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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care. But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another involuntary manslaughter charge, they're now charged with third-degree murder. AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, David Maialetti Catherine, left, and Herbert Schaible arrive to turn t...
PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic church official was convicted Friday of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial, becoming the first U.S. church official convicted of a crime for how he handled abuse claims. Monsignor William Lynn helped the archdiocese keep predators in ministry, and the public in the dark, by telling parishes their priest was being removed for health reasons and then sending the men to unsuspecting churches, prosecutors said. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Monsignor Wil...
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State University President Rodney Erickson waits for the beginning of a town hall meeting with alumni in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. Erickson was grilled Wednesday by alumni unhappy about how the school handled a child sex abuse scandal, the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and a lack of transparency over the case. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A plan designed to soothe angry Penn State University alumni may instead be sowing seeds of outrage. School President Rodney Erickson was scheduled to app...
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State University President Rodney Erickson waits for the beginning of a town hall meeting with alumni in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. Erickson was grilled Wednesday by alumni unhappy about how the school handled a child sex abuse scandal, the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and a lack of transparency over the case. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — A plan designed to soothe angry Penn State University alumni may instead be sowing seeds of outrage. School President Rodney Erickson was scheduled to app...