Siladitya RayForbes StaffBusinessCovering breaking news and tech policy stories at Forbes. Topline Around 330,000 children have been sexually abused by members of the French Catholic church since 1950, including 216,000 by priests and clergy, an independent commission said Tuesday in a report that demonstrates that sexual exploitation of minors in the church was far more […]
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By GRANT SCHULTENovember 4, 2021 Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson discusses the findings of a statewide Catholic church sex abuse investigation on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, at a Nebraska Department of Justice office in Lincoln, Neb. The investigation identified 258 victims who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against 57 Catholic church officials in the […]
Read MoreNovember 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 […]
Read MoreBy 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, […]
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