Catholics in Southern Italian diocese protest abuse cover up
Catholics in the Southern Italian city of Enna, Sicily, protested the local church's role in covering up sexual abuse after a court recently ruled that the diocesan bishop sought to protect a priest accused of having abused several minors as a ...
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French priest known for care of the poor accused of abuse
French Catholics were shocked to learn of the “sexual assault or sexual harassment” allegations against the famed priest Abbé Pierre.
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Deceased Spanish Jesuit accused of abusing ‘hundreds’ of Indigenous girls
A Spanish Jesuit has been discovered to have documented his abuse of hundreds of Indigenous girls while serving as a missionary in rural Bolivia.
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State attorney general investigates Washington’s dioceses over sex abuse response
The Washington state attorney general's office announced May 9 an investigation into whether the state's three Catholic dioceses used charitable funds to cover up allegations of child sex abuse by clergy.
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Victim-survivors address court in Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy process
Six victim-survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave statements in court April 8 about the long-term impact of the abuse on their lives as part of the federal bankruptcy reorganization.
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Survivor advocates call for universal ‘zero tolerance’ of clerical abuse