Vatican rules miss the boat

Published July 16, 2010

Vatican rules miss the boat
VATICAN CITY – THE Vatican is ‘missing the boat’ with new rules published on Thursday on the handling of cases of sex abuse by priests, a US-based advocacy group said. ‘The guidelines are like attacking at an elephant with a pea-shooter when the elephant is almost out of range,’ the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said in a statement.
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Clergy Receive Confessions About Alcohol Abuse
People with alcohol problems are finding comfort in speaking about their situation to clergy, a new study shows. Among 1,910 people with any alcohol-related problems, 14.7 percent said they used clergy services.The study, from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and Saint Louis University, also indicates the majority of those who used services from clergy also used …
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Four Minor League players suspended
Four Minor League players suspended
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