Pell files High Court appeal against child sex abuse convictions

The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children has lodged an appeal in Australia’s highest court against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago. The High Court registry confirmed that Cardinal George Pell had lodged a 12-page application for the seven judges to consider... Read More

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April 13, 2019

Vatican imposes 10-year suspension on Legionaries priest for abuse

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has banned a Legionaries of Christ priest from publicly exercising his priestly ministry for 10 years after he was convicted in Chile of sexually abusing a young girl. Irish-born Legionaries Father John O’Reilly was convicted in Chile in 2014 and sentenced to four years of “supervised liberty.”... Read More

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March 18, 2019

Polish Church releases first report on clerical sex abuse

A top Polish Catholic leader, named the first bishops’ conference delegate for child protection, welcomed a Church report on sexual abuse by clergy in his country and vowed efforts to combat it. Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno spoke at a 14th March news conference launching the abuse report, compiled from dioceses and religious orders by... Read More

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December 13, 2018

Cardinal Pell found guilty of sex abuse, expected to appeal, reports say

Australian Cardinal George Pell has reportedly been found guilty on five charges related to serious sexual misconduct involving two boys at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in the 1990s. The trial, the specific charges, the testimony and almost all other details involving the accusations against the 77-year-old cardinal are covered by a court-issued “super injunction,”... Read More

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September 27, 2018

German bishops apologise formally, release sex abuse data

The head of the German bishops conference formally apologised 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 in Fulda, Germany. “And whoever is guilty of it... Read More

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September 19, 2018

Cardinal Marx says mistakes were made, calls for change in German Church

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the German bishops’ conference, admitted that mistakes were made in the German Church’s handling of sex abuse of minors and said he anticipates change in the Church. Speaking out for the first time regarding the contents of a leaked document on Church sexual abuse in Germany, Cardinal Marx attributed the... Read More

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August 23, 2018

Cardinal Farrell tells media Church needs God to help it build bridges

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, said the Church needs God to help it build bridges, to communicate and to help it understand that “we need to speak to each other and accept each other as children of God.” Speaking to media on 22nd August, the first... Read More

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August 9, 2018

Catholic Church ‘fully committed’ to safeguarding following release of abuse report

The Catholic Church in England and Wales has said it is ‘fully committed’ to the safeguarding of all children and adults and will continue to assist with inquiries into two top Catholic schools. The Church made its comments in a statement following the release of a report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse... Read More

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August 3, 2018

Archbishop McCarrick allegations put ‘public inquiry’ on all bishops

Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette, who is chair of the bishops’ child and youth protection committee, said ‘general prayers and apologies are necessary, but not sufficient’ for victims of sexual abuse. The bishop, writing in a column for the 5th August issue of The Catholic Moment, diocesan newspaper of Lafayette, said it is important... Read More

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May 15, 2018

Chilean bishop says mistakes were made in handling abuse cases

A Chilean bishop acknowledged the damage inflicted on survivors of clerical sex abuse and the mishandling of cases by Church leaders in the country. “I am not saying that perhaps we have made mistakes. We have made mistakes,” said Bishop Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Errazuriz of San Bernardo. Bishop Gonzalez, along with Auxiliary Bishop Fernando Ramos... Read More

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Cardinal Marx says mistakes were made, calls for change in German Church

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