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Today comes a report that the Jesus statue turned up by the garbage in the alley by the church. Police told The New York Times that the garbage had been picked up since the theft, so someone must have brought the statue back.

The moral of the story now: When we try to take Jesus into our lives without taking up the cross, we always end up rejecting Jesus in the end.

Bill McCartney quits as head of Promise Keepers:

• Promise Keepers head to step down | Bill McCartney, who revealed his decision during a quarterly board of directors meeting, said he wants to care for his ill wife and spend more time with his family (The Denver Post)
  
  
• McCartney steps down | Ex-CU coach quitting Promise Keepers to care for sick wife (Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• Tracking Promise Keepers | A timeline (Rocky Mountain News)
  
  

Boston's record clergy abuse settlement:

• Church in an $85m accord | Tentative record pact with 552 over abuse (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Also: Catholic Church settles in Boston | Alleged victims to share $85 million (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Church in Boston to pay $85 million in abuse lawsuits (The New York Times)
  
  
• Also: Boston archdiocese okays settlement | Alleged abuse victims must approve the $85-million offer. Some say they feel vindicated (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• As the Boston archdiocese moves, others may follow | The settlement in Boston, which not only pays a record $85 million, but also meets demands that plaintiffs had long pressed, is a benchmark for leaders of other dioceses (The New York Times)
  
  
• Terms leave archdiocese facing new strains (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Archdiocese to mortgage property to raise needed cash
  
  
• From O'Malley, a compassionate appeal | "Our credit cards are maxed out," O'Malley told the lawyers Sunday night
  
  
• Serious settlement | While imperfect, like all such settlements, it is a powerful indicator that the archdiocese is committed to helping abuse victims recover and preventing children from being victimized in the future (Editorial,
  
  

Protestant cases of church abuse:

• Counselor charged in sex case | Youth director at at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis was charged last week with third-degree criminal sexual conduct (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)
  
  
• Also: Mpls youth director accused of sexually abusing teen (Associated Press, video from KSTP)
  
  
• Several Lutheran clergymen suspected of sexual harassment of children | Child welfare officials not informed of reported cases (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Police: victims of sexual abuse at Adventist boarding school may have included girls (Helsingin Sanomat ,Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Earlier: Adventist Church lawyer advised silence in 2002 about suspicions of abuse | Cases date from 1980s; some have lapsed under statute of limitations (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  
• Earlier: Police investigate suspected child sexual abuse at Adventist Church boarding school (Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland)
  
  

Crime:

• Muslim cleric accused of blasphemy killed in Pakistan | Maulana Sanullah Dogar died instantly when four attackers shot him on Saturday near a court in the town of Kasur (Associated Press)
  
  
• DA refiles charge against priest in Pitt player's death | District Attorney Stephen Zappala said he disagreed with a deputy coroner's decision Monday to dismiss the charge and would petition to have another hearing, this time before a Common Pleas judge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

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September (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47