French bishops urge Vatican to help investigate Abbé Pierre
As the Emmaus Community for the poor investigates accusations of sexual abuse against its once-iconic, now disgraced, founder Abbé Pierre, the case made international headlines as Pope Francis commented on it while on his return voyage to Rome from Asia ...
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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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Advocates ‘troubled’ by alleged abuse of migrant kids in US-funded shelters
Catholic immigration and anti-trafficking advocates are expressing grave concern over alleged systemic sexual abuse of unaccompanied migrant children by staff of a private contractor for the U.S. government.
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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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Head of Ireland’s Jesuits ‘ashamed’ of order’s failure to act on abuse
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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Survivor advocates call for universal ‘zero tolerance’ of clerical abuse