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In early 2002, The Boston Globe published results of an investigation that led to the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests and thrust the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy into the national spotlight. [1] [2] [3] Another accused priest who was involved in the Spotlight scandal also pleaded guilty. [4]
John Joseph Geoghan was born in Boston on June 4, 1935, to an Irish Catholic family. He lost his father when he was only five years old, and was subsequently raised by his maternal uncle, Mark Keohane, who was a Catholic priest within the archdiocese of Boston. Geoghan attended local parochial schools. Intending to become a priest after his ...
In 2002, The Boston Globe ' s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of sexual abuse cases involving Catholic priests drew the attention, first of the United States and ultimately the world, to the problem. [118] [119] [120] Other victims began to come forward with their own allegations of abuse, resulting in more lawsuits and criminal cases. [9]
In April 2002, following the Boston Globe ' s public exposure of the cover up by Cardinal Law (and his predecessor Cardinal Humberto Medeiros) of offending priests in the Boston Archdiocese, Law consulted with Pope John Paul II and other Vatican officials and said he was committed to staying on as archbishop and addressing the scandal: "It is ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas paid $30.9 million in 1998 to twelve victims of one priest ($59.6 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.
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, [185] Theologian at Boston College. Fr. Lawrence Jenco, [186] [187] Gained news attention for being taken hostage in Beirut. Fr. Rob Keighron, [188] [189] Co-host of The Catholic Guy. Msgr. Charles Kekumano, [190] [191] Native Hawaiian who co-wrote "Broken Trust", which criticized the Kamehameha Schools.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Bostoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The archdiocese is the fourth largest in the United States. [3]
St. Anne Church, 90 W Milton St, Boston Founded in 1919, current church dedicated in 1882. Nww part of Blue Hills [6] Catholic Roxbury St. Mary of the Angels Church, 377 Walnut Ave, Boston (Jamaica Plain) Founded in 1906. Now part of Catholic Roxbury [7] Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 14 Montebello Rd, Boston (Jamaica Plain)