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by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Abuse prevention, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, Colombia, Colombian bishops, lead, News | 0 |
The bishops’ conference of Colombia approved the new set of guidelines for the protection of minors, a recognition by the prelates of a need for a new perspective, “centered not in discipline but culture of care.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 23, 2022 | Abuse prevention, Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Clerical Abuse, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Italian bishops, Italy, lead, News, rete l'Abuso | 0 |
A collective of abuse survivors and advocacy groups have published an open letter to the Italian bishops as they meet to elect new leadership, calling for an independent national inquiry into clerical abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Abuse prevention, Abuse survivors, Catholic News Service, Consecrated Life, Global church, News, Pope Francis, Religious orders, Vos Estis Lux Mundi | 0 |
Members of religious orders and other consecrated men and women take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the desire to live the Gospel in a more radical way.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2021 | Abuse prevention, Cei, child protection, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, lead, News | 0 |
As the church in Italy still reels from several fresh scandals involving clergy, the country’s bishops on Thursday will be hold the first-ever Day of Prayer and Awareness for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2021 | Abuse prevention, Centre for Child Protection, Church in Europe, Father Hans Zollner, lead, News, Pontifical Gregorian University | 0 |
On Friday the Pontifical Gregorian University’s newly-minted Institute of Anthropology, which replaces its famed Center for Child Protection, was formally inaugurated amid praise from abuse survivors and experts alike.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 21, 2021 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Christian Lepine, Archdiocese of Montreal, Canada, Church in the Americas, Clerical Abuse, lead, News | 0 |
Earlier this month the Archdiocese of Montreal unveiled a new set of protocols being implemented quickly as the result of an independent investigation into a local abuse case that identified several holes in the system.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | Abuse prevention, child protection, Father Daniel del Portillo, Father Hans Zollner, Interviews, lead, News, Pontifical Gregorian University, Pope Francis | 0 |
Last week, a well-known center at one of Rome’s pontifical universities aimed at protecting children from clerical sexual abuse, and beyond, was upgraded to an institute of anthropology, giving the Church’s most respected academic outfit devoted to child protection room to grow.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | Abuse prevention, Aid to the Church in Need, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, charity, lead, News, Persecuted Christians, Sexual abuse, Vatican | 0 |
On Wednesday well-known Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, known for its support of persecuted Christians, confirmed reports that the organization’s founder has been credibly accused of sexual assault.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australian bishops, Cardinal George Pell, child protection, Church in Oceania, lead, News | 0 |
One of Australia’s most senior Church officials has said the acquittal of Cardinal George Pell last April has allowed the country to move forward on necessary reforms in abuse prevention.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America, lead, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, News, Pope Francis, vademecum | 0 |
Some 2,000 people joined a video conference on preventing sexual abuse in the Church in Latin America organized by the Center for Child Protection of Mexico’s Catholic University (CEPROME) and the Vatican Safeguarding Taskforce.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 30, 2020 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, child protection, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, News | 0 |
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has hit back at claims that a new national safeguarding office may be a step backward from the work of Catholic Professional Standards Ltd. over the past three years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 13, 2020 | Abuse prevention, Centre for Child Protection, Clericalism, Father Hans Zollner, Interviews, lead, News, Theology | 0 |
One of the Catholic Church’s leading experts in child protection has said that more dangerous than clericalism in the clerical abuse crisis is a “paternalistic” attitude within the Church that both devalues laypeople and puts clergy on a pedestal.
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