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Allegations

• Poll: Disapproval of church reaction
• Abuse claims against archdiocese mount
• Boy's father in pedophile priest case fed up with cardinals
• Abuse 'not simply a church problem'
• Lawyers: Boston Archdiocese knew about sex abuse
• Six NYC priests asked to quit after allegations

Case File

• Law deposition continues
• In deposition, Law says he relied on others' expertise
• Attorneys to seek injunction to keep cardinal in Massachusetts
• Boy's mom: Settlement decision hurts victims
• Judge orders Cardinal Law to testify
• Priest accused of child rape won't fight extradition
• Priest accused of child rape won't fight extradition
• Priest arrested on child rape charges
• Massachusetts DA relieved about Shanley arrest
• In diary, priest accused of abuse admits having VD
• Grand jury to investigate reported priest abuse
• Priest found guilty of molestation

The Church

• Cardinals back away from 'zero tolerance' stance
• Cardinal Law denies being transferred to Rome
• Church finds, releases new files on accused priest
• Cardinal Law: 'I had other things to do'
• U.S. cardinals stop short of 'zero tolerance'
• Alessio Vinci: 'Damage control' at Vatican summit
• Pope says bishops' decisions 'wrong'
• Boston Globe editor: Cardinal Law put church before children
• Cardinal Law wishes he could 'undo the harm'
• U.S. cardinals to search for sex abuse solution
• Cardinal Law wins support from former Boston mayor
• Boston's Cardinal Law resists calls for his resignation
• On Easter, Catholic leaders address scandal
• Cardinal apologizes for sex abuse by priests
• Pope responds to sex abuse cases
• Vatican wrestles with pedophilia scandals
• Catholic paper: Is priestly celibacy tied to sex abuse?
• Boston archdiocese to detail abuse claims

Resources