Zero tolerance for priests guilty of abuse, pope says in interview
Calling sexual abuse “diabolical” and a “monstrosity,” Pope Francis underlined there is “zero tolerance” for those in the church who are guilty of abuse.
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by bcadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | Child sexual abuse, clerical sexual abuse, Diabolical, Monstrosity, News, Sexual abuse, U.S. & World News, World Youth Day, zero tolerance | 0 |
Calling sexual abuse “diabolical” and a “monstrosity,” Pope Francis underlined there is “zero tolerance” for those in the church who are guilty of abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 8, 2022 | Cardinal O'Malley, Child sexual abuse, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Pope Benedict, Survivors of child sexual abuse, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said retired Pope Benedict’s “witness and profound honesty should galvanize all of us to defend survivors of abuse and to protect all those entrusted to our care.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Child sexual abuse, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News | 0 |
The former athletic director at a Catholic school in Massachusetts has been charged with assault and battery on a child under 14, prosecutors said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2021 | Child sexual abuse, clergy abuse, Eastern Europe, New horizons of love, News, Pope Francis, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Pope Francis urged bishops from throughout Eastern Europe to recognize mistakes in their handling of sexual abuse in order to open “new horizons of love and reciprocal service.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Child sexual abuse, Church in the US, Michigan, News | 0 |
A former Catholic school teacher will spend 12 to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing children during his tenure at a southern Michigan school in the 1970s.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 26, 2021 | Bishop William D. Byrne, Child sexual abuse, Church in the US, clergy abuse, lead, News, Springfield | 0 |
Bishop William Byrne of Springfield called the revelation that a former diocesan priest would have been charged with the 1972 murder of an altar boy a “sad closure to a tragic event” that has hung over the faith community for decades.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 2, 2021 | Child sexual abuse, Died, Joseph Wajda, Local News, News | 0 |
A laicized priest, removed from public ministry in 2003 and dismissed from the clerical state in 2016 for substantiated child sexual abuse accusations, died April 29. Joseph Wajda was 74.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 3, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Child sexual abuse, Church in the US, diocese of Nashville, News, Tennessee | 0 |
A former religious education director at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Murfreesboro has been indicted by a Rutherford County Grand Jury on charges of sexually abusing a minor.
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