Academic

In Memoriam: Two Catholic Philosophers
On December 27th, the world of philosophy lost one of its most brilliant and eminent figures---Michael Dummett, Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University. I got to know Professor Dummett and his wife Ann in the early 1980s when I...

Priest sues bishop and diocese over rumors
Michael Nguyen, a Roman Catholic priest who became a diocesan priest in 2003, is suing Bishop Tod Brown, five of his fellow priests and the Diocese of Orange, claiming they have spread lies about him and harmed his reputation...

Catholic Priest Files Sexual Abuse Suit Against Another Priest
The past decade has seen a rise in the number of sexual abuse lawsuits filed against members of the clergy, particularly Roman Catholic priests. These lawsuits typically involved younger plaintiffs suing priests for wrongs committed years ago...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals rules case against ex-priest can go on
Sue Loughlin of the Terre Haute Trib-Star reports today:An Indiana appeals court has given a green light to a civil lawsuit that alleges a former Catholic priest sexually abused a boy and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis covered up the priest?s...

Stand against Prop. 8 costs priest dearly
The LA Times reports that a priest who “came out” and announced his opposition to Proposition 8 during a Mass has been removed from his parish. Related: ?Proposition 8 Won?t Be Easy to Defeat?: Fresno Catholic priest?s ?coming out? as barometer Share This

Salina priest thwarts collection-plate thief
Great story from the Journal about a priest who finds a thief looting the collection plate on a Sunday afternoon. The thief ran into another room -- so the priest locked him inside there...

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.