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The Vatican has revised rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases, but there’s an outcry over putting women’s ordination in the same category of “grave crimes.”
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July 16 2010
Vatican: Women’s ordination on par with sex abuse
July 16th, 2010 
Tommy July 16 2010
Prescription drug abuse skyrocketing
July 16th, 2010 Tommy A new government study finds a 400 percent increase in the number of Americans admitted to treatment for abusing prescription pain medication.
Prescription drug – Drug abuse – Substance abuse – Health – United States
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July 15 2010
Vatican extends abuse case statute of limitations
July 15th, 2010 Tommy 
The Vatican doubled the statute of limitations for sex abuse claims to 20 years Thursday as part of revised rules on the handling of cases involving priests.
Sexual abuse – Statute of limitations – Vatican City – Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – Health
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July 10 2010
Psychology group backs CIA detainee abuse claim
July 10th, 2010 Tommy Psychologists in the United States have been warned by their professional group not to take part in torturing detainees in U.S. custody.
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July 6 2010
Vatican to issue long-awaited sex abuse document
July 6th, 2010 Tommy Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document outlining the church’s procedures for handling clerical sex abuse cases that will gather the norms now in use and make them permanent and legally binding, a Vatican official and canon lawyer said Tuesday.
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June 11 2010
Pope begs forgiveness, promises action on abuse
June 11th, 2010 Tommy Pope Benedict XVI begged forgiveness Friday from clerical abuse victims for the sins of priests and promised to “do everything possible” to ensure prelates don’t rape or molest children ever again.
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May 29 2010
Vatican abuse prosecutor warns hell for culprits
May 29th, 2010 Tommy The Vatican prosecutor of clerical sex abuse warned perpetrators on Saturday that they would suffer damnation in hell that would be worse than the death penalty.
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May 27 2010
Witness says he has nightmares about police abuse
May 27th, 2010 Tommy 
A 63-year-old former gang member nicknamed “Satan” testified Wednesday that he still has nightmares about being shocked and suffocated by former Chicago police lieutenant and his men during a murder investigation more than 35 years ago.
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May 14 2010
Settlement in 26 Vermont priest sex abuse cases
May 14th, 2010 Tommy 
Dozens of former altar boys who sued Vermont’s Catholic church over allegations of sexual abuse by priests 30 years ago will share in a nearly $18 million settlement of their cases.
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May 8 2010
German Bishop to go amid abuse probe
May 8th, 2010 Tommy 
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of a leading German bishop who is being probed for allegedly physically abusing minors and financial misconduct.
Pope Benedict XVI – Bishop – Misconduct – Pope Benedict – Sexual abuse
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