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Vatican Lawyer Defends Pope in Priest Sexual Abuse Case The Vatican’s lawyer says then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger told a California bishop to make sure a priest with a history of sexually molesting children didn’t abuse while the church worked to defrock him. Read more on Fox News

Hartford Archbishop Urges Parishes To Fight Abuse Legislation A proposal to extend the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases could have a “devastating financial effect” on the state’s Catholic dioceses, Hartford Archbishop Henry J. Mansell wrote to pastors this week. Read more on Hartford Courant

Pope did not impede defrocking of abuse priest: Vatican The Vatican on Saturday defended Pope Benedict from accusations that, in a previous post as a senior Church official, he tried to impede the defrocking of a California priest who had sexually abused children. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Stop Child Abuse Now to walk for victims Exchange SCAN is planning to memorialize the 33 North Carolina children who lost their lives as a result of child abuse or neglect in 2008. Read more on Statesville Record & Landmark