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Court refuses to review priest-sex case
The Connecticut Supreme Court earlier ruled that more than 12,000 pages in 23 lawsuits against six priests should be unsealed, the Connecticut Post reported. The U.S. Supreme Court refused without comment to review that ruling.
Monday's action followed an earlier refusal by the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay in the case.
"We were disappointed to learn (the high court) ... has decided not to hear our case," said diocese spokesman Joseph McAleer, the Post reported. "We continue to believe that the constitutional issues presented, including the First Amendment rights of religious organizations and the privacy rights of all citizens, are significant and important for the court to consider."
But the Post reported Barbara Dorris, spokeswoman for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said, "We're relieved that the public is one step closer to finally learning how much Cardinal Edward Egan knew and how little he did to stop child sex crimes when he was in Bridgeport. ... We're just sorry Bishop (William) Lori has taken seven years and probably spent at least $100,000 donated by parishioners to protect himself and his colleagues instead of protecting kids."
The newspaper said a hearing on how to release the documents has been scheduled next week in Waterbury (Conn.) Superior Court.
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11-08-2009 12:47
Verhoeven wrote:
Beware of the person who reads only one book! With the burning of books many a freedom has been taken away throughout secular history. All burnings were caused by religious despots /tyrants. Modern advanced Nations have removed them from controlling laws allowing more freedom to the citizens. This has yet to come to pass in still controlled theocratic Nations of Islam.
11-04-2009 00:49
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To John
Don't mind Verhoeven. He hawks his own religious beliefs constantly, and does so by attacking others beliefs, -- as if that makes his more attractive.
11-03-2009 16:42
John wrote:
Well thanks for your judgement and condemnation;guess you did read all 12000 pages to form and print a well qualified opinion.
11-03-2009 14:28
Verhoeven wrote:
Once again thank our framers of the Constitution for being mainly Deist and making sure the Theist upholders of the Biblical god and especially the Church of England as well as Rome and all other Hearsay religions, cults, etc. could no longer legally employ their cover ups, so as to appear holier than thou in the eyes of the ignorant, superstitious, alms bearing congregations. They can not impose their angelic qualities falsely on the American Citizenry.As hard as they try, We citizens must insure the Jeffersonian Wall must never be breached.
11-03-2009 13:11
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Awwwww,,,,,you are tooooo modest!!!!
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