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• Judging Pickering | Being prolife and believing that the Bible is the authority by which man's conduct is judged are no basis for rejecting his nomination (Editorial, The Denver Post)
  
  
• Scalia: Stuck in the past | While church authorities have recognized that the death penalty violates the fundamental moral teachings of Catholicism, Justice Scalia continues to cling to the ideas of the past to advance his own political beliefs. (Anne Thompson, The Washington Post)
  
  

Abuse:

• Indianapolis Training Center subject of lawsuit | Juvenile offenders allege abusive treatment at Bill Gothard's youth counseling center (WTHR, Indianapolis)
  
  
• Also: Faith under fire (WISH, Indianapolis)
  
  
• Sins of the father | For years, Boston's cardinal kept on priests who had been accused of molesting children. Now Catholics across America are confronting similar scandals and questioning the secretive culture of the church (Newsweek)
  
  
• Shamed by the sins of others | The innocent bear the scars of institutional failure. (E. J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post)
  
  
• 'The talk' in the church | Some experts say abuse cases could open up religious sexual discussions (ABCNews.com)
  
  
• Bishop asks parents to look for abuse | Cardinal says scandal has hurt him deeply (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Abuse response varies by diocese | Many of the nation's 194 dioceses and archdioceses are struggling to come to terms with a cultural change from a time when allegations of pedophilia were settled privately. (USA Today)
  
  
• Hundreds now claim priest abuse | Lawyers report flood of alleged victims (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Protect children and the church | It is hard to imagine a more corrosive scandal than child sexual abuse—except for the systemic cover-up of such abuse. (Editorial, Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Catholic clergy ask forgiveness | Tuscon's Catholic leaders say they have changed their policies to ensure allegations of child abuse are promptly dealt with (The Arizona Star)
  
  
• Priest denies abuse and refuses to resign | A Roman Catholic priest in Lowell, Mass., the Rev. D. George Spagnolia, denied that he sexually abused a child 31 years ago. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Priest vows to fight sexual abuse charge | The Boston-area pastor says he has been wrongly caught in a sweep some compare to a witch hunt. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Also: Accused pastor proclaims innocence | In letter to Law, vows to fight ouster (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Polish prelate accused in sex case | The Vatican is investigating accusations that the archbishop of Poznan sexually molested young seminarians (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Polish archbishop faces sex charges (Associated Press)
  
  
• Philadelphia archdiocese dismisses accused priests (Reuters)
  
  
• Also: Accused priests dismissed in Philadelphia (Associated Press)
  
  
• Lowell priest quietly removed (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Hub Hispanics organize to support Law, church | Effort comes amid calls from some quarters for archbishop's resignation. (Boston Herald)
  
  

Ten Commadments:

• Ten Commandments ban stands | U.S. Supreme Court decides not to act on Indiana judge's injunction against a proposed display on Statehouse lawn (Indianapolis Star)
  
  
• Also: Court won't hear Commandments case | The court did not comment in refusing to hear an appeal from Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon, who wanted to erect a 7-foot stone monument on the statehouse grounds in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Top court sidesteps church-state case (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Also: Ten commandments appeal rejected (BBC)
  
  
• High court's inaction won't affect courthouse plaque suit | While Indiana case stalls, Pennsylvania case continues (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

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February (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46