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...president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, and Dave Johnson, a former senior vice president, were indicted on federal charges, including bribery and fraud. The charges were dismissed last year, but the Justice Department last month appealed the dismissal. All along, the Mormon church has tried to keep the scandal at arm's length--Hinckley says he had instructed the church to remain strictly "neutral" in every aspect of the Olympics. The hope is that by the opening ceremonies, the scandal will be largely forgotten...
...scandal that has already cost the Roman Catholic Church dearly in moral authority is beginning to take a serious economic toll. In a landmark agreement in Ireland last week, the church offered $110 million to compensate thousands of victims of sexual and physical abuse that occurred over several decades in church-run schools there. Meanwhile, a Tucson, Ariz., diocese settled for an undisclosed sum with former altar boys who said they were molested by their priest, a quiet deal that typifies how these cases are handled in the U.S. Less common is the very public court battle of John Geoghan...
...need to remind voters of an ugly scandal involving a company with links to the G.O.P. Better to stick to forward-looking reforms, like protecting 401(k) plans...
...Crowley says. When Rusnak failed to show up for work on Monday, some officials went to his house: he wasn't there. Keating phoned Buckley in Dublin later that day. By the time the fbi was called in on Tuesday, Keating and Buckley knew they had a world-class scandal on their hands. "This is a heavy blow," Buckley said. "It has damaged our credibility. I would be a liar if I said it hadn...
...only three years after the $127,000 heist from the EWC treasury, scandal shook two highly visible student organizations—the Yearbook and the Krokodiloes, a popular a capella group...