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Sexual abuse case: Second priest arrested, others absconding

On: July 14, 2018

Thiruvananthapuram: A second priest, among the four Orthodox priests booked for rape and molestation of a 34-year-old woman in Kerala, was arrested on June13. Johnson P Mathew, a counsellor, was arrested from Kozhencherry in Pathnamthitta district, and is being questioned by crime branch officials, according to sources. His anticipatory bailContinue Reading

Pope replaces Australian prelate who opposes reporting child abuse

By: Matters India

On: June 30, 2018

In: Religious

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of children that might be revealed to him in the confessional. The Vatican said on June 29 that the pontiff has appointed Monsignor Peter Comensoli, 54, to headContinue Reading