A series of abuse scandals, often involving children, have rocked the Catholic Church in recent decades. Published On 5 Oct 20215 Oct 2021 The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sexual abuse scandals over the last three decades. An independent inquiry on Tuesday said it had concluded there were about 216,000 victims of sexual abuse […]
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The tenacity of Boston Globe journalists in uncovering the scandal of widespread sexual abuse by priests led to the current crisis in the Catholic church. And there’s more to come, as Jon Henley reports In June 2001, Cardinal Bernard Law, archbishop of Boston, perhaps the most staunchly Catholic of all America’s big cities, filed a routine court submission […]
Read MoreAfter Two Decades, Abuse Crisis Has Humbled the Catholic Church https://www.wsj.com/video/clergy-abuse-victims-agonizing-choice-take-settlement-or-risk-lawsuit/530D1290-5BEE-459E-8589-19B2A31EB8F7.html 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. Source: After Two Decades, Abuse Crisis Has Humbled the Catholic Church – WSJ
Read MoreFormer pope acknowledged errors in his handling of sexual abuse cases in letter Victims have lamented a lost opportunity for healing as former pope Benedict has acknowledged errors in his handling of sexual abuse and asked for forgiveness but his lawyers argued he was not directly to blame. A letter by Benedict and a three-page […]
Read MoreEx-pontiff blames editorial ‘oversight’ for previous statement he was absent from 1980 meeting over suspected paedophile priest The former pope Benedict XVI has admitted providing false information to a German inquiry into clerical sexual abuse. Benedict, who resigned as the global leader of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, said on Monday that he had […]
Read MoreLeader of church in England and Wales refusing to resign despite damning IICSA report Pope Francis asked Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Catholic church in England and Wales, to stay in his post, despite a damning report that criticised his leadership and concluded that the church repeatedly prioritised its reputation over the welfare […]
Read MoreFormer Pope Benedict has apologized for giving false testimony during a child sexual abuse investigation. For many Catholics, the statement falls short; they’re bitterly disappointed and demand an admission of guilt. A perfect blue sky hangs over Aachen Cathedral. The crisp winter sunlight illuminates more than 12 centuries of church history, constructed on Charlemagne’s orders […]
Read MoreThe victims must be counselled and their forgiveness sought. The law of the land is sufficient for the guilty. Father Kuriakose Kuttuthara did not die in vain. Many are wondering how his death in Jalandhar on October 22 – whether it was murder or of natural causes – will impact the Catholic Church in India. This at […]
Read More‘We have lost faith in the Vatican’: Kerala nuns vow to protest till rape accused bishop is arrested
The nuns say they were forced to launch their protest last week after both the church elders and the police failed to act against Bishop Franco Mulakkal. A group of five nuns protesting in Kerala’s Kochi to press for the arrest of a bishop accused of raping a nun said on Tuesday they have lost faith in […]
Read MoreThe Syro Malabar Church in Kerala gave Rs 12 lakh to a former nun as settlement to ‘build a new life’. The nun had accused a priest of trying to sexually abuse her. A few months ago, Pope Francis appointed a British victim of sex abuse by Catholic priests to a special commission established to […]
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