Religion
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Former Libertyville, Ingleside priest among those namedJan 21, 2014 3:35 pm - Among the former priests named in the church documents made public Tuesday is Thomas Job, who was assigned to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville and then St. Bed...
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Report: Wheeling priest may have abused teen who came for helpJan 21, 2014 3:04 pm - When a 13-year-old boy went to his associate pastor at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Wheeling 30 years ago, confused over the sexual abuse he said he was suffering at ...
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Former priest assigned to Wheeling parish even after prior abuse claimsJan 21, 2014 1:44 pm - A former priest who today remains in federal custody on a child pornography conviction was shuffled from one parish to another — including St. Joseph the Worker Church i...
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Documents outline abuse claims against former Arlington Heights priestJan 21, 2014 8:22 am - Despite numerous complaints of inappropriate conduct toward children by a former priest at an Arlington Heights parish, officials in the Archdiocese of Chicago chose to ...
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Guadalupe organizers shocked by $30,000 Des Plaines police billJan 21, 2014 3:30 am - Organizers of the Our Lady of Guadalupe feast day celebration in Des Plaines will meet with the top brass of the city's police department today to discuss the $30,000 bi...
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Same-sex couples prepare for religious wedding ceremoniesJan 19, 2014 7:00 am - Riding a crowded bus to Springfield last October, where they would join thousands of other advocates demonstrating for same-sex marriage, John Stilp and Jovi Tomaneng tu...
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Prof uses mobile media to study effect of religionsJan 18, 2014 7:47 pm - Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — University of Connecticut Professor Bradley Wright has all types of questions for his research: Did you pray in the last 24 hours? To...
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Group rallies against abortion in PalatineJan 18, 2014 1:45 pm - As the snowflakes came down thick and heavy, hundreds of participants in an anti-abortion rally in Palatine held signs, cheered on speakers, prayed and sang as the occas...
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Week of Christian Unity celebratedJan 18, 2014 10:22 am - Archdiocesan parishes, working in cooperation with the Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, will join with other Christian denominations in ecumenical celeb...
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Methodist clergyman faces church trial over gay weddingJan 17, 2014 4:49 pm - NEW YORK — The United Methodist Church has formally charged another clergyman for presiding at the same-sex wedding of his son. The Rev. Thomas Ogletree will be tried Ma...