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     Maine Catholic priest to return to ministry after diocese investigation finds sexual abuse...

     NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years ago

     A Roman Catholic priest “will be returned to active ministry, effective immediately” after a...

2. • Portland Diocese asks Maine's highest court to weigh in on childhood sexual abuse law

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     Mar. 3—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking Maine's highest court to consider its challenge to the constitutionality of a 2021 law that lifts the statute of limitations on claims ...

3. • Woman files lawsuit against Portland's Catholic Diocese for failing to stop known abuser in 1960s

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

     Dec. 1—Nearly 17 years ago, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland publicly acknowledged that more than 60 of its priests and employees had been reported to church officials for sexual abuse ...

4. • Maine's Catholic church, victims of child sex abuse argue law's constitutionality before state's...

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 months ago

     Nov. 9—BANGOR — They never thought their stories would make it to a Maine courtroom. The Penobscot Judicial Center was filled Thursday with people who allege they were sexually abused as children ...

5. • EDITORIAL: Portland diocese displays a brazen lack of empathy

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     Jan. 22—The removal in 2021 of the statute of limitations on allegations of sexual abuse in Maine has led to a host of child sex abuse lawsuits against the church, which has led the Roman Catholic ...

6. • Portland Diocese challenges Maine law enabling old child sex abuse victims to sue

     NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, is challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 law that removed the statute of limitations for claims of child sexual abuse, allowing alleged victims ...

7. • Maine Catholics celebrate installment of 13th bishop of Portland

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago

     May 7—The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception fell silent as incense wafted through air and dozens of priests, bishops and other dignitaries began their slow procession through the sanctuary ...

8. • Maine AG defends law eliminating statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims

     Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 9 months ago

     Sep. 18—Maine's attorney general pushed back Monday against a constitutional challenge by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying a 2021 law that removed the statute of limitations for ...

9. • Diocese challenges Maine law allowing older sex abuse claims

     Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

     The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statue of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of ...

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      Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

      Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months ago

      Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in...