Peter Costello August 17, 2017 The Nuns of Saint’ Ambrogio: The True Story of a Covent Scandal By Hubert Wolf (Oxford University Press, £20.00) When the Church these days is besieged by scandal many seem to think that in previous generations things were different. They were certainly different, but in the sense of being far […]
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Walter PavloContributorPersonal FinanceI write and consult on federal criminal law and criminal justice. The Washington Post’sinvestigation on fraud into nonprofit organizations revealed that incidents are either not reported at all or reported but not directed to authorities … bad news, like “theft,” does not sit well with contributors. When I looked at the list of nonprofit organizations […]
Read MoreHere is a list of the stories from our ongoing series about claims of abuse by Catholic clergy and how the Archdiocese of New Orleans has handled them. Author: WWL Staff Published: 9:36 AM CDT August 13, 2020 Updated: 10:30 AM CST January 3, 2022 NEW ORLEANS — Eyewitness Investigator David Hammer has been following […]
Read MoreInvestigation by Fort Worth Star-Telegram finds 400 allegations against 168 leaders spanning almost 200 churches and institutions. Kate Shellnutt|December 12, 2018 09:54 AM Image: Andrew Holzschuh / Lightstock Hundreds of women and men have accused leaders of independent fundamental Baptist churches of sexual misconduct in a major investigative report published last weekend by the Fort […]
Read Moreby Vladimir Rozanskij Kirill has also decided to intervene to resolve a sexual harassment scandal involving two young bishops. However, many accuse the patriarch of “abuse of power”, and of having waited for the pandemic crisis to operate a “settlement of accounts” within the hierarchy. Moscow (AsiaNews) – The pandemic in Russia seems to have […]
Read MorePosted Tue 5 Oct 2021 at 11:21amTuesday 5 Oct 2021 at 11:21am, updated Tue 5 Oct 2021 at 11:33amTuesday 5 Oct 2021 at 11:33am Share this article An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found an estimated 216,000 children have been victims of abuse by the clergy since 1950. Key points: The report […]
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2021 Web Editor GENDER FOCUS with EMELDA MWITWACLAIMS of ‘sexual abuse’ of women in the Church by clergymen are not new. Oftentimes, stories are told about how some men of God, who, instead of promoting morality in society, have a tendency of sleeping around with women and girls in the Church.And in a […]
Read MoreThe Catholic Church in Germany, already struggling to cope with the sex abuse scandal, has been hit by revelations of theft, opaque accounting and extravagance. While the grassroots faithful are being forced to make cutbacks, some bishops enjoy the trappings of the church’s considerable hidden wealth. Von Anna Catherin Loll und Peter Wensierski 14.06.2010, 18.09 […]
Read MoreNew Orleans’s favorite team has acknowledged providing “minimal” public relations help to the local archdiocese as it handled revelations of sexual abuse by clergy—but an SI investigation found that the team’s aid was more extensive. Survivors, who feel betrayed by both institutions, want answers. Jenny Vrentas Jun 17, 2020 Kevin Bourgeois’s phone was ringing. It […]
Read MoreBishop Eddie Long announced to the 30,000 member mega church in Lithonia, Georgia, after making a numerous amount of headlines last week for the homosexual accusations brought against him — he will not step down from his leadership role as Pastor. This comes as a surprise to some, especially the four young men who have […]
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