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A large collection of child pornography and photos of young priests having sex is reported at a Roman Catholic seminary, in the diocese of St. Poelten 50 miles west of Vienna, Austria. |
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The archdiocese of Oregon files for bankruptcy and becomes the first Roman Catholic diocese in the U.S. to seek financial protection from sexual abuse lawsuits. |
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While in protective custody at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, defrocked priest John J. Geoghan is trapped in his cell, strangled and stomped by homophobic fellow inmate Joseph L. Druce. |
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Rev. Kelvin Iguabita, 34, is convicted of the rape of a teenage girl and immediately taken from the courtroom in shackles and transported to the Middleton Jail. |
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The Vatican announces that Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Boston's Archbishop Bernard Law, though he retains his rank of Cardinal. |
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Former Massachusetts priest John Geoghan is convicted of the indecent assault and battery of a 10-year-old boy. He will receive a 10-year prison sentence. |
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The Vatican publishes its guidelines for dealing with pedophile priests and specifies that all cases should be reported to Rome. |
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Dallas diocese of the Roman Catholic Church is forced to pay more than $31 Million to the sex abuse victims of priest Rudolph Kos. |
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Jeanne d'Arc is formally canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. |
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The Roman Inquisition holds its final hearing on Galileo. He is forced to "abjure, curse and detest" his work and then sentenced to life imprisonment. |
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Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Roman Inquisition. |
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The two day St. Bartholomew Day Massacre begins in which tens of thousands or Huguenots are murdered in Paris and across France by Catholics. |
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The Council of Trent commences in response to the Protestant Reformation. It resulted in clearer specifications of Catholic doctrines and standardized the Mass throughout the church. |
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Martin Luther, 38, is excommunicated by Pope Leo X for challenging Catholic Church doctrine. |
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Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church. The Theses condemn the selling of indulgences as an abuse and ask for a theological disputation. Soon they were widely copied and printed; within two weeks they spread throughout Germany, and within two months throughout ... |
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Athanasius succeeds Alexander as Roman Catholic Bishop of Alexandria. |
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St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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