On flight to Rome, pope responds to questions about abuse, his health
After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be "very open" about how it ...
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Abuse survivors cycle to Rome, deliver ‘broken heart,’ ask for action
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A group of survivors of abuse by priests and religious cycled hundreds of miles from southern Germany to Rome to urge the pope “to do everything in your power” to make the Catholic Church a safe ...
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Pope Francis accepts German bishop’s resignation over errors in handling abuse
The vice president of the German bishops' conference, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, has become the first Catholic bishop in Germany to resign in connection with the abuse scandal.
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Santa Rosa Diocese files for bankruptcy in face of potentially 200 abuse claims
The Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy March 13, days after its bishop finally concluded the decision was necessary in order to address potentially 200 new claims brought against the diocese by survivors of child sexual abuse.
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Polish experts reject claim JPII ‘covered up abuse,’ urge all church records be opened to give full context
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — The fact that Cardinal Karol Wojtyla — the future Pope John Paul II — knew about abuse when he was an archbishop of Krakow, Poland, is neither new nor surprising, experts say. What remains to ...
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Judge Dismisses Criminal Abuse Charges against Theodore McCarrick