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• NJ archbishop wary of pacts on priest oversight
• A humble pope in an august office
• Boy Scouts, Mormon Church sued in Idaho pedophile case

NJ archbishop wary of pacts on priest oversight Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:43 PM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Newark is unlikely to enter into any new agreements with civil authorities that require church leaders to supervise priests on restricted duty, the archbishop said.

A humble pope in an august office Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:35 AM PDT By John Lloyd (Reuters) - The most potent symbol to date of Pope Francis' five-month papacy is an empty chair. The chair — a large white throne — was to seat His Holiness in the Vatican this past Saturday. The pope was scheduled to hear a performance of Beethoven's ninth symphony, a long-planned event. But minutes before the performance Archbishop Rino Fisichella told the audience that "the Holy Father cannot be present because of an urgent piece of work which cannot be postponed. ...

Boy Scouts, Mormon Church sued in Idaho pedophile case Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:48 PM PDT By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Four men sued the Boy Scouts of America and its largest sponsor, the Mormon Church, on Monday accusing both organizations of failing to protect them from sexual abuse by adult volunteers when they were children at scouting activities in Idaho. Three of the men said they were abused as members of Boy Scout troops affiliated with the Utah-based church, two of them by a scout leader previously identified as a molester in a complaint brought by a parent. ...

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