Head of Ireland’s Jesuits ‘ashamed’ of order’s failure to act on abuse
OSV News
February 13, 2024
The head of the Jesuits in Ireland has said he is "ashamed" at the order's failure to confront abuse after the release of a new report revealing 93 complaints of sexual, physical and emotional abuse against a now deceased priest.
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McCarrick trial dead-end a double blow to clergy abuse victims, say advocates
OSV News
January 16, 2024
With a Wisconsin judge suspending his last remaining criminal trial for sexual abuse, former cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been granted a legal reprieve.
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Abuse survivors cycle to Rome, deliver ‘broken heart,’ ask for action
OSV News
May 18, 2023
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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Father Boniface Ramsey: The Whistleblower
Peter Feuerherd
February 25, 2022
Father Boniface Ramsey raised red flags about Theodore McCarrick for years before the media and Church leaders took notice. While some call him a hero, he hopes to be remembered first as a good priest.
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St. Anthony: Help Us Find Healing!
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 28, 2019
Many of us have wanted to believe that the Catholic Church had finally turned a corner in dealing with the crime of clerical sexual abuse.
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Victim-survivors address court in Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy process