Victims press bishops over abuse policy at national meeting
Victims and church leaders meet as the US bishops seek a national abuse policy to curb molestation claims. Since January over 250 priests have resigned or been suspended. four bishops resigned, none for mishandling. Archbishop Harry Flynn cites 107 pages of amendments and predicts substantial changes. Bishop Wilton Gregory says the draft aims to heal rifts and restore credibility.
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Boston
David Clohessy
SNAP
Committee On
Harry Flynn
Wilton Gregory
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dallas
Commuter trains collide in Aurora injuring about 30
Two Metra trains collided in a train yard in Aurora at 3:25 p.m. injuring about 30 passengers. About 60 were aboard as wheels derailed on three cars and one locomotive. Burlington Northern Santa Fe will investigate the incident. Several patients were treated at Rush-Copley Medical Center and Provena Mercy Center with minor injuries.
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Dan Schnolis
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Chicago
Rush-Copley Medical Center
Julie Busch
Death penalty report blasted on Capitol Hill
Critics on Capitol Hill accuse Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s Commission on Capital Punishment of bias against the death penalty at a Senate hearing. Prosecutors argue the panel lacks police input and urges case by case review, while supporters call the study the first comprehensive modern review of capital punishment.
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George Ryan
Commission On Capital Punishment
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Joseph Kinsella
DuPage County
Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
Druanne White
South Carolina
Commission
Scott Turow
Russ Feingold
Choate Center Spared Budget Cuts in Illinois Plan
Illinois keeps Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna at the same $32 million budget for the coming year. Other facilities like Zeller Mental Health Center in Peoria and Lincoln Developmental Center were closed as Gov. Ryan and the legislature cut $68 million from the Department of Human Services budget amid a $3.7 billion overall.
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Clyde L. Choate
Anna
Tom Green
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Zeller Mental Health Center
Peoria
Lincoln Developmental Center
George Ryan
St Louis murder suspect DNA sent to Atlanta for tests
Police transferred Maury Troy Travis DNA samples to Atlanta authorities amid fears he may be linked to a string of murders in that city. Travis, 36, died by suicide in St Louis County Jail after being charged with kidnapping and causing deaths of two sex workers. Investigators seek ties to ten murdered women along the Mississippi, noting a similar 1994 Atlanta pattern.
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