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Published
May 10, 2023

Trump digs in on election lies, insults accuser during CNN town hall event

Former President Donald Trump, when pressed, repeatedly downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and continued to insist the election had been 'rigged.'
Published
March 24, 2023

People suing Maine diocese for childhood abuse ask judge to move ahead to trial

More than a dozen plaintiffs are opposing the church's motion to forward the cases to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, a move that has put the cases, and the investigative process, on hold.
Published
March 12, 2023

Siobhán Brett: For how much longer can the Portland diocese play dumb?

We know too much for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to stonewall allegations of abuse. If 20 complaints can’t change that, will anything?
Published
March 7, 2023

Maine Voices: A Catholic in the pews responds to the diocesan legal strategy

As victims continue to struggle with the pain of past abuse, I urge Bishop Deeley to acknowledge them in his own voice, not that of an attorney.
Published
February 17, 2023

U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

In their sentencing recommendation, prosecutors described Kelly's behavior as “sadistic,” calling him “a serial sexual predator” with no remorse and who "poses a serious danger to society."

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Published
February 6, 2023

Massachusetts diocese publishes nameless clergy abuse report

Boston Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who has worked on many priest abuse cases for decades, called the report a 'self-serving document' by a diocese that 'has allowed the wholesale sexual abuse of children for decades.'
Published
January 30, 2023

Marilyn Manson accused of sexual assault of a minor in new lawsuit

Several suits against Marilyn Manson claiming abuse have recently been settled or dismissed.
Published
January 22, 2023

Our View: Portland diocese displays a brazen lack of empathy

Attempts to block legal recourse for people in pain and anguish amount to retraumatizing secondary abuse.
Published
January 22, 2023

The Maine Millennial: Who tells the church what it must do in order to be forgiven?

I hope survivors sue the collar off the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and others.
Published
January 8, 2023

Decades-old abuse claims against Portland diocese, once blocked, pour in after state law change

More than a dozen people once barred by statutes of limitations are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.