Reuters 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 […]
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Scandals 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 MoreYet another set of high-profile pastors are leaving scandalized megachurch Hillsong under unclear circumstances. Reed Bogard, 38, and his wife, Jess Bogard, 35, the lead pastors of the Australia-based institution’s Dallas branch, are stepping away from the once-celebrity-beloved international worship chain after over a decade of employment there. “Hey church, hope you’re doing well,” Reed says in a cutaway clip included […]
Read MoreBy Sarah Einselen The pastor of an independent Baptist church in Illinois has resigned amid mounting allegations of sexual abuse occurring on his watch. Rev. Paul Kingsbury resigned from North Love Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois, Northern Public Radio reported, quoting a video announcement the church initially posted to its Facebook page. The video has since been […]
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 […]
Read MoreI am asking Christians to rebuild the church-brand as ‘A Religious Community with Zero Tolerance for Corruption’. Earlier in December I was in Ukraine. My host mission bought a property after paying due taxes. They obtained the papers of legal ownership after paying due bribes. Soon a fight erupted because an Indian businessman started building […]
Read MoreThe Moderator of the Church of South India (CSI), Rt. Rev. Thomas Oommen, is seeking to tackle the crisis in the CSI through ad hoc groups consisting of bishops, members of the Synod and people who shouldn’t be in them. The Moderator asks them to meet in a particular place at short notice. No efforts […]
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