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New Jersey High Court Allows Clergy Sex Abuse Grand Jury Opposed by Diocese
Jun 19 2025 // New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such proceedings recently...
Religious Organizations Get New Chance for Exemption From New York Abortion Rule
Jun 18 2025 // The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a New York court to take a new look at whether some religious organizations should be excluded from a state regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions. The justices...
Man Who Burned Down a Missouri Church Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $7M
May 22 2025 // A man who admitted in federal court to setting the fire that destroyed an eastern Missouri church has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay the church nearly $7 million. The sentence for...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Norwich Diocese Plan With $31 Million for Abuse Survivors
May 22 2025 // A federal bankruptcy judge in Connecticut has approved a plan involving the Catholic Diocese of Norwich that includes a $31 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy. The plan seeks to provide recovery...
NJ Diocese Will No Longer Oppose Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations
May 9 2025 // The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years. It’s not...
Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse
May 1 2025 // Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy sexual abuse allegations. The high...
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