An extraordinary summit on the issue of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church opens at the Vatican on Thursday, with survivors calling for zero tolerance. Bishops from around the world have gathered for the four-day conference, along with Vatican officials, experts and heads of male and female religious orders. The theme of the meeting […]
Read MorePope Francis has publically expressed ‘pain and shame’ over the rape and molestation of children by priests in Chile. His remarks came during his visit to the Latin American country which has been gripped by a scandal scarring the credibility of the Church. The pontif also had a private meeting with some of the victims […]
Read MoreHundreds of children have been sexually abused since 1975 in the Catholic diocese of Cologne, according to a long-awaited report which showed, in dozens of the cases, high ranking officials neglected their duties. The 800-page report found 314 children, mostly boys under the age of 14, were sexually abused between 1975 and 2018 by 202 […]
Read MoreA newly released report by a law firm said the former pope mishandled at least four cases of sexual abuse accusations in Germany. A report released on Thursday faulted Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for what the authors called misconduct in his handling of at least four cases of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests when […]
Read MoreNuns sold orphaned children to priests, businessmen to serve as sex slaves, new confidential report reveals COLOGNE, Germany Germany’s Catholic Church covered up the sexual abuse of orphaned children for decades, a new confidential report has revealed. Nuns in the western city of Speyer sold orphaned children to priests and businessmen to serve as sex […]
Read MoreA long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s BERLIN — A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of four cases when he was archbishop […]
Read MoreGermany’s Catholic Church has been rocked by a string of reports in recent years exposing widespread abuse of children by clergymen, with the newest investigation placing ex-Pope Benedict XVI, the archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, in the spotlight. Berlin: A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic […]
Read MoreA system of “silence, secrecy and lack of oversight” led to a lack of compassion for the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy, a German cardinal has announced. Archbishop of Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki said he bore some responsibility for the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the German Catholic Church and that […]
Read MoreThe pope has issues with your dog. And your cat. And your guppy, though he didn’t specifically mention your guppy. He was focused on pets in general — and on how, according to him, we’re rerouting our procreative and protective impulses toward them. Where you see a cockatoo, His Holiness apparently sees a baby who […]
Read MoreMELBOURNE, Australia — The leader of Hillsong, the Australian megachurch that has attracted throngs of young people and celebrities worldwide, has stepped down as he prepares to fight a criminal charge of concealing historical child sexual abuse by his father. The church’s leader, Brian Houston, said in a statement published on Hillsong’s website on Sunday that he […]
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