The sexual abuse scandal.* Settlements and fees in the US sex abuse scandal tripled from 2004 to 2005, rising to some $467 million, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced March 30. The scandal involves 12,000 victims of 5,000 abusers and has cost the church over $1.3 billion. Dioceses in lull compliance with the bishops' charter for protecting young people dropped to 88.5 percent in 2005 from 96 percent in 2004. * The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on April 17 saw the US Supreme Court refuse its appeal to withhold two accused ex-priests' personnel records. Los Angeles district attorney Steve Cooley Stephen Lawrence ("Steve") Cooley (born May 1, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is a veteran prosecutor who was elected as Los Angeles County's 36th District Attorney on November 7, 2000. He was sworn in for his second term on December 6, 2004. had sought the records. * The Archdiocese of Boston, epicenter of the US scandal, released financial records April 19 showing a $46 million deficit, which experts called a record for any diocese. The archdiocese, which has paid out $150 million in the scandal, signaled further cuts and consolidations ahead. * The Diocese of Spokane The Diocese of Spokane can refer to either of the following:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported May 26. The diocese has filed for bankruptcy, as have those in Tucson, Ariz., and Portland, Ore. The latter's archbishop, John Vlazny, complained in May about lay Catholics "who wash their hands of the whole matter and seek reassurances that their contributions will not be used to compensate victims or pay attorneys." * The Catholic World Report reported in May that Colorado has become an important battleground among the 10 US states considering or implementing laws to extend statutes of limitations on abuse allegations. Faced with similar proposals in Maryland, the church in Maryland and Washington, DC, was "just short of frantic" in March efforts to defeat the bills, state delegate Carol Petzold said. * One hundred and two Dublin priests have been accused of abusing 390 children since 1940, according to data released by Dublin archbishop Diarmuid Martin, the primate of Ireland Primate of Ireland is a title possessed by the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Anglican) Archbishops of Dublin. It does not however indicate that the Archbishop is the most senior clergyman of his Chistian denomination in Ireland but rather he is the second-most senior . * US Catholics' donations to parishes have held steady, but their contributions to dioceses have continued to fall since the scandal's peak in 2002, Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate a·pos·to·late n. 1. The office, duties, or mission of an apostle. 2. An association of individuals for the dissemination of a religion or doctrine. said in a new study. Catholics' participation in and satisfaction with the church and its leaders have mostly rebounded to prescandal levels, the center said. |
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