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Plus: AmeriCorps loses suit on Catholic school placements, U.K. considers new religious hate law, Portland's Catholic archdiocese declares bankruptcy, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM
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Aids defeating world's best efforts as record numbers are infected | The lethal spread of the HIV/Aids pandemic across the globe is speeding up, in spite of intensifying efforts on the part of UN agencies, the US, Britain and other European governments to turn the tide. A record five million people were infected by the virus last year and nearly three million died (The Guardian, London)
Sudan:
U.S., U.N. raise pressure | World leaders weigh sanctions on Sudan and say that Khartoum has little time to stop ethnic violence (Los Angeles Times)
Lawmakers call for U.N. to act in Sudan | Two Republican lawmakers, after seeing firsthand the devastation of Darfur, Sudan, yesterday called for the United Nations to intervene in the war-torn nation and prevent a genocide like those in Rwanda, Kosovo and Nazi Germany (The Washington Times)
Time for action in Darfur | The crisis in Darfur threatens to undermine the North-South accord and return Sudan into an anarchic harbor for terrorists (John Olver, The Boston Globe)
Oregon archdiocese bankrupt after abuse lawsuits:
Filing for bankruptcy halts priest abuse trial | The stage is set for a bitter fight over archdiocesan assets (The Oregonian)
Priests, lay leaders sad but supportive | Worshippers, accepting hard times for the archdiocese, insist their faith is unshaken (The Oregonian)
Oregon archdiocese files for bankruptcy protection | The Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., became the first Roman Catholic diocese in the nation to seek such relief in response to mounting claims by victims of sexually abusive priests (The New York Times)
Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., declares bankruptcy | Sexual abuse lawsuits have cost it more than $53 million in claims (The Washington Post)
Oregon diocese 1st to file bankruptcy | The Catholic district in Portland seeks financial protection against potential sex-abuse claims. Others are expected to do likewise (Los Angeles Times)
Oregon archdiocese files for bankruptcy | The Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., yesterday became the first Catholic diocese in the country to seek bankruptcy protection because of multimillion-dollar awards given to victims of clergy sex abuse, halting two such court cases set to begin yesterday (The Washington Times)
Diocese in Ore. files for Chap. 11 | It's an unprecedented step for a Roman Catholic diocese and a dramatic illustration of the devastating financial impact decades of sexual abuse by priests are having on the nation's largest religious denomination (The Boston Globe)
Portland diocese files bankruptcy amid sex claims | Believed was the first such action by a U.S. Roman Catholic diocese (Reuters)
Oregon archdiocese files for bankruptcy | The archdiocese took action because of the steep costs from clergy sex abuse lawsuits, halting the trial of a lawsuit against Maurice Grammond, accused of sexually abusing more than 50 boys in the 1980s (Associated Press)
Document: Archbishop Vlazny's letter concerning Chapter 11 reorganization (Archdiocese of Portland)
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