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Chicago, Ill., Feb 6, 2017 / 05:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Another leader of a controversial group representing survivors of clergy sexual abuse has resigned, denying that the resignation is related to a lawsuit that claimed the group was engaged in kickbacks and other unethical behavior.Barbara Blaine of the Survivors’ Network of those Abuse by Priests resigned effective Feb. 3, the Chicago Tribune reports.Blaine said a lawsuit filed last month against the Chicago-based organization had no bearing on her resignation and compared it to previous lawsuits she said had no merit. She said the discussions of her departure had been ongoing and it had been a great honor to serve the organization.“Change however is inevitable,” she said.In mid-January former employee Gretchen Rachel Hammond, who worked as a development director at SNAP, claimed to have been wrongly fired for raising objections to what she said was a kickback scheme. The former employee’s lawsuit alleged...
By Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- The resignation of the president of the Survivors Network of ThoseAbused by Priests opens the door for a new generation of leaders, said a top volunteerwithin the organization."SNAPis full of vibrant leaders," Joelle Casteix, the organization's Western regional director, toldCatholic News Service Feb. 6. She said the resignation Feb. 3 of Barbara Blaine, who founded SNAPand served as its president for 29 years, was not totally unexpected."Thetime was not what anyone had planned, but any vibrant organization can alwaysfind people to stand up and lead an organization into its next phase,"Casteix said."Forus, it's always heartbreaking when a leader departs," she added. "Thetrue heart and mission of SNAP will always be with its volunteerleadership."Blaine'sresignation was announced to SNAP's volunteer members Feb. 4. Mary Ellen Kruger, who chairsthe SNAP board of directors, said in an email Feb. 6 to CNS that Blaine steppeddown for personal reasons ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Look to your right: There's the Pillar of Light, a towering monument shaped like a vanilla wafer cookie. A company was allegedly allowed to overcharge the equivalent of millions of dollars for steel used in its construction....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a strong stand against President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying high tech needs immigrants' creativity and energy to stay competitive....
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romania's prime minister said Monday he may fire the justice minister for mishandling a contentious decree that has sparked the country's largest anti-government protests since communism ended....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to punish cities and other municipalities that shelter immigrants living in the country illegally by denying them federal dollars....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scrappy as ever, Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls showing low approval ratings as "fake news." But whatever his opinion, active opposition to his go-it-alone presidency appears to be widening....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as "the slaughterhouse," Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fierce battle over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final face-off at the Supreme Court. Travelers, temporarily unbound, tearfully reunited with loved ones at U.S. airports....
Vatican City, Feb 6, 2017 / 10:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While the Pope has in the past been depicted as a superhero or peace advocate, this weekend set a much different tone as Rome woke up Saturday to see the walls of the city center plastered with some 200 anti-Pope Francis posters.However, after hearing about the posters, the Pope himself was reportedly unfazed, and didn’t make a big deal out of the incident.According to Italian news agency ANSA, Pope Francis received the news of the posters with “serenity and detachment.”Depicting a dour Pope Francis, the posters read: “Ah Francis, you’ve taken over congregations, removed priests, decapitated the Order of Malta and the Franciscans of the Immaculate, ignored Cardinals…but where’s your mercy?”After a short time, many of the posters were covered with signs reading “abusive posting.” The majority of the posters had been taken down by Sunday morning, and as of Monday nary a ...
