sexual abuse

MADRID (AP) — A Madrid-based law firm will conduct a year-long investigation into past and present sexual abuse by Spanish Catholic clergy, members of religious orders, teachers and others associated with the church, law firm and the…

January 20, 2022 seems to be a memorable date for many devout Catholics in Germany in the future. On this day, the Munich law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl (WSW) published an expert opinion on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church between…

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Reports of abuse have been made against hundreds of clergy and other members of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand since the 1950s, according to figures released this week to a royal commission, which for the first times capture the…

Cardinal John Dew said the Catholic Church should be "deeply ashamed" of the abuse statistics released today. Photo/Andrew BonallackAs many as one in seven Catholic diocesan clergy in New Zealand have been accused of abuse, according to a…

Published on: 01/20/2022 - 04:05 A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sexual abuse in the Catholic…

At least one lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has been filed in Colorado following the passage of a new law last year. Colorado resident Brian Barzee sued the Roman Catholic…

ROSARIO, Argentina - Hours before boarding the plane to his new post, the Pope's representative in Mexico called the land of Our Lady of Guadalupe a "faithful" place, but also "flogged with violence, by dead ". Archbishop Franco…

December 31, 2021 KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Wedowee, Alabama, United StatesPA Reverend Athanasius Chidi Abanulo - using skills honed in his native African country to minister effectively in rural Alabama - determines how long he…

The Catholic Church's Fourth Report to the National Child Safety Office describes the initiatives of dozens of Catholic entities as they continue to strengthen their efforts to keep everyone safe within the Church. By Lisa…

ROME - Even if the papacy is not a popularity contest, the influence of a pope in his country of origin is a means of measuring his performance. Alas, when it comes to Pope Francis' Argentina, things are a bit more complicated: according…

GENEVA (AP) - Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland asked two academics to conduct a study on the history of sexual exploitation of the Swiss Church since the mid-20th century, joining other churches in other European…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - On November 28, 2020, when Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals from around the world - including Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Washington - the pontiff reminded them of the importance of remaining "a close…

PARIS (AP) - The Archbishop of Paris has offered to step down after admitting to having an "ambiguous" relationship with a woman in 2012, the archdiocese said.Archbishop Michel Aupetit, who has headed the church in Paris since 2018, sent a…

Robert Friscic is a big male bear whose whole body trembles when he laughs, which he does a lot when he gets nervous.There is also a childish side to him. Much of him is still stuck in the 1980s when, he says, his childhood was stolen…

By Carol Glatz, Catholic Information Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Collecting information and statistics on child sexual abuse is an important tool to assess established responses and to develop recommendations aimed at fixing a failing…

WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday, he presented the pontiff with a century-old, hand-spun cloak from a church in the nation's capital with a long history and a liberal bent.But it was not the…

In a recent sermon, a deacon from my local Catholic church recounted a humorous anecdote about a group of Protestants entering Heaven after dying in a bus crash. Saint Peter greets them and tells them to quietly walk past a certain group…

The Catholic Church in France is under fire for sexual abuse committed by its clergy and lay people. / Getty The Catholic Church in France is under fire for sexual abuse committed…

The same institutional and ethical divide, it seems, stretches across the Atlantic, connecting America and France. Yet the ways in which the two nations measured these earthquakes reveal very different approaches.The Spotlight team's…

As an expectation of the imminent Pope's visit to Malta, Francis faces a sort of crisis at home. The recently exposed sexual abuse scandal in the French Church is utterly shocking and devastating to those directly and indirectly affected.…

For lack of a better term, three Catholic parishes in the North End of New Bedford merged into one to form the new parish of St. Gabriel the Archangel. The change takes effect Oct. 11, but according to the Fall River Diocese, it has been…

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who resigned his post as Archbishop of Lyon in 2020, is pictured in a church in Mosul, Iraq, July 24, 2017. A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France, to be published on…

An investigation by the Catholic Church in France found that priests, church workers and volunteers have sexually assaulted around 330,000 minors since 1950.The discovery appears in a voluminous report released Tuesday, the latest in a…

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PARIS (Reuters) - An independent commission will shed light on the extent of sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergymen in France since 1950 on Tuesday.Ahead of the publication of his findings, Commission President Jean-Marc Sauve…

The Catholic Church in Australia is set to face its demons in a historic rally that will chart a future for a diminished institution bruised by the damning findings of the Royal Commission on Sexual Abuse.The last time bishops and…

A leader of Canada's National Assembly of Catholic Bishops says he hopes an apology for the prejudice suffered at the residential schools could mark a turning point in the Church's relationship with Indigenous peoples, but some community…

Published on: 09/25/2021 - 06:59 The Catholic Church apologized "unequivocally" on Friday to Indigenous peoples in…

The Church and Polish society were not prepared to face the crisis caused by the sexual abuse of minors. Negative reactions first prevailed. In recent years, thanks to journalists and clear guidelines from the Holy See, the Church in…

In recent days, the public sphere in Kerala has been rocked by intense - and at times acrimonious - debates over the claim made in a sermon by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Bishop of Pala Mar, Joseph Kallarangatt, that there are more and more…

By Father John FladerUnfortunately, I am divorced because of the violence at home, which prompted me to leave with my young son. I now find myself unable to attend Communion and feel very deprived of the spiritual food I need. Is there…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, a Cleveland native who helped start a national dialogue on the role of the church in the city and guided Catholics in northeastern Ohio for over d 'a quarter of a century, died Tuesday.Pilla, who…

The AThe Diocese of Boston announced Friday that a A Catholic priest, who was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor by a church panel, was barred from participating as an active member of the priesthood. Paul McLaughlin, who served…

Gonzaga report on Catholic sexual abuse crisis recommends next steps, way forward for healing and justice This week, Gonzaga University published a report and the recommendations of its Commission on the Academic…

There is still a lot of confusion among Catholics about the sexual abuse crisis.And for good reason.The abuse crisis rocked the church for decades, with a complicated timeline and an even more confusing set of actors. Take former Cardinal…

SISETON, SD (KELO) - As US Home Secretary, Deb Haaland launches Federal Indian Residential Schools Initiative; and the remains of nine Native American children return home to the Rosebud Sioux tribe of the Carlisle Boarding School.…