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March 11, 2021

German bishop orders new look at US claims against Schonstatt founder

The Bishop of Trier, Stephan Ackermann, has ordered a re-examination of abuse allegations against Fr Joseph Kentenich, the founder of the international Schonstatt movement, from his time in exile in the US. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported Bishop Ackermann referred to allegations made by an American man who accused Fr Kentenich of sexually abusing him... Read More
News – World
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March 1, 2021

Religious order withdraws request to transfer founder’s remains from UK to US

A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to the United States. The Society of the Holy Child Jesus announced that it was abandoning its plans to move some of the remains of Philadelphia-born Mother Cornelia Connelly from a chapel in Mayfield School, the independent... Read More
News – UK and Ireland
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February 15, 2021

Aid to the Church in Need admits its founder was accused of assault

The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need said it found “very plausible” the claim of a former employee that the late Norbertine Fr Werenfried van Straaten, founder of the charity, had sexually assaulted her in the 1970s. The charity, which supports Christians suffering under persecution or extreme poverty, confirmed in a statement on 10th February that the... Read More
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July 3, 2020

Archives reveal abuse allegations against founder of Schonstatt movement

Documents uncovered from the recently opened archives of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII revealed allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of power against the founder of the Schonstatt movement, Fr Joseph Kentenich. Reports of the apostolic visitation made in the early 1950s written by Dutch Jesuit Fr Sebastiaan Tromp were made known by German... Read More
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December 3, 2018

Mary’s Meals to Double The Love with UK government funding boost

Mary’s Meals today launches a new campaign, Double The Love, that will see the UK government match public donations to Mary’s Meals until 1st March 2019. The UK government funding means public donations to Double The Love will be doubled by the UK government, up to £2 million. This will enable Mary’s Meals to reach... Read More
News – UK and Ireland
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October 9, 2018

Pakistan court rules on Asia Bibi blasphemy charge, defers announcement

A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether Catholic woman Asia Bibi will become the first person to hang to death under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. A special bench of the Supreme Court, sitting in Islamabad, reached a verdict on the fate of Bibi, but publication has been deferred until a later,... Read More
Catholic Times, News – World
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