney for New York. "We will now be facing new prosecutors who may or may not have the same dedication" to justice as their predecessors, Sharpton declared...