Tag: clergy sex abuse
Probe finds former Pope Benedict XVI failed to act in German...
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni also said it intended to examine the report, "the contents of which are not currently known"
Former Pope Benedict XVI under scrutiny in German child abuse probe
Germany's Catholic Church has been rocked by a string of reports in recent years that have exposed widespread abuse of children by clergymen
Women’s group in India fears for safety, security of bishop’s alleged...
The women said they are “pained to see how insensitively a daughter of the Church is disowned, discredited, and devalued"
Catholic Church leaders have to be defenders of children
Unless women are given greater positions of authority to serve and protect children, the abuse will never end
French Catholic Church to sell assets to settle sex abuse claims
The Church has to pay victims with its own assets, instead of asking parishioners to contribute for crimes committed by the clergy
French Catholic bishops announce ‘vast program of renewal’ after abuse report
The bishops knelt in an act of penance in Lourdes where an image of a weeping child was unveiled and an abuse survivor shared a testimony
Pope Francis calls for ‘process of conversion’ in the Church to...
The pope said that “the culture of death” leads to sexual abuse, the abuse of conscience, and the abuse of power
Days of light and darkness in the Catholic Church
Church leaders are still striving to prevent shame and embarrassment by hiding away the abusers and the records of crimes against children
European court rules Vatican cannot be sued in local courts over...
The Vatican cannot be sued in local courts for the actions of clerical abusers because it has sovereign immunity
After clergy sex abuse scandal report, French Church in confession row
"The secrecy of confession is a requirement and will remain a requirement," said the head of the Bishops' Conference of France