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The Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley has announced the following priest assignments and appointments:
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Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement today calling for prayers for the victims of the October 27th attack in the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh:
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Following the tragic shooting this morning at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement calling for prayer and action to put an end to violence
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The Diocese of Kalamazoo announced the following:
Rev. Richard Altine has voluntarily resigned as Pastor of Holy Maternity of Mary (Dowagiac), Holy Family (Decatur), St. Gabriel (Berrien Springs), Sacred Heart of Mary (Silver Creek), and St. Anthony (Buchanan) Parishes, as well as Dean of the Southern Deanery, and has temporarily withdrawn from public ministry effective as of October 22, 2018.
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As we join together to celebrate the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time we are confronted once again with a new development in the ongoing scandal regarding past clerical sexual abuse allegations within the Church. This past Friday, September 21, 2018, we learned that the Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced Mr. Schuette’s intention to conduct an investigation into the handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations by the Catholic Church within the seven dioceses of Michigan, going back as far as 1950.
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Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement today in regard to the sudden passing of Most Rev. Joseph R. Cistone, bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw:
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Given the rampant misinformation circulated by the news media in regards to the announcement on October 5, 2018 by the Diocese of Lansing regarding one of their priests, Fr. Robert Gerl, as well as our own statement regarding Fr. Gerl’s pastoral work here in our Diocese which we released on October 11, 2018, we feel it important to offer some important clarifications.

The Diocese of Kalamazoo released the following statement in regards to Rev. Robert Gerl, an incardinated priest for the Diocese of Lansing who had previously served in the Diocese of Kalamazoo:
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The Diocese of Kalamazoo released the following statement in regards to today’s search warrant executed by the Michigan State Police:
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