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1) https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/exclusive-new-lawsuit-alleges-sexual-abuse-longtime-georgia-priest/KT8Bd10Hz2Sf1YSpV3NMIO/
EXCLUSIVE: New lawsuit alleges sexual abuse by longtime Georgia priest
A former altar boy has filed a civil lawsuit against the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta alleging the church covered up sexual abuse by a deceased priest who served at 16 parishes, including several in Georgia.
The unidentified man said he was repeatedly molested by Father Douglas Edwards, who died in 1997. He alleges the abuse started when he was 12 and continued for three years in the late 1970s while Edwards was serving as pastor at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dalton.
2) https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article223377805.html
BELLEVILLE
The Catholic Diocese of Belleville, which covers Southern Illinois, says it has been up front about sexual abuse by priests, and is disagreeing with an assessment released by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
In a preliminary report released Wednesday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office said the Catholic dioceses in Illinois have not released the names of at least 500 clergy accused of sexually abusing children.
3) https://cruxnow.com/ap/2018/12/20/new-lawsuit-alleges-clergy-sex-abuse-by-las-cruces-priest/
New lawsuit alleges clergy sex abuse by Las Cruces priest
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New lawsuit alleges clergy sex abuse by Las Cruces priest
Susan Montoya BryanDec 20, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
New lawsuit alleges clergy sex abuse by Las Cruces priest
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Another lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Church, alleging sexual abuse of a child by a now-deceased priest who once served at Our Lady of Health Parish in Las Cruces.
It’s the latest in a string of legal actions stemming from allegations of clergy sex abuse that span decades and have rocked parishes across the United States.
New Mexico’s largest diocese - the Archdiocese of Santa Fe - has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months on lawyers to fight claims of abuse and to prepare for a potentially lengthy battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. In neighboring Texas, church officials are preparing next month to release the names of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a child.
Attorneys for a victim identified only as Jane Doe N filed a lawsuit Monday, naming the parish and the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, which used to oversee parts of southern New Mexico before the Diocese of Las Cruces was created.
The lawsuit says the victim had been left in the care of the parish pastor, Father Joaquin Resma, and that she was raped on multiple occasions. The girl was about 10 at the time and the abuse was intermittent for about a year during the late 1970s, according to the lawsuit.
Resma was named in other lawsuits filed earlier this year by the same attorneys, but his name isn’t among the former clergy who have been listed by regional church officials as having been credibly accused over the decades of sexually abusing children.
4) https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181220/sex-abuse-case-against-middletown-priest-reopened
Sexual abuse fase against middletown priest reopened
5) https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678562986/more-accusations-of-child-sex-abuse-by-priests-in-illinois-uncovered
More Accusations Of Child Sex Abuse By Priests In Illinois Uncovered In Report
Accusations of child sex abuse against at least 500 Roman Catholic priests and clergy members in Illinois have never been made public, a preliminary investigation by the state's attorney general has found.
That brings the total number of members in the Illinois dioceses who have been accused of sexually abusing minors to about 690, according to the report released Wednesday. The church previously had made public the names of only 185 accused priests, 45 of whom were added after Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office started investigating in August.
6) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/nyregion/reverend-donald-timone-sexual-abuse.html
The Church Settled Sexual Abuse Cases Against This Priest. Why Is He Still Saying Mass?
7)https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/priest-the-vatican-has-become-a-theological-chernobyl
Priest: ‘The Vatican has become a theological Chernobyl’