More Vermont church properties face liens to cover awards in priest sex abuse trials

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A judge has put liens on four church-owned rest homes and part of the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese’s investments in order to cover jury awards in two priest sex abuse cases.

Nephew of NY’s Cardinal O’Connor alleges sex abuse by Catholic priest at Pa. school

WILMINGTON, Del. — A nephew of the late New York archbishop Cardinal John O’Connor alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he was the victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest.