2004 audit of Catholic clergy sex abuse claims [US CCB] News
2004 audit of Catholic clergy sex abuse claims [US CCB]

Report on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, National Review Board, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, February 18, 2005 [reporting that the past year has produced 1,092 new allegations of sexual abuse against at least 756 Catholic clergymen]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt born

Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist, womens' rights advocate and co-founder of the League of Women Voters, was born on January 9, 1859.

Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home.

Great Britain's first income tax introduced

On January 9, 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced Great Britain's first income tax. The tax was announced the previous December as a means of raising money for war against Napoleon. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington, repealed the tax when hostilities subsided in 1802. Addington then reinstated the tax during the following year when fighting was renewed. The Addington tax model later became the model for the modern British income tax. Learn about the history of income taxation in Great Britain from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.