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August 13, 2018

'Appalling sexual abuse' by monks covered up at schools in England, inquiry finds

View across the valley of the monastery and college buildings of Ampleforth, a Benedictine abbey and college in north Yorkshire, England.

MANCHESTER, England – The "appalling sexual abuse" of children as young as 7 was covered up in two leading Benedictine-run schools in England to protect the reputations of predatory monks, a government-backed investigation concluded.

Published in International
June 17, 2017

Norcia monks selling special edition beer to fundraise for earthquake rebuild

Monks from the Monastery of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, visit the site of their collapsed basilica, which was destroyed during the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck the town Oct. 30.

NORCIA, Italy – It was God and beer sales that helped sustain the Benedictine monks of Norcia, and it is God and beer sales that will help them rebuild.

Published in Faith
June 10, 2012

Louisiana's restrictions on selling caskets unconstitutional, monks say

A casket is carried down the steps of the federal courthouse in New Orleans in this 2010 file photo. The monks lost a lawsuit which challenged a Louisiana law that allows only funeral home operators to sell caskets to the public.

NEW ORLEANS - An attorney for the Benedictine monks of St. Joseph Abbey in Covington argued before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals June 7 that a 1932 Louisiana law requiring anyone selling a casket to be a licensed funeral director is unconstitutional and has no rationale other than "pure economic protectionism."

The monks, who make about 30 cypress caskets a month at their St. Joseph Abbey Woodworks, received a favorable ruling last year from U.S. District Court Judge Stanwood Duval, who struck down the Louisiana law, saying it created an unfair industry monopoly.

Published in Features