Category: clergy sex abuse crisis

U.S. diocesan synod reports highlight ‘enduring wounds’ in Church

by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Bishop Daniel Flores, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, lead, News, Synod, USCCB, Vatican, welcoming | 0 |

Throughout the diocesan phase of the Synod on Synodality U.S. Catholics consistently highlighted several “enduring wounds” that plague the nation’s Church, and called for the Church to better welcome marginalized communities.

Priest: Church needs to emphasize pastoral work with sex abuse survivors

by bcadmin | Jun 26, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, News, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |

Each year the U.S. Catholic Church unveils its annual report on what it’s doing to prevent abuse of minors by clergy and other church workers.

Priest who is survivor says church still needs ‘lamentation’ for abuse

by bcadmin | Jun 25, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, News, Theodore McCarrick, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |

In the two decades since the U.S. bishops adopted the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” in 2002, “there were some really good advances” that came out of it as a result.

As charter turns 20, trust in bishops is slow to return, cardinal says

by bcadmin | Jun 18, 2022 | Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Catholic News Service, Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, News, Theodore McCarrick, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |

The nation’s Catholic bishops have made progress in regaining the trust of the laity since approving a groundbreaking document in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis two decades ago.

For years, Cardinal Marx has been face of Catholic Church in Germany

by bcadmin | Jan 30, 2022 | Bishop accountability, Catholic Church (Germany), Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clergy sex abuse crisis, German bishops, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Munich, News, Pope Francis | 0 |

No other German bishop has dominated Catholic life in Germany as much in recent years as Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who announced he will stay on as archbishop of Munich and Freising.

Church victims push to expand lawsuit window in Nebraska

by bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | abuse victims, Associated Press, Boy Scouts of America, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, Lawsuits, Nebraska, Nebraska Catholic Conference, News | 0 |

Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests urged Nebraska lawmakers on Friday to pass a law that would let people who were abused decades ago file lawsuits against the church or other organizations that were negligent.

Father Zollner: Retired pope should make personal statement on abuse report

by bcadmin | Jan 23, 2022 | abuse victims, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholic Church (Germany), Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clergy sex abuse crisis, Commission for the Protection of Minors, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, Father Hans Zollner, interview, Munich, News | 0 |

The German Catholic news agency KNA spoke to Jesuit Father Hans Zollner.

In priest’s abuse trial, German archbishop says he mishandled situation

by bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Archdiocese of Cologne, Bishop accountability, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clergy sex abuse crisis, Court cases, German bishops, Germany, News, Pope Francis | 0 |

In the first testimony ever given by a German Catholic bishop in a court case on abuse, Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse admitted having made mistakes in the case of an offending priest on trial in the Cologne regional court.

KBI say it has opened 122 clergy sex abuse cases in Kansas

by bcadmin | Oct 16, 2021 | Arkansas, Associated Press, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Diocese of Salina, Diocese of Wichita, News, Police | 0 |

A task force formed three years ago to investigate clergy sexual abuse in Kansas Catholic dioceses has received 215 tips and opened 122 cases, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

One year after abuse summit, Church reviews progress, additional needs

by bcadmin | Feb 21, 2020 | Abuse summit, clergy sex abuse, clergy sex abuse crisis, From the Pope, News, On the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons, Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela, Vos Estis Lux Mundi, zero tolerance | 0 |

Since Pope Francis convened a historic summit at the Vatican one year ago to address clergy sex abuse and accountability, much has been done, but advocates say more is needed.

‘Credible’ allegations, but no charges for California priest

by bcadmin | Feb 15, 2020 | abuse victims, Associated Press, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, Diocese of Fresno, Lawsuits, News, statute of limitations | 0 |

Despite “credible” allegations of sexual abuse against a central California priest, prosecutors said Friday that they are unable to file charges against him because the statute of limitations has expired.

Columbus diocese task force examining sexual abuse policies

by bcadmin | Jan 25, 2020 | Abuse survivors, Associated Press, Bishop Robert Brennan, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, Columbus, News | 0 |

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus has taken steps to examine its policies regarding the sexual abuse of minors with the creation of a task force, and has hired a law firm to determine whether more names should be added to a list of credibly accused priests.