Bishop Michael Pham is the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.
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KPBS Midday EditionMore than 300 people attended the first in a series of listening sessions on clergy sex abuse being held by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. -
The Diocese of San Diego added eight priests to the list of those believed to have molested children as part of a clerical sexual abuse scandal involving the Roman Catholic Church, it was reported on Friday. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe shocking investigation into clergy abuse in Pennsylvania has led states and dioceses around the country to once again confront the extent of sex abuse in their own ranks. In California, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has confirmed that it is conducting an internal file review going back more than 50 years.
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The Catholic Diocese of San Jose has purchased a five-bedroom, $2.3 million home in Silicon Valley for its retiring bishop despite the 640,000-member diocese's mission of charity and serving the poor. -
KPBS Midday EditionA priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she'd had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy's mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused him. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to put off hearing arguments for and against the construction of a Hindu temple near Escondido after neighbors complained too few people are aware of the proposed project and haven't had a chance to form an opinion on the matter. -
The Navy won't allow the military's first secular humanist chaplain to serve after members of Congress protest the move. -
KPBS Midday EditionPrimatologist and author Frans de Waal, Ph.D., says several species of mammals exhibit cooperative, even empathetic behavior, which is one of the hallmarks of morality. De Waal is speaking at SDSU Tuesday. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal governments and organizations across the county have long been pressuring churches to stop serving meals to people who are homeless, but some church leaders and churchgoers say this service is part of their religion. -
Brother Blaise of Oceanside's Prince of Peace Abbey will carry beekeeping to the end of his days.
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