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Francis Morrison Jr., three brothers from Jackson, sued the diocese in June 2002, claiming that they had all been sexually abused as minors by the priest George Broussard during the 1960s and early 1970s. The brothers said the alleged abuse took place at St. Peter's church behind
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in 2013. In
October 2019, the diocese was sued by Arie Mattheus de Lang, its former financial director. Lang claimed that the diocese fired him in 2018 when he complained about its budget practices and a potential conflict of interest involving Kopacz. The diocese said that he was terminated due to
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Mississippi, saying, "We need frankly to admit that the guilt for the murder and the other instances of violence in our community tragically must be shared by all of us." The following year, he ordered Catholic elementary schools in the diocese to admit students to the first grade "without regard
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Belenchia and a man identified as John Doe sued the diocese in July 2002, saying that they had been sexually abused as teenagers by two diocesan priests. Belenchia accused the priest Bernard Haddican of sexually abusing him, after plying him with cigarettes and alcohol. Doe said that he was
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epidemic broke out in
Natchez. Ministering to the sick, Elder caught the disease. He survived but lost six diocesan priests. When he left the diocese, there were 41 churches, 25 priests, six religious houses for men, five convents, 13 parish schools and 12,500 Catholics. Elder was named coadjutor
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in 1967. He was the first native
Mississippian to serve in that post. During his tenure, Brunini was an outspoken advocate of the Civil Rights Movement; he once declared, "We as religious leaders can't blame the politicians if we don't do our job first." He co-founded and served as the first
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Natchez in 1840. At his arrival in Mississippi, Chanche found one priest in the diocese, Brogard, who was there only temporarily. Chanche set to work building a diocesan infrastructure. The first Catholic church in Vicksburg, St. Paul's, was built in 1841.
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the altar, at the rectory and at a family lake house. After two of the boys told their father about it, he reported the abuse to the diocese in 1973. The diocese then allowed
Broussard to remain at St. Peter's for another 18 months. He left public ministry in 1975.
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Emmitsburg, Maryland, came to Natchez and established Saint Mary's Orphanage. During his tenure as bishop, Chanche built 11 churches, with a team of 11 priests and 13 attendant missions. Chanche died in 1853.
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of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the new bishop of Natchez. St. Mary's Church in Vicksburg, serving the African-American community, was founded in 1906, with half of the funding coming from Sister
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to Mississippi to face trial on sex abuse charges against La Jarvis D. Love. West was convicted in April 2022 of sexual battery and gratification of lust and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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The first cathedral of the Diocese of Natchez was St. Mary's in Natchez, whose cornerstone was laid by Bishop Chanche in 1842. The current seat of the Diocese of Jackson is the
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as bishop of Natchez. Upon Gunn's arrival, the diocese contained 75 churches, 46 priests, and 17,000 Catholics. He then began extensive pastoral visits to all the parishes and
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sexually assaulted by the priest Paul Madden during a 1973 trip to Ireland. A judge dismissed the two cases in 2003, saying that they had passed the
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expeditions in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1787, three priests, McKenna, White, and Savage, arrived in
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that same year. He instituted the Office for Protection of Children. Latino retired in 2013.
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Character Glimpses of Most Reverend William Henry Elder, D.D.,
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Biographical Sketch of Bishop James O. Van de Velde, S. J.
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The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911-1984: A History
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The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911–1984: A History
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Namorato, Michael V. (1998). "John E. Gunn, 1911–1924".
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List of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson
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The next bishop of Natchez-Jackson was Auxiliary Bishop
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The diocese encompasses an area that is overwhelmingly
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programs in every parish of the diocese. He moved the
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1418:Namorato, Michael V. (1998).
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2380:Some campuses are in Jackson
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1694:Mississippi Business Journal
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1347:Surratt, John (2022-09-11).
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1983:St. Mary Basilica, Natchez
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775:Archbishop of Cincinnati
413:as the vicar apostolic.
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1077:"History of Our Church"
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109:Ecclesiastical province
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1504:"Risk-Taking Bishop".
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1949:Joseph Nunzio Latino
1934:Richard Oliver Gerow
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761:, P.S.S. (1840–1852)
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675:performance issues.
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1914:William Henry Elder
1132:St. Mary's Basilica
1106:Natchezdemocrat.com
1047:EIDT, MARY BELLAN.
949:St. Joseph Catholic
889:Bernard Francis Law
867:Joseph Lawson Howze
771:William Henry Elder
720:Saint Mary Basilica
668:Diocese of Scranton
525:Diocese of Richmond
508:archbishop for the
2534:Eudora Welty House
2490:Jackson Free Press
2476:The Clarion-Ledger
2134:Diocese of Jackson
1772:WIZM 92.3FM 1410AM
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1526:The Clarion-Ledger
1507:The New York Times
1470:The New York Times
1453:The New York Times
1436:The New York Times
1353:The Vicksburg Post
1310:www.stjoeirish.org
1182:2011-07-28 at the
1128:"Rector's Welcome"
986:Catholicism portal
972:Mississippi portal
895:Ronald Paul Herzog
824:Bishops of Jackson
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767:, S.J. (1853–1855)
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465:James Van de Velde
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