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The Abuse Puzzle
Open and transparent. That’s the wording of reforms within the Catholic Church promoting openness with the public about cases of sexual abuse committed by clergy. But a two-year Journal-World and 6News investigation into the Kansas Catholic Church shows that church officials continue to keep the public in the dark about some cases of abuse.
In depth
- No surprise to pastor religion tied to community engagement
- January 1, 2012
- Forty percent of Americans are actively involved in some form of religion, and that might be a good thing for the 60 percent who aren’t.
- Bishop of Kansas finds true calling helping to lead Episcopal Church
- December 3, 2011
- Rev. Dean Elliott Wolfe has built bridges between Episcopal congregations in suburban Johnson County and southwest Kansas and bridged differences between the Archbishop of England and churches in culturally conservative Africa.
- Buddhist monks find their calling in Kansas temple
- November 19, 2011
- The journey toward nirvana begins early for the Buddhist monks at their temple compound northwest of Salina.
- Visiting theologian to present talk at Trinity Lutheran Church
- 12:00 a.m., October 26, 2011 Updated 04:04 p.m.
- Ferdinand Schlingensiepen, a scholar on Nazi-era church resistance leader Dietrich Bonhoeffer, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1245 N.H.
- Lawrence Jewish Community Center planning Rosh Hashana services, events
- September 27, 2011
- The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, 917 Highland Drive, will host services and other events for the upcoming Jewish high holidays.
- Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse
- September 4, 2011
- The Vatican on Saturday vigorously rejected accusations it had sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and charged that the Irish prime minister had made an “unfounded” attack against the Holy See.
- Event draws more than 600 to debate atheism
- 12:12 a.m., May 8, 2011 Updated 02:59 p.m.
- A Friday night debate about the existence of God at the first ever ReasonFest failed to solve any colossal theological questions, said organizer Joey Rolph.
- Pope celebrates Christmas amid security fears
- December 25, 2010
- Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass on Friday amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years.
- Catholics dedicate new Atchison County church
- December 7, 2010
- More than two years after a fire destroyed their 111-year-old church, members of a northeast Kansas Catholic parish have dedicated their new church.
- Use food to keep teens involved with Hanukkah
- December 6, 2010
- The kitchen is the perfect place to get not-so-interested teens and disconnected 20-somethings in touch with Judaism.
- Faith Foum: How has the commercialism that has affected Christmas changed Hanukkah historically?
- December 4, 2010
- Conventional wisdom has it that Hanukkah gets far more attention than it deserves; after all, it’s only a minor festival; not even biblical in origin; the only reason we give gifts during Hanukkah is because everyone else is giving Christmas presents.
- Catholics see blessings in Pope Benedict XVI’s comments on condoms
- November 22, 2010
- Some Catholic believers in the Americas greeted Pope Benedict XVI’s comments on condoms as a sign that the church was stepping into the modern debate in the fight against AIDS.
- Meditation isn’t about bliss; It’s about understanding your mind
- November 8, 2010
- I recently had, as they say, a medical procedure, one of those things that you expect as you get older (turns out I’m fine). Highly unpleasant, even with local anesthesia, so they offered me a Valium. “I don’t like Valium,” I said. “Are you sure?” they asked. “Really,” I said. “Are you really sure?” they asked. “Really.”
- Retired chaplains warn against ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal
- October 30, 2010
- Dozens of retired military chaplains say that serving both God and the U.S. armed forces will become impossible for chaplains whose faiths consider homosexuality a sin if the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is thrown out.
- Druids recognized as religion for 1st time in U.K.
- October 3, 2010
- Druids have been worshipping the sun and earth for thousands of years in Europe, but now they can say they’re practicing an officially recognized religion.
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