July 2002
July 3
 Settlement counters claim by a bishop
July 9
 Bishop says he accepted priests' denials
 Mediators ask court to block depositions
July 10
 Shanley was part hero, part horror
 Geoghan judge's mediator ruling upheld
July 11
 Shanley pleads not guilty in four child rapes
 Law's deposition is ordered resumed
July 13
 Power of archdiocese with Law, judge says
 Worcester bishop denies abuse allegations
July 14
 Jailed ex-priest Porter seeks 'just one chance'
July 15
 Catholic judges advise Law on scandal
July 16
 AG criticizes archdiocese abuse plan
 Canton parish pulls together to cope with abuse crisis
 James Carroll: Start of a new era in the Catholic Church
July 17
 New Catholic reform groups at a crossroads
 Canton priest seeks more power for the laity
 Archdiocese not party to Geoghan deal, lawyers say
July 18
 Through Kansas parishes, a trail of suicide
 Scandal prompts questions among Catholic youth
 Director of Milton rehabilitation center faces abuse charge
 Message board: Sex scandal's impact on your parish
July 19
 Other denominations report abuse charges
 Second Geoghan trial is set for October
 Observer: Law says deal was not final
July 20
 Catholic group to rate bishops
 Pastor fires couple for views
July 21
 Lay Catholics issue call to transform church
 Voice of the Faithful has big goals for change
 Globe Magazine: Can leading bishop change church?
July 22
 Sex abuse victims prompted to emerge
 Law says crisis will not be focus of youth meeting
July 23
 Law to reject donations from lay reform group
 Pope's trip to North America provides test and testament
 Alleged abuse victim embraces cardinal at service
July 24
 Church agency to accept lay group's funds
 Pope brings message of hope to Toronto conference
 Following prayer, Law, teens travel to conference
 Author Garry Wills reflects on Catholic crisis
 Eileen McNamara: Give to church, skip middle men
July 25
 Panel chief wants priests' fates in local hands
 Church asks judge to consider recusing herself from case
 Globe Editorial: The Cardinal's rebuff
July 26
 The young hail pope at Toronto ceremony
 Lawyers, church say settlement talks at impasse
 Catholic Charities shifts on lay group's fund-raising
 Winchester pastor accused of abuse, suspended
July 27
 Law affirms church doctrine to youths
 Settlement arguments offered in Geoghan case
July 28
 When religion and the media face off
July 29
 Pope urges youth to maintain their faith
 Pope's homily draws mixed response from local Catholics
 Buffeted by scandal, Law finds 'oasis' among young
July 30
 Brooklyn Diocese suspends accused priest
 Enforcement of new abuse policy lax, group alleges
July 31
 Lay person to oversee anti-abuse policies
 Review group meets with victims, details goals
 Vicar general was told of priest years before removal
 Pope to visit with  troubled Mexican flock