Dutch report on clergy abuse expected in April (National Catholic Reporter)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:30:02 GMT
WARSAW, Poland -- An independent church inquiry into alleged sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the Netherlands will submit its report by late April, according to a spokesman for the Dutch bishops.
Pair to head DOJ unit probing public corruption (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:31 GMT
The troubled Justice Department unit that investigates corruption of public officials is getting new leadership amid a criminal probe into how it handled evidence in the prosecution of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.
Fury over 'predator priests' (Straits Times)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:16 GMT
VATICAN CITY - VATICAN officials moved to stem the rising tide of anger as details emerged of separate 'predator priest' scandals in several European countries. Spokesman Federico Lombardi defended the response of churches to the scandals emerging in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere, saying Catholic leaders had reacted swiftly and decisively. He also sought to put the issue into ...
Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:31 GMT
First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.
German Catholic sex abuse scandals draw link to pope (The Malaysian Insider)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:24 GMT
PARIS, March 10 — In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says that if anyone leads innocent children to sin, “it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” That passage must now be ringing in the ears of the Roman Catholic clergy in Germany and the Netherlands, where the Church’s latest scandals of priests sexually abusing boys ...
McBain, Kalkaska to meet for crown (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:25 GMT
Kalkaska pressed to get to the Class C regional final, with a little detour to the Netherlands. McBain got there in part by van -- Vanderhoef, Vanhouten and Vandervulgt.
Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigation (CNN)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:30:36 GMT
Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria.
Market Commentary and Intraday News (INO News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:00 GMT
(RTTNews) - The Catholic Church in the Netherlands decided on Tuesday to set up an independent inquiry commission to probe allegations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, according to Dutch Catholic bishops.
Pope's brother caught up in abuse claims (The New Zealand Herald)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:38:10 GMT
A series of allegations in Germany and the Netherlands have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with child abuse after it emerged the Pope's brother ran a choir at the centre of some of the latest claims.
Pope's brother caught up in abuse claims (The New Zealand Herald)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:28 GMT
A series of allegations in Germany and the Netherlands have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with child abuse after it emerged the Pope's brother ran a choir at the centre of some of the latest...
