By Gerard O’Connell Vatican City, August 4, 2019: Pope Francis has written a letter to the more than 400,000 Catholic priests worldwide encouraging them during the tribulations from the sexual abuse crisis. The letter is meant to give priests, many of whom feel disheartened because of the horrendous crimes ofContinue Reading
A Brazilian Catholic archbishop has banned priests in his district from being alone with children. Manoel Delson, archbishop of the northeastern state of Paraiba, signed the decree on Wednesday following a court order forcing the archdiocese to pay almost £2.5m in compensation over the sexual exploitation of minors. Mr Delson’sContinue Reading
Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves. He said in that case his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an entire congregation of nuns who were being abused by priests. It is thought to beContinue Reading
By Rohini Swamy Bengaluru: From teenagers and nuns to a tourist accusing priests of rape, scandals have tainted the Churches in India. The sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic Church globally has not left its Indian arm untouched, as laid bare by the allegations of repeated rape againstContinue Reading
The victims have called for “exemplary actions” against Chilean church leadersContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Three months after India’s theologians and Catholic religious pressed a congress of bishops to act aggressively against a wave of sex abuse cases involving priests, no official response has come. But top church leaders told National Catholic Reporter in exclusive interviews that bishops in IndiaContinue Reading
The bishops say the perpetrators should meet the demands for compensation from the victimsContinue Reading
They are given five days to surrenderContinue Reading
The new papal decree calls for dismissal of bishops who neglect abuse casesContinue Reading
Megan Peterson was astounded to learn her tormentor was reistatedContinue Reading