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Mychal Fallon Judge, OFM (born Robert Emmett Judge; May 11, 1933 – September 11, 2001), was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who served as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department. While serving in that capacity, he was killed, becoming the first certified fatality of the September 11 attacks. [2]
A man has been charged with starting a fire in a Kentucky city hall that destroyed evidence in a criminal case against him. A federal grand jury indicted Nathan Riddle on two charges of damaging ...
Oliver O'Grady – Irish former diocesan priest; laicized after being charged and convicted of the sexual abuse of at least 25 children in California from 1973–1990s; Huub Oosterhuis – Dutch theologian, writer, poet, composer, and former Jesuit priest; left the order in 1969 and was pastor of an independent Catholic church and married a woman
A rural Kentucky fire chief stole federal money that had been allocated to help the department he headed, a federal grand jury has charged. Christopher Chapman, of Pike County, faces one charge of ...
For the next 14 years Badin traveled on foot, horseback and boat between widely scattered Catholic settlements in Kentucky and the Northwest Territory. For three years, Badin was the only priest in the whole of Kentucky. In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Bardstown, covering Kentucky and most of the Northwest Territory. In 1841, Pope ...
The case marked the second time since 2017 that the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico has indicted a priest or former priest on charges related to the sexual abuse of a minor.
Bishop Robert Barron, [147] [148] Evangelist and media personality known for the documentary series Catholicism and his program Word on Fire with Father Barron. Msgr Ralph W. Beiting, [149] [150] [151] Known for the Christian Appalachian Project. Msgr. John P. Boland, [152] Buffalo, New York priest known for work with the labor movement.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas paid $30.9 million in 1998 to twelve victims of one priest ($57.8 million in present-day terms). [8] [9]In early 2002, The Boston Globe covered the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests in an article that won an uncontested Pulitzer Prize.