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by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | child protection, Church in Asia, clerical seuxal abuse, East Timor, lead, News, Vatican, Vos Estis Lux Mundi | 0 |
Amid allegations against a bishop and Nobel laureate in East Timor for the sexual abuse of minors, the Vatican’s envoy to the country has urged faithful to respect the restrictions imposed by the Holy See.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Benedict XVI, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, child protection, Church in the US, clergy abuse crisis, clerical seuxal abuse, lead, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors | 0 |
Pope Francis’s top official on child protection has said retired Pope Benedict XVI’s apology yesterday for his own failings in the matter is a challenge to Church leaders everywhere to be more diligent.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 31, 2022 | Cei, child protection, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, clerical seuxal abuse, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Italian bishops, Italy, lead, News, rete l'Abuso | 0 |
Bishops in Italy are considering the launch of a formal independent inquiry into clerical sexual abuse in the country, yet victims have voiced doubt that the Italian ecclesial hierarchy is ready to take such a significant step.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 18, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in Europe, clerical seuxal abuse, lead, News, Portugal | 0 |
A week into the year-long independent anti-abuse commission convened by the Catholic Church in Portugal, 102 allegations had been made by Saturday. In a statement released to the Lusa Portuguese news agency, child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, the coordinator of the independent abuse commission, said that the 102 testimonies received thus […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | child protection, Church in Europe, clerical seuxal abuse, France, French bishops, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Next month members of the independent commission that published a searing report into clerical sexual abuse in France will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss the issue and carve out a way forward.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2021 | Church in the US, clerical seuxal abuse, criminal justice, lead, News, Theodore McCarrick | 0 |
The first pretrial hearing in the criminal sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick came and went in a matter of minutes. The case was continued until December 21, for a second pretrial hearing.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Boston College, Catholic University of America, Church in the US, clerical seuxal abuse, lead, Massachusetts, McCarrick report, News, Theodore McCarrick | 0 |
A specific aspect of the statute of limitations on criminal charges in Massachusetts allowed ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s accuser to pursue charges for an alleged sexual assault nearly 50 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Archdiocese of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic Church (Germany), Church in Europe, clerical seuxal abuse, Germany, lead, News | 0 |
The Vatican has launched an apostolic visitation into the Archdiocese of Cologne following months of public fallout over the reported mishandling of clerical abuse cases.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | Archbishop Blase Cupich, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Church in the US, clerical seuxal abuse, Father Hans Zollner, Harvard University, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
On the 100th birthday of his priest abuser, Mark J. Williams visited his abuser’s gravesite and “let it go.” He forgave the man for the pain he had caused.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 18, 2020 | Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, clerical seuxal abuse, News | 0 |
The chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan is on administrative leave after a lawsuit filed in federal court Dec. 14 alleged he pressured two employees into sexual activities and retaliated against them when they rebuffed his advances.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 23, 2020 | Abuse, Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical seuxal abuse, Las Vegas, News | 0 |
Church officials in Nevada said Friday they’re following their counterparts in Louisiana in adding a Catholic priest who was suspended in 2018 to a list of clergy members credibly accused of sexual abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Australia, Cardinal George Pell, child protection, clerical seuxal abuse, News, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, SNAP, Vatican | 0 |
In an April 7 statement just hours after the court’s verdict, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, “The Holy See, which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal George Pell, acquitting him of the accusations of abuse of minors and overturning his sentence.”
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