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• Catholic Schools in Spokane

  July 22, 2012 in City on Page A7 Sept. 3, 1888: Though classes for Catholic students had been held before this date, the official beginning of Catholic schools in Spokane is usually traced to the opening of Our …

• Religion Notebook: Christian bands will play at Spokane Arena

  March 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 The Rock and Worship Roadshow is coming to the Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave., at 6 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature the bands, MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North, LeCrae, …

• faith in generosity

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 Michael Goldstein was the only man in a yarmulke at the Christmas Bureau on Tuesday. Temple Beth Shalom’s new rabbi called the event “a beautiful thing.”

• Judge overturns contempt finding of Catholic Diocese

  October 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 A senior federal judge in Spokane reversed a lower court order Monday and cleared the Spokane Catholic Diocese and its lawyers of contempt. It was a rare legal win for … 2

• Revived Huetter mansion now Gonzaga’s alumni office

    September 17, 2010 in City on Page A7 Several generations of the Huetter family turned out for an open house Thursday in the Spokane mansion at Gonzaga University where their family took root. The Georgian Revival home was …

• Ruling puts parishes at risk of foreclosure

  September 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Catholic Diocese must raise more than $800,000 this fall, some of it due in two weeks, to pay sex abuse claims or risk defaulting on its bankruptcy obligations … 22

• Tradition-filled ceremony welcomes new bishop

  September 3, 2010 in City Inland Northwest Catholics celebrated the installation of Bishop Blase Cupich on Friday, filling the McCarthey Center on Gonzaga University’s campus with applause, music and hope that better times are coming. 3

• Abuse payments sap diocese fund, putting churches at risk

  August 31, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable – the sale of churches to pay victims of clergy sex abuse. New claims of … 10

• Cupich named new Bishop of Spokane

  June 30, 2010 in City Blase Joseph Cupich has been appointed Bishop of Spokane, the Vatican announced early today. A Nebraska native and most recently the Bishop of Rapid City, S.D., Cupich takes over for …

• Catholic church poised to name new bishop

  June 29, 2010 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane will announce a new bishop Wednesday. While as of this evening the Vatican had not issued a formal announcement, Blase Cupich is widely expected … 1

• Spokane diocese paid boys ranch accusers

  March 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 Although a jury last month rejected Kenneth Putnam’s sex abuse allegations against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane had already paid Putnam a settlement worth hundreds of … 18

• Judge orders diocese to pay

  February 24, 2010 in City on Page A7 A federal judge ruled that the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, its law firm Paine Hamblen, and one of the firm’s attorneys, Gregory Arpin, are in contempt of court for using … 8

• Diocese appeals bankruptcy court rulings

  January 6, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Catholic Diocese of Spokane has appealed a recent series of bankruptcy court rulings that could cost it millions of dollars more. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Patricia Williams last month affirmed …

• Scores claim sex abuse

  December 6, 2009 in City on Page B1 More than 500 people have filed claims accusing Jesuits of sexually abusing children across the Northwest. The claims vary in severity and span decades and geography, from Native Alaskan village … 1

• Abuse claims against Jesuits reach 500

  December 5, 2009 in News More than 500 people have filed claims accusing Jesuits of sexually abusing children across the Northwest. 2

• Diocese hit with 21 new claims

    November 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Twenty-one new claims of clergy sex abuse have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, a number that has surprised the diocese and could reopen its contentious bankruptcy case. … 5

• Former priest settles lawsuit

  November 13, 2008 in City on Page B1 Former priest Patrick G. O’Donnell apologized again Wednesday, this time through his lawyer via a phone call in front of Spokane County Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno, to the victims …