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The play, "Unreconciled," opens in Easthampton, Massachusetts this week. It tells the story of a clergy abuse survivor who rejects a settlement from the church. Written by two survivors of abuse, it tells the story from multiple perspectives, including the perpetrator.
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Live music from Tubachristmas and The Basement Cats, honoring the Reverend Peter Ives and costuming at Swanson's Fabrics
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The coordinator for gleaning at the nonprofit Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts explains how volunteers harvest the remains left in farmers' fields.
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The MLK Community Presbyterian Church located in the Springfield’s Mason Square neighborhood is currently trying to rebuild after what prosecutors call a hate-crime related arson in 2020.
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After Connecticut Attorney General William Tong deemed the chapel is not legally historic, the Jewish congregation who owns the chapel is moving toward demolition.
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Mike and Kitty Burke of Southampton, Massachusetts, say they were turned down as foster parents by the Department of Children and Families because of their beliefs around issues like marriage and sexuality.
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The majority argued Connecticut’s law contains “no trace of hostility toward religion” and that there is generally not a right for parents to “direct how a public school teaches their child.”
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Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their advocates provided information about their abuse to investigators from the Massachusetts attorney general's office in 2021. They were led to believe the office was working on a report on the Fall River, Springfield and Worcester dioceses and are disappointed it has not been issued.
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The man, known in court documents as John Doe, also alleged diocese officials in recent years tried to cover up Weldon's acts, issuing false statements to the media.
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Mr. Universe tells us of a solar system experiencing an identity crisis, we go on Pizza Quest volume IV, and the folx from Swords to Plowshares join us ahead of their event in Southampton this weekend.