November 14, 2021 More than 40 years after a 15-year-old boy was reportedly sexually abused by the Rev. John Capparelli, the alleged victim filed a lawsuit in Essex County Superior Court against the Archdiocese of Newark and the church where the disgraced, defrocked priest — who was murdered in 2019 — once served. The plaintiff in the […]
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By Editorial Board November 13, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EST Nebraska’s attorney general recently identified 57 priests and other Catholic officials responsible for allegedly sexually abusing more than 250 victims, mainly boys, over decades while the church’s hierarchy shrugged or covered up the crimes. The number of clerics who will be criminally prosecuted is zero.Opinions […]
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 MoreThe US-based NGO Bishop Accountability last week said ahead of the visit that almost 80 Roman Catholic clergy members had been accused of sexually abusing children in Chile since 2000. WorldAgence France-PresseUpdated: January 16, 2018 7:36 pm IST Pope Francis also called for respect of the rights and culture of indigenous peoplesSantiago, Chile: Pope Francis […]
Read MoreJesuit authorities for 20 US states yesterday released the names of 89 priests with credible allegations of child sexual abuse dating as back as 1950. WorldAgence France-PresseUpdated: December 18, 2018 12:16 pm IST The Catholic Church has been hit by a series of child abuse scandals in recent years. (Representational)Chicago: Jesuit authorities for 20 US […]
Read MoreLeader of church in England and Wales refusing to resign despite damning IICSA report The report says Cardinal Vincent Nichols did not ‘demonstrate compassion towards victims in the recent cases which we examined’. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAOwen Bowcott and Harriet SherwoodTue 10 Nov 2020 16.49 GMT First published on Tue 10 Nov 2020 12.00 GMT Pope […]
Read MoreRemorse is not enough. Only reform can fix a broken institution. By Megan Gibson In 2019, over the course of a chilly February weekend, the Catholic Church seemed as though it was on the verge of a reckoning. For four days, Pope Francis convened a gathering of bishops in Vatican City for the Church’s first […]
Read MoreRead in French / Lire en français What is the issue? Children have long suffered systemic sexual abuse within religious institutions all over the world — a centuries-old problem shrouded in secrecy, cover-ups, and a lack of accountability. The Catholic Church is one such institution which, in 2014, came under international scrutiny. The Holy See, […]
Read MoreReuters Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com MADRID, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Spain’s Catholic Church is to open an investigation into alleged sex abuse of hundreds of children by members of the clergy dating back 80 years that the newspaper El Pais has uncovered, the daily said on Sunday. The investigation will look […]
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, […]
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