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Bishop Takes a Queennew
In LaCrosse, Wis., Bishop Raymond Burke was known not only for his neo-conservative eccentricities but for gathering fringe religious orders, including one that a parishioner alleges included a transgendered nun.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
Immaculate Deception: The Archbishop's Dirty Little Secretsnew
Raymond Burke, the new archbishop of St. Louis, seemed to have tended his garden well while bishop of the Diocese of LaCrosse, which reported a low rate of clergy convictions for sexual misconduct. But some members of his former flock say if clergy sex abuse cases were few and far between, it was because Burke was a master at keeping a lid on them.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion