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Link 5 years added to pedophile priest's jail sentence Former Melbourne priest Michael Charles Glennon will spend at least 15 more years behind bars after County Court judge Roland Williams set the minimum sentence yesterday for a string of fresh sex offences against him. Contributor: Project Worker Posted: 17-6-2004 Link Abuse Tracker Last March, the Poynter Institute for training journalists in the US launched the 'Abuse Tracker' as a resource for reporters covering the story of sexual abuse in the church. It is essentially a scrapbook of electronic press reporting of the issue. As it was a temporary project for Poynter, the Institute has arranged for the National Catholic Reporter website to take over hosting of the Tracker. The Tracker offers a daily email and an archive. Poynter has given space to criticism of the tracker from the Catholic League Contributor: Tony Robertson, Esther Centre Posted: 14-5-2004 Link Anglican bishop to be defrocked due to child sex abuse PM - Wednesday, 28 July , 2004 18:33:03 Reporter: David Hardaker MARK COLVIN: Should a priest who sexually abuses a child be stripped of his holy orders? That appears to be the Anglican Church's policy now because it emerged today that an Anglican bishop in Queensland, who seduced a teenage girl in the mid 1950s, will be defrocked Contributor: Esther Centre Author: ABC Radio PM Posted: 5-8-2004 Link Apology to abuse victims is new Boston archbishop's first act At Wednesday's installation ceremony, Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley thanked clergy abuse victims for attending, and once again apologised for the harm done by priests and bishops. He told the congregation that victims have done a service to the church in exposing the clergy sex abuse problem. He said it is the job of all US parishes, dioceses and schools "to avoid the mistakes of the past" and establish safeguards to protect children in the future. Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Link Bishop says forgiving priest abusers easier said than done Sydney auxiliary Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, whose pioneering healing work with clergy sex abuse victims was recognised last week, has said that forgiveness often involves a struggle between a victim“s feelings and his or her will to forgive. He said that people have no direct control over their feelings. Contributor: Project Worker Author: (Australian Catholic University Graduation Ceremony 26/3/04) Posted: 14-5-2004 Link Boston report finds extent of abuse complaints 'simply staggering' Report on Boston Archdiocese with good links to history of sex abuse in the American Catholic Church July 2003 Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Link Leaked report says 11,000 children abused by US clergy CNN reported at the weekend the contents of a draft report revealing that around 4450 US clergy allegedly abused 11,000 minors between 1950 and 2002. "Whatever they reported is premature," said James Levine, dean of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, which last year conducted a nationwide study of Catholic clergy sexual abuse of minors and plans to release its report at the end of next week. The study was commissioned by the National Review Board established by the US bishops to help them deal with the clergy sex abuse crisis Contributor: Tony Robertson, Esther Centre Author: (Catholic News Service 16/2/04) Posted: 14-5-2004 Media Release Mildura Abuse Victims to launch action An alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Mgr John Day who is thought to have abused hundreds of girls and boys in Mildura in the 1960s and 70s, is to make a claim against the Diocese of Ballarat. A letter of demand is expected to be sent to the Diocese before Christmas. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Online Catholics Posted: 24-11-2004 Link Pope urges help for abuse victims Pope John Paul II told bishops during yesterday's Silver Jubilee celebrations that victims of clergy sex abuse must be "protected and assisted". SOURCE The Australian Catholic World News LINKS Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Gregis - full text (October 16, 2003) Summary/analysis (Catholic World News) Pope: Help child-abuse victims (The Australian) ‘Act Swiftly’ over Lapses – Pope (The Scotsman) Pastores Gregis - full text (Zenit) Pope: Bishops in defence of justice and of the weak (AGI) Pope: Episcopal Exhortation focuses on collegiality (AGI) Contributor: Project Worker Author: Catholic World News October 16, 2003) Posted: 17-6-2004 Link The cover-up continues Two years ago, at their meeting in Dallas, the U.S. bishops pledged a new era of accountability and openness. As part of that process, they empanelled a group of prominent lay people -- leaders in their respective fields of business, government, academia, law and the nonprofit sector -- and charged them with the task of investigating the causes of the clergy sex abuse crisis and reporting on their findings. Contributor: Tony Robertson Author: National Catholic Reporter USA May 21 2004 Posted: 20-5-2004 Link US archdiocese loses claims fight Property owned by a US Roman Catholic archdiocese can be used as assets in abuse claim cases, a court has ruled. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris ruled the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, not its parishes owns church assets. The decision has dealt a major blow to the archdiocese's efforts to protect church property from claims filed by alleged victims of priest sex abuse. Contributor: Project Worker Author: BBC News Posted: 4-1-2006 Link US pedophile priest's murder sparks comments from Vatican official In the wake of the weekend prison murder of former Boston priest John Geoghan, a senior Vatican official has said the intense coverage of the issue of clergy sex abuse in the US is an attempt at "sullying the image of the Church," as if "someone wants to take away its moral force". Contributor: Esther Cente Posted: 17-6-2004 Link £333,000 award in church abuse case Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent Wednesday January 14, 2004 The Guardian The Roman Catholic church will face new humiliation today when it agrees what are thought to be the highest damages ever awarded against it in a case of child abuse by a priest in England. The high court settlement of £333,000, to be paid to Simon Grey, 38, for abuse he suffered 30 years ago as an altar boy in Coventry, follows more than three years of negotiations Contributor: Project Worker Author: Wednesday January 14, 2004 The Guardian Posted: 17-6-2004

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