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Insurance claims coverage in danger following Minnesota Archdiocese charges

G. Turner
St Mary's Catholic Church Minnesota insurance claims companies

Lawyers are cautioning that the criminal charges laid against the corporation could endanger coverage. Attorneys for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have cautioned that the criminal charges that have been laid against the corporation could potentially place coverage insurance claims in danger. This could cause the archdiocese to have to come up with the money to pay some of the victims of clergy abuse. At the moment, the archdiocese is facing a number of different counts of alleged failure to provide protection to victims of a former priest…

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Controversial contraceptive care initiative emerges with compromise from President Obama

S.Vagus

Earlier this month, the Obama administration announced that health insurance companies and health care organizations must provide coverage for contraceptive care. The announcement drew the ire of religious communities in the U.S. who claimed that the regulation infringed on their freedom to practice their beliefs. The outcry was not ignored by the administration and President Obama has announced changes will be made to the regulation for the sake of compromise. Despite this new development, however, religious organizations are still opposing the regulation as a whole. According to the new compromise,…

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