Church Thrift Shops in Australia to Fund Sexual Abuse Counselors March 26, 2002 Sydney, Australia Brenton Stacey/ANN States Follow California's Lead on Priest Abuse: Bills would extend time limits for prosecution, suits. Church sees threat to religious freedom February 13, 2003 By Larry B. Stammer LA Times Police Suspect Paedophilia within Adventist Church September 1, 2003 FINLAND YLE News Police investigate suspected child sexual abuse at Adventist Church boarding school September 2, 2003 FINLAND Helsingin Sanomat Police: victims of sexual abuse at Adventist boarding school may have included girls September 5, 2003 FINLAND Helsingin Sanomat Run of Abuse Claims Seen: Those Who Say They Were Molested by Priests Face a Year-End Deadline for Filing Legal Actions. Settlement Talks Are Continuing December 8, 2003  By Jean Guccione and William Lobdell  Los Angeles Times [California] California Law Spurred Flood of Sex Abuse Suits January 1, 2004, LA Times By Jean Guccione and William Lobdell - L.A. Times Staff Writers Lawsuits Filed in County Allege Childhood Sex Abuse January 7, 2004 Sentinel, Santa Cruz By Cathy Redfern ; Sentinel Staff Writer   Wake-up Call on Sexual Abuse Screening: Inland Protestant Churches and Other Religious Groups Tighten Hiring Policies January 14, 2004  By Bettye Wells Miller bmiller@pe.com The Press-Enterprise [California] No Charges Filed Over Sexual Abuse Suspicions at Adventist Boarding School March 10, 2004 Helsingin Sanomat, Finland Catholic Church Asking Court to Void California's 2003 Abuse Law An Iowa Diocese Seeks a Ruling in San Diego The L.A. Archdiocese Plans to Intervene in the Case July 1, 2004,  By Jean Guccione Los Angeles Times "State lawmakers lifted the statute of limitations for a year, ending Dec. 31, 2003, so victims of childhood sexual abuse could sue institutions that failed to protect them from known molesters in their employ. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed against the Catholic Church and other organizations, such as the Explorers, Salvation Army and Seventh-day Adventist Church." Adventist Church to Create Awareness of Child Abuse November 16, 2004 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Wendi Rogers/ANN Adventist Church in Fiji Trains Members to Recognize Abuse December 7, 2004 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Taashi Rowe/ANN Clergymen face court over sex abuse allegations December 17, 2004 AUSTRALIA    ABC Advent of Abuse May 18, 2005 GTWeekly.com (Santa Cruz, CA) Written by Laurel Chesky Advent of  Abuse (Part II) May 20, 2005 GTWeekly.com (Santa Cruz, CA) Written by Laurel Chesky Adventists Settle Sex-Abuse Suits for $3.5M June 4, 2005 CALIFORNIA Monterey County Herald Rules of Redemption June 8, 2005 GTWeekly.com (Santa Cruz, CA) Written by Laurel Chesky Church Youth Leader Charged with Assault June 8, 2005 AUSTRALIA ninemsn Rebuilding Trust: Churches Are Trying to Repair Damage Done by Sexual Misconduct December 10, 2005  By Bill Tammeus The Kansas City Star Culture of Kindness Can Help Domestic Violence, Paulsen Says Adventist Review  - Copyright © 2006 Written by Jimmy Phillips, Adventist Review Intern, and Mark A. Kellner, News Editor "It is more important to be kind than it is to be right,” Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen told a cohort of church family ministries specialists from around the world on June 12, during remarks to an “Abuse and Violence Taskforce” convened in Silver Spring, Maryland." read more Faith Leaders Ally against Financial Disclosure Bill But Acknowledge Catholics' Frustration January 25, 2006,  By Michael Paulson   www.Boston.com Teacher Broke No Law with Strip Card Game May 27, 2006 The Associated Press, carried in Herald [Idaho] Church Rebuked for Cover-Up by Elder July 19, 2006 By Petrina Francis Jamaica Gleaner A Former Seventh Day Adventist Church Official Has Avoided Jail after Pleading Guilty to the Sexual Abuse of a Seven-Year-Old Girl July 22, 2007, Adelaide Now