Plus: Bishop responds to pagan priests story, Godless EU constitution signed, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 10/01/2004 12:00AM
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Deaths:
Observances begin for longtime cardinal | Viewing for Hickey continues today (The Washington Post)
Hickey recalled fondly by Catholics | Hundreds of Catholics bid farewell yesterday to Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, where he began serving as archbishop of Washington in 1980 (The Washington Times)
Nine tour Britons die in Jordan bus crash | Nine British tourists on a pilgrimage tour of Jordan died yesterday when their coach overturned near the ancient city of Petra (The Telegraph, London)
Abuse:
Minister pleads guilty in 'Oprah' case | A former minister who was hospitalized after his adult daughters accused him on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" of molesting them pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to 36 years in prison (Associated Press)
Minister ailing after daughters on 'Oprah' | A former Lincoln County minister was hospitalized after his adult daughters went on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and accused him of molesting them (Associated Press)
Adventist to get $20,000 in bias-suit settlement | The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced yesterday that it had settled a discrimination lawsuit against an Everett restaurant that had fired a Seventh-day Adventist employee for refusing to work on a Saturday, the employee's Sabbath (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Davenport diocese settles cases | A total of $9 million will be divided among men who alleged sexual abuse by priests (Des Moines Register, Ia.)
Priest who disrupted Olympics in abuse trial | A former Irish priest famous for stunts that disrupted the marathon at the Athens Olympics and Britain's Grand Prix denied charges on Wednesday of indecency with a schoolgirl (Reuters)
Abuse alleged in Mormon lawsuit | Man says the church shielded his attacker (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Priests' files to be kept secret | Major victory for Catholic Church as Oakland judge reverses earlier ruling (The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Ca.)
Judge orders priest's files kept private | A California judge ordered the employment records of Roman Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse in dozens of civil cases be kept confidential — an apparent reversal from an earlier recommendation that they be made public (Associated Press)
Iowa Catholic diocese to pay $9 million | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport agreed to pay $9 million Thursday to settle 37 claims of sexual abuse by priests — a deal that could lift any immediate threat of bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Maine diocese settles lawsuit | Payment covers cost of therapy (Associated Press)
More articles of interest:
Suit: Clinton tryst cost me my job | Claims affair led to abuse by Quakers (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Priest's arrest fuels anger of supporters of Aristide | Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, a vocal supporter of the former Aristide government, was accused of involvement in a wave of violence in Haiti (The New York Times)
Trading family values | How the old conservative/liberal stereotypes break down when it comes to parenting (Ann Hulbert, Slate)
All aboard with Satan's sailor | What does a Satanist do? Although the question is obviously more pressing when the Satanist in question occupies a neighbouring bunk, the crew members of HMS Cumberland cannot be the only people curious about the worshipping style favoured by Leading Hand Chris Cranmer, the naval technician who has just been granted permission to practise his faith on board a Royal Navy frigate (Catherine Bennett, The Guardian, London)
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