Cleric Bruce Wellems was forced to leave the priesthood for sexually abusing a boy of 6 when he was around 15.
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Bath native assigned to Waterville area Catholic churches
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has appointed the Rev. Patrick Finn parochial vicar of Corpus Christi Parish.
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Pope says abortion is ‘white glove’ equivalent to Nazi crimes
Francis urges families to accept children ‘as God gives them to us.’
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Here’s how liberals, conservatives picture God
Liberals imagine someone ‘more feminine, younger and more loving,’ while conservatives have a ‘powerful’ white guy in mind, researchers say.
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Pope begins purging Chile’s Catholic hierarchy over sex scandal
Francis accepts the resignations of the bishop at the center of the scandal and two others.
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Baptist church’s ‘Catholic’ Jesus statue gets new home
Church members in Lexington, S.C., voted last month to move it.
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Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando y Bravo dies at 92
He was most famous for his clashes with the leftist Sandinista government in the 1980s.
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United Pentecostal Church International leader Tom Fred Tenney dies at 84
He was credited with greatly increasing the denomination’s missionary work abroad.
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Catholic diocese parts ways with the Maine Council of Churches
Bishop Robert Deeley says the council’s decision to take public stands based on majority votes by its members, rather than unanimous agreement, could leave the diocese supporting positions not grounded in the teachings of the church.
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Pope dismayed by worldwide priest shortage
He blames demographic changes, scandals in the church and cultural trends that dissuade young people from making lifelong commitments.