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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  A man accused of extorting more than $100,000 from an area priest will spend the next several years in prison.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Alleged Los Angeles clergy sex abuse victims seek Catholic religious order files in fight over records

Friday, March 15, 2013  U.S. clergy abuse victims want punishment, transparency under new pope; many not optimistic

Thursday, February 21, 2013  A Toledo priest convicted of murdering a nun more than 30 years ago will not be getting a new trial.  At least not now.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The confidential records filed in a lawsuit against the archdiocese disclose how the church handled abuse allegations for decades and also reveal dissent.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Update: Judge orders files released with church hierarchy names made public.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A Detroit area priest will not spend time behind bars after he was arrested driving naked and drunk.

Friday, September 14, 2012  History was made in Toledo when a Roman Catholic woman was ordained a deacon. But Beverly Bingle's ordination had her formally kicked out of the Catholic Church.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A Catholic Priest from Michigan is in hot water after allegedly driving drunk and naked through Dearborn.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  Felony trial starts for California man charged with assaulting priest he says abused him as child

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Convicted nun killer, Fr. Gerald Robinson is making another appeal for a new trial.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  A Toledo priest is appealing a judge's decision to deny him a new trial.

Friday, January 13, 2012  A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a several-year period. The 46-year-old priest, who has been suspended, went on trial Thursday at the state court in Braunschweig. The dapd news agency reported that he showed no remorse

Monday, January 09, 2012  More than five years after a Roman Catholic priest was convicted of killing a nun at Mercy Hospital, a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge has denied his request for a new trial.

Monday, October 10, 2011  A Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct with a minor has resigned as a parish pastor and was put on administrative leave in northeast Ohio.