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Accuser, addict in Pa. clergy-abuse case testifies A young man told a jury in a criminal priest-abuse case Wednesday that he was sexually assaulted as an altar boy by two Philadelphia priests and that he soon turned to drugs for relief.The witness, a policeman's son, said he started smoking marijuana the summer he turned 11 to deal with the abuse, and has since tried drug treatment 23 times to battle addictions to heroin, painkillers and other drugs.The
Feds: Descent to addiction often starts at home
Katina Morgan's descent into drug dependency began in her mother's medicine cabinet, where she uncapped supplies of painkillers and anti-anxiety medicine as a teenager.
UN slams Hungary for abuse of asylum seekers
They say they came to Hungary to escape brutality, war or the threat of being put to death in their home countries. Instead, they are serving untold months behind bars without ever being convicted
Documents: Accused Pa. priest kept in parishes
Two Roman Catholic archbishops moved a troubled priest to new parishes despite dire warnings he was having sex with minors, according to church documents read in a Philadelphia court Tuesday.
UN slams Hungary for abuse of asylum seekers
They say they came to Hungary to escape brutality, war or the threat of being put to death in their home countries. Instead, they are serving untold months behind bars without ever being convicted
Correction: Priest Abuse-Trial story
In a story April 21 about the priest abuse trial in Philadelphia, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the law school where Timothy Lytton teaches. It is Albany Law School, not |
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