diocesan

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The Boston Archdiocese’s 2003 agreement to pay $85 million to more than 500 victims marked the moment the crisis shifted from isolated diocesan scandals to a nationwide institutional failure.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

When the state Justices originally denied the unemployment tax exemption to a diocesan Catholic Charities Bureau and its associated groups, the 4-3 majority called their activities “secular in nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“Priests can have a risk assessment which can indicate a level of risk” and “the powers of a diocesan bishop are limited,” says the bishop.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

It also said: “Rosenberg was not accused of stealing money from any diocesan entities nor did his crimes relate to any official role held within the diocese.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

The process which had been found so effective in France, of raising their diocesan clergy against fallibilist Bishops, had been applied to him too by means of agents sent to Bologna.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von