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Religion and Faith

Archdiocese gets more time to produce documents tied to child sex abuse

Archdiocese gets more time to produce documents tied to child sex abuse

Daniel Haws, an attorney for the archdiocese, said church officials need more time to review an estimated 60,000 pages of documents before providing them to attorneys representing a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by the Rev. Thomas Adamson in the mid-1970s.
by Madeleine Baran

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Rare legal twist pits one diocese against another

Rare legal twist pits one diocese against another

The Diocese of New Ulm is suing another diocese and a religious order, accusing both of sending a priest to New Ulm in the early 1980s without telling the diocese that the priest had a long history of being accused of child sexual abuse.
by Trisha Volpe

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Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. dies

Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. dies

The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., whose tiny Westboro Baptist Church has protested outside the funerals of fallen soldiers and celebrities to spread its views about homosexuality and abortion, has died, according to news reports. He was 84.
by Mark Memmott

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Judge orders archdiocese to turn over files on abusive priests

Ramsey County Judge John Van de North ordered church leaders to provide the documents by March 31 to attorneys for a man who said he was abused as a child by the Rev. Thomas Adamson in the mid-1970s. The deadline is two days before his attorneys will question Archbishop John Nienstedt under oath about his handling of abuse claims. Most of the documents will not be sealed.
by Madeleine Baran

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'A pope for all' keeps Catholics guessing

'A pope for all' keeps Catholics guessing

A year ago today, the world's 1.2 billion Catholics got their first Jesuit pope and the first from the global south. Taking the name Francis, he soon became one of the world's most popular newsmakers.
by Sylvia Poggioli

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Rev. Stan Maslowski tells a story of sex, theft and grace

Rev. Stan Maslowski tells a story of sex, theft and grace

A Twin Cities priest whose sexual urges led him to steal church funds and serve time in the Hennepin County workhouse is calling on his archdiocese to face the clergy sexual abuse crisis more openly.
by Sasha Aslanian

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