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"Indeed I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them that, as their pastor, I too share in their suffering. These misdeeds, which constitute so grave a betrayal of trust, deserve unequivocal condemnation. Those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice. It is an urgent priority to promote a safer and more wholesome environment, especially for young people."

Pope Benedict XVI | Saturday 7/19/08  | Sydney Australia

Woman Claims Priest Tried to Rape Her as Child PDF Print E-mail

08/15/2008 11:27 AM ET

WILMINGTON, Del. (WBOC/AP)- A 56-year-old Delaware woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she was abused by a priest when she was a child, and that another priest intervened when her tormentor tried to rape her on a beach.

Attorneys filed the lawsuit Friday in Sussex County Superior Court on behalf of Mary Dougherty against the Diocese of Wilmington and Holy Rosary Church.

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Woman sues diocese over alleged sex assault PDF Print E-mail

Abuse occurred when she was 13, she says

By SEAN O'SULLIVAN • The News Journal • August 16, 2008

Attorneys on Friday announced they had filed the first lawsuit by a female victim of an alleged pedophile priest in Wilmington.

Mary Dougherty, 55, charged in court papers that in 1966, when she was 13, the Rev. Leonard J. Mackiewicz sexually assaulted her on several occasions, and tried to rape her.

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Editorial: Clergy Sex-Abuse Cases PDF Print E-mail

Showing the way

Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted on Mon, Aug. 11, 2008   

Cardinal Justin Rigali and other Roman Catholic officials last week unwittingly provided a textbook example of the need for Pennsylvania to enact a law giving child sex-abuse victims their day in court.

So why are church officials still so staunchly opposed to Harrisburg lawmakers taking this important step?

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Letters support Catholic leaders knew about priest abuse allegations PDF Print E-mail

By ESTEBAN PARRA • The News Journal • August 6, 2008

Correspondence between an alleged sexual abuse victim and two priests suggest Catholic leaders knew years ago about allegations against a former Salesianum School priest, who continued to work at other Catholic schools.

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Ex-Sallies priest accused of abuse PDF Print E-mail

Four allege Rev. Dennis Killion sexually molested them in '80s

By ESTEBAN PARRA • The News Journal • August 5, 2008

A former Salesianum School priest is accused of sexually abusing four boys, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Superior Court in Wilmington.

The lawsuit charges that Catholic officials suspected or knew about the abuse but did little or nothing to stop it.

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Deadline for filing child sex abuse claims is near PDF Print E-mail

Letter to the Editor

delawareonline
August 9, 2008

Survivors of child sexual abuse who were previously barred by Delaware statutes of limitation have less than a year in which to initiate civil lawsuits.

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Letters released in Sallies lawsuit PDF Print E-mail

School officials told about abuse, lawyer says

By ESTEBAN PARRA • The News Journal • August 7, 2008

Correspondence between an alleged sexual abuse victim and two priests released by lawyers Wednesday suggests religious officials knew years ago about allegations against a former Salesianum School teacher, who continued to work at other schools.

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Delaware's child abuse law becomes model PDF Print E-mail

Caseload from tough legislation lighter than expected

By BETH MILLER
The Delaware News Journal
July 20, 2008

In the year since Delaware adopted the Child Victim's Act, considered the nation's toughest law against child sexual abuse, three men have won financial settlements, public acknowledgement of their childhood abuse and apologies from the institutions that once supervised their abusers.

Ten other men, claiming abuse that occurred as far back as 1954 and as recently as 2006, are awaiting their days in court.

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