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Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM
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At one Catholic college, crucifixes make a comeback | Crucifixes began to disappear from classrooms in many of the nation's more than 200 Catholic colleges for various reasons (The New York Times)
Talk of witches at Vatican Inquisition conference | Talk of trials, burned witches and forbidden books echoed in the Vatican on Tuesday as Pope John Paul asked forgiveness for the Inquisition, in which the Church tortured and killed people branded as heretics (Reuters)
The Church's weak hand | The hierarchy resorts to browbeating its members over gay marriage (Editorial, The Boston Phoenix)
Abuse:
Lawsuit alleges abuse by principal | A South Jersey man sued the Phila. Archdiocese, saying the ex-leader of a Catholic school in the Northeast corrupted him (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Catholic ex-principal in Phila. accused | A man filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the former principal of the city's largest Roman Catholic high school plied him with cocaine and alcohol and sexually abused him over a three-year period (Associated Press)
Diocese of Tucson weighs bankruptcy | Filing would be unprecedented in United States (Arizona Daily Star)
Boston Archdiocese escapes bankruptcy | No American diocese had ever filed for bankruptcy (The Arizona Republic)
Tucson, Ariz., diocese weighs bankruptcy | Claiming plaintiffs in sex-abuse cases are demanding more money than they can offer, officials with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson say they're considering a bankruptcy filing (Associated Press)
Still wary | Public continues to give Catholic Church low approval ratings over handling of abuse cases (San Diego Union-Tribune)
O.C. priest-abuse talks to resume | Diocese, attorneys work nearly 12 hours to forge a settlement for as many as 100 alleged victims (Los Angeles Times)
Deal in abuse cases possible | Orange County bishop says in a letter to parishioners he will push an offer today that could close the gap in settlements (Los Angeles Times)
Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide resigns | Archbishop Ian George was not personally accused of abuse, but was criticized for not dealing adequately with victims molested by church workers (Associated Press)
Banning Muslim clothing:
Omaha, Neb., sued over Muslim woman's garb | Lubna Hussein says she was barred from accompanying her children to a city swimming pool because she was fully clothed (Associated Press)
Muslim pupil loses legal battle to wear jilbab | A 15-year-old Muslim girl yesterday lost her high court battle for the right to wear strict Islamic dress to school (The Guardian, London)
Girl loses religious dress challenge | A 15-year-old British schoolgirl who went to court after being told she couldn't wear traditional Muslim dress in the classroom lost a legal bid Tuesday to overturn the ban (Associated Press)
Pupil loses her court battle to wear Islamic gown in class (The Telegraph, London)
British schoolgirl loses fight to wear Islamic dress | A 15-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim schoolgirl living in Britain lost a legal battle on Tuesday for the right to wear full Islamic dress in class (Reuters)
Freedom of dress | The grounds for its ban - the jilbab's potential for setting one Muslim girl against another - are not sufficient to penalise Shabina for her religious convictions (Editorial, The Telegraph, London)
Clothed minds | The decision by two arms of the state - the school and the court—to ban the jilbab denies a form of religious observance (Editorial, The Guardian, London)
Sad news:
4 visitors drown at Water Gardens | Girl falls in; 3 others die attempting to save her 'We've never had a tragedy like this' (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
4 Chicago church members drown in Texas (Associated Press)
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