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• Also: Former church elder at First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton charged with sexual assault on girl | James Truxton, 86, had previously admitted molestations. (The Orange County [Calif.] Register)
  
  
• Clergy, abuse, and jail time | Prosecutions are rare, but 75 priests or ministers have faced convictions, prison. (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Wrong labels inflame fears of Catholics | Priests' misdeeds are not necessarily pedophilia. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Innocent clerics shamed by collar (New York Post)
  
  
• Pope says 'shadow of suspicion' has been cast across all priests | Pope John Paul II, in a letter released on Thursday, alluded for the first time to recent pedophile scandals in the Roman Catholic Church. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Pope breaks silence | John Paul calls sex abuse by priests 'most grievous forms of sin' (ABCNews.com)
  
  
• Also: Pope calls priestly pedophilia 'grievous evil' (Reuters)
  
  
• The Pope's first statement | His declaration on the abuse scandal was necessary but not sufficient. (Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Police chaplain ousted after alleged abuse | Reportedly admitted molesting an altar boy more than two decades ago. (Boston Herald)
  
  
• Church newspaper clarifies remarks | Says it didn't intend to challenge teachings on priest celibacy, ordination of women and homosexuality. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Sex crisis leads to soul-searching | Rules of priesthood doubted, attacked (The Miami Herald)
  
  
• Local priests to read missive from top cleric | Statement, to replace Sunday sermon, likely concerns sex scandal (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Marriage of faith | These Catholic priests are honoring vows to God and family (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Many Catholics see coverup in abuse scandal | Fifty-six percent of the Catholics in the poll said church leaders have "mostly tried to cover up the problem," while 32 percent said their leaders have "mostly tried to deal with" it. (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Catholics critical of church's response (USA Today)
  
  

Church & State:

• Oklahoma House passes moment-of-silence bill | Measure would also require schools to display U.S. flag, teach students about flag's history, etiquette. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Rabbi must stop home services, county orders | Rabbi Josef Konikov vows to sue (The Orlando Sentinel)
  
  

Life ethics:

• Kan. court asked to rule on abortion | Lawmakers vote to ask the state Supreme Court to declare that life begins at the moment of conception (Associated Press)
  
  
• Chinese man sues wife over abortion | Man says wife infringed his right to have a child by opting for an abortion. (BBC)
  
  
• President of NOW speaks at Loyola | Archbishop had criticized bringing someone to campus with a "pro-abortion agenda" (Associated Press)
  
  
• Decision delayed on Hawaii's assisted-suicide bill | The measure passed the House and is now before a Senate panel (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  

Church life:

• Parishes can seek other view | In a concession to conservative bishops who oppose the ordination of gays and women, the Episcopal Church will allow parishes that disagree with their bishops to seek leadership temporarily from an outside bishop (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  
  
• Once a man on the move, now a man of the church | President and chief operating officer for Clear Channel Television now a member of the clergy (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
  
  
• Irish prefer pub to church, survey says | 22 percent of people in the Irish Republic view regular church-going as important, compared with 35 percent who said going to the pub at least once a week was a priority (Reuters)
  
  

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