Posted 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 […]
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The 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 MoreSouth Africa WARNING: Graphic content. Not for sensitive readers 27 December 2018 – 09:00 By Ntokozo Miya Pastor Penuel Mnguni is a controversial figure, famous for feeding his followers snakes and rats.Image: Image/Facebook/End Times Disciples Ministries The rise of unregulated charismatic churches in South Africa has resulted in people being exposed to preachers who often […]
Read MoreThe scandal in France is the latest to hit the Roman Catholic Church, which has been rocked by sexual abuse scandals around the world, often involving children, over the past 20 years. By: Reuters | Paris |Updated: October 5, 2021 2:39:48 pm A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 3,30,000 children were […]
Read MoreOctober 5, 20218:23 AM ET The Associated Press Commission president Jean-Marc Sauve (left) hands copies of the report to Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF), during the publishing of a report by an independent commission on Tuesday in Paris. Thomas Coex/AP PARIS — An estimated 330,000 children were […]
Read MoreScandals over clerical abuse of minors have left the institution poorer and less influential By Dec. 13, 2021 8:00 am ET PrintText155 ROME—From when the Catholic Church’s sex-abuse crisis erupted in 2002 until his death more than three years later, St. John Paul II never met with a victim of clerical sexual abuse. In contrast, […]
Read MoreAnd why revelations are still emerging today. By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Sep 4, 2018, 7:10am EDT His story was one of thousands. “It happened in the wee hours of the morning,” a Pennsylvania man wrote in a letter to the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 2008, describing the moment he tried to take his own life. […]
Read MorePortugal By Euronews • Updated: 03/12/2021 A priest wearing a face mask waits for Patriarch Manuel Clemente (L) before celebrating the first Sunday mass at Lisbon Cathedral on May 31, 2020. – Copyright PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP Portugal is going forward with a commission to investigate possible cases of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church, as […]
Read MoreThe Roman Catholic Church is a major offender in the nationwide scandal of child sex abuse. Abusive priests misused their authority to sexually abuse children. High-ranking church officials often covered up these horrific incidents. In some cases, these cover-ups perpetuated the cycle of abuse in other parishes and dioceses. Were You Abused by a Catholic […]
Read MoreHave you ever heard of a Catholic bishop abducted, blindfolded, hands tied, stripped, locked up and tortured mercilessly by three of his own priests in “Dady’s Home,” an institution run by one of them? No it is not a fairy tale! It really happened to Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India. The culprits […]
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