Lawmaker - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:18:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Lawmaker - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Archbishop email gaffe sees Church portrayed as mafia-like https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/21/archbishop-email-gaff-sees-church-portrayed-mafia-like/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:07:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83813 The Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has been accused of mafia-like tactics in a campaign to put pressure on lawmakers. The Church is lobbying against proposed state legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue their abusers. Archbishop Charles Chaput inadvertently sent an email to a state representative accusing him of "betraying" Read more

Archbishop email gaffe sees Church portrayed as mafia-like... Read more]]> The Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has been accused of mafia-like tactics in a campaign to put pressure on lawmakers.

The Church is lobbying against proposed state legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue their abusers.

Archbishop Charles Chaput inadvertently sent an email to a state representative accusing him of "betraying" the Church.

In the email received by Jamie Santora, the archbishop warned of "consequences" of supporting the legislation.

Archbishop Chaput had intended to send the email to a staff member in his own office only.

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