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Priest Sex Abuse Survey: Catholics See Links to Celibacy, Homosexuality
By David Gibson - Politics DailyGays in the priesthood and the ban on married priests are significant factors contributing to the sexual abuse of children by clergy, according to American Catholics surveyed in a new poll -- though researchers note there is little evidence to support such views. In the CBS News/New York Times poll released Tuesday, 31 percent of Catholics said they thought celibacy was a major factor leading to sexual abuse, while almost the same number (30 percent) said they believed homosexuality played a major role. Some 28 percent called celibacy a "minor factor" and 23 percent said homosexuality was a ...
Pope Promises Action on Scandal; Crisis Moves to D.C.
By David Gibson - Politics DailyPope Benedict XVI publicly reiterated on Wednesday his vow made to eight victims of clergy sexual abuse he met last Sunday in Malta that he would take strong action to prevent such crimes in the future. "I shared in their suffering and, with emotion, I prayed with them, assuring action on behalf of the church," Benedict said in Italian during his weekly public audience in St. Peter's Square. And in another development Wednesday in the ongoing crisis, a controversial cardinal and former high-ranking colleague of Benedict's at the Vatican was reportedly asked by organizers of a special ...
Eliot Spitzer on Marriage, Hookers and What's Next
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(March 4) -- Two years after Eliot Spitzer went from crusading New York governor to the Emperors Club's notorious, black socks-wearing Client Number 9, he admits he has "nothing left to lose" -- except the apparent forgiveness of his stoic wife, Silda. In a new interview with Time magazine, Spitzer says his marriage is on the mend, or at least as much as it can be when you are Eliot Spitzer. "I don't know if you can ever mend something like this, in the sense of repair the canvas so that you never see the tear in the fabric," he said. "I'm incredibly lucky to be with a woman who is willing ...
Source Says David Paterson Spoke With Democrats About Possible Resignation
By David Sessions - Politics DailyRumors are flying that New York Gov. David Paterson could be on the brink of resigning, and a source told the Associated Press that Paterson discussed his future -- including the possibility of resignation -- with Democratic leaders. Paterson's election campaign denies that the governor has had any thought of stepping down from the job he assumed after Eliot Spitzer resigned amid scandal in 2008. "This is a new low even by the standards of Planet Albany," spokesman Peter Kauffmann said Sunday. "The circus of the past week entirely fabricated out of thin air and innuendo is an embarrassment for ...
Northern Ireland PM Steps Down Amid Sex Scandal, Imperiling Peace Process
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn a story that is getting more bizarre -- and more troubling -- by the moment, Northern Ireland Prime Minister Peter Robinson resigned yesterday amid a financial scandal surrounding his wife's affair with a teenager. The scandal -- which has roiled the country's deeply traditional society -- now threatens to derail its fragile peace process as well. ...
N. Ireland Leader in Scandal to Step Down Temporarily
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON (Jan. 11) -- Northern Ireland's Protestant leader will temporarily step down in the wake of a scandal over his wife's affair with a 19-year-old man, the speaker of the regional assembly said Monday. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has been under pressure since it was revealed that his wife, Iris, had a teenage lover whom she helped raise tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) for his business. The revelations have angered Robinson's socially conservative Protestant power base and threaten to undermine the Democratic Unionist Party's partnership with the Catholic Sinn ...
Sex Scandal Captivates Northern Ireland
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Jan. 9) - A 58-year-old woman named Mrs. Robinson has an affair with a 19-year-old boy toy, with shocking consequences. No, this isn't the plot of 1967 movie "The Graduate," but a real-life political scandal that has gripped Northern Ireland. British media reported Saturday that Iris Robinson -- a member of Britain's parliament since 2001, and the wife of Northern Ireland's leader, First Minister Peter Robinson -- will step down within days, following her confession to cheating on her husband 18 months ago. Mrs. Robinson said in an open letter Wednesday that she started the "brief affair" ...
What Spitzer, Sanford, Ensign and Edwards Could Learn From John Profumo
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyIn politics, a new year inevitably brings tidings of hope and dreams of regeneration to those who have embarrassingly stumbled along the corridors of power. If only the change in calendar also carried with it a dollop of self-awareness. But for those brought down by sex scandals of their own creation, it is hard to relinquish the do-over fantasy that a few more months, another abject apology, or a clever new media strategy will somehow inspire amnesia -- or, at least, forgiveness -- among the voters. How else to explain the preference for being obtuse over being irrelevant? Defrocked New ...
Rielle Hunter Said to Seek $17,000 a Month From John Edwards in Child Support
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyRielle Hunter wants John Edwards to pay $17,910 a month in child support for her daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, according to the National Enquirer. Private financial negotiations between Hunter and Edwards reportedly broke down last week when her demands for the 22-month-old child were more than the former senator and presidential candidate was willing to pay. Edwards has never publicly acknowledged that he is the girl's father, but did admit to an affair with Hunter at a time when his wife, Elizabeth, was battling cancer. Now, legal documents obtained by Radaronline.com appear to show ...
French Minister Pressured to Resign Over Sex With Boys
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyFor all those people out there worried that America is turning into France, I've got news for you: France is turning into America. ...
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