Tag: Catholic Church
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Federal judge begins trial on Catholic schools’ claims against Colorado preschool program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge heard arguments and testimony beginning on Tuesday over whether Colorado’s new universal pre-kindergarten program unconstitutionally forces a pair of Catholic preschools to violate their religious beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity in order to participate as providers. In August, the Archdiocese…
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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down law benefitting child sex abuse survivors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court slammed the door on Tuesday to victims who endured child sex abuse years or decades in the past, striking down a recent law that empowered survivors to sue their perpetrators and the institutions that harbored them. The decision was a victory…
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Colorado Supreme Court faces ‘difficult’ question of whether to shut window on child sex abuse survivors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday stared down two possibilities: If it deems a 2021 law designed to help survivors of childhood sex abuse unconstitutional, many victims will have no avenue to hold their abusers or the institutions that harbored them legally liable. On the…
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Departed Sisters of Loretto find new resting place with community’s help
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the decades of literally selfless service 62 Sisters of Loretto nuns gave to countless Denver school children and young adults, the Catholic Church community and so many others wanted to make sure they truly rest in peace. They were originally interred through the decades…
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Denver police investigating Basilica tagging as hate crime
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A graffiti-spree at one of Denver’s most iconic buildings is being investigated by Denver police as a hate crime. Spokesperson Nate Magee confirmed that their bias-motivated crime unit is looking into the incident, which happened between 7:45 and 8 Sunday morning. Father Samuel Morehead of…
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Vandalism at Denver Basilica: Priest says lone woman caught on camera spraying red paint
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The graphic red spray paint scrawled on the century-old granite and limestone of Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception may have been drawn by a woman, on her own, in just fifteen minutes. The words “Satan lives here” scrawled across the front brass doors greeted…
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Denver’s Samaritan House looks to its future following abuse allegations against co-founder Father Woody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As recent sexual abuse allegations have risen against Catholic Priest Rev. Charles Woodrich, one organization Woodrich helped found hopes to continue its work and separate itself from his disgraced legacy. Denver’s Samaritan House, co-founded by Woodrich in 1986, was the first building in America designed…