Rome: A Polish cardinal recently sanctioned by the Vatican for sexual abuse has died at the age of 97. Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz died November 16 morning, the Polish bishops’ conference announced. In early November, the apostolic nunciature in Poland announced disciplinary measures against the cardinal on Nov. 6 as theContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades-long church cover-up of his sexual misconduct. Francis concluded his weekly general audience Nov. 11 by recallingContinue Reading
Vatican, August 18, 2020: Cardinal George Pell, who was acquitted this year after becoming the highest-ranking Catholic cleric ever to be convicted of sexual abuse, spoke about how he maintained hope during his 400 days in prison. “The virtue of Christian hope is different than Christian optimism. No matter whatContinue Reading
Vatican, Mar 30, 2019: Pope Francis issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation on March 29 for Vatican personnel and diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors. For the first time, the law provides an explicit Vatican definition for “vulnerable people,” who are entitled to theContinue Reading
Rome, Nov. 25, 2018: The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and is urging sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors. The International Union of Superiors General, which representsContinue Reading
A Kerala priest working with Catholic Diocese of Lansing in Michigan of the United States of America has been sacked from the facility after the church received complaints of sexual harassment against him. Rev. Mathew Joseph, a priest of the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament of Kerala has beenContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Oct 15: Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show greater transparency about how he’s responding to the church’s global sex abuse crisis, he publicly explained why they were removed. The Vatican’s unusually detailed statement announcing the laicization ofContinue Reading
The head of the German bishops conference formally apologized for sexual abuse in the church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.” “Sexual abuse is a crime,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference Sept. 25 in Fulda,Continue Reading
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
Kottayam: Days after a controversy broke out over allegations of sexual harassment against five priests of the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala, the Crime Branch will now investigate the matter. On June 29, state DGP Loknath Behera reportedly directed the Crime Branch to initiate a probe into the issue. TheContinue Reading