In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the country, state officials face a quandary: Should they screen former clergy members who ...

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In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the country, state officials face a quandary: Should they screen former clergy members who ...

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  Where a defendant challenged his conviction for sodomy of a child, the claims in the motion did not preserve the defendant’s claim that propensity evidence was unfairly prejudicial, and the judgment is affirmed because the defendant did not show ...

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  Where a defendant, who was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, challenged the admission of evidence of a prior sexual assault, the judgment is affirmed because the crime was similar and near the same time, and the ...

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Organizers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal and are urging participants to meet with victims personally before coming to Rome. In ...

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Organizers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal and are urging participants to meet with victims personally before coming to Rome. In ...

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B.B. v. Methodist Church of Shelbina, Missouri, et al. (MLW No. 71277/Case No. ED104969- 28 pages) (Mo.Ct.App. E.D., Clayton, J.)

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Interviews with three jurors indicate the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph chose wisely when on the eve of closing arguments this week it agreed to settle Jon David Couzens’ abuse suit against a former monsignor.

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The Nov. 4 ballot contains a proposed state constitutional amendment that could make it easier to admit evidence of prior sex crimes — even unproven ones — to support abuse allegations against child victims.

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Plaintiff Jon David Couzens returned to the stand on Wednesday in the Independence trial of his abuse claims against a local priest.

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The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph may have known about Monsignor Thomas O’Brien’s alcoholism, but not necessarily any abuse allegations, according to testimony heard Monday by a Jackson County jury.

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