Catholics in Southern Italian diocese protest abuse cover up
OSV News
August 29, 2024
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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Deceased Spanish Jesuit accused of abusing ‘hundreds’ of Indigenous girls
OSV News
June 20, 2024
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
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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Grammy-winning Florida priest placed on leave for alleged misconduct with minor
OSV News
February 9, 2024
A Florida priest and Grammy-winning recording artist has been placed on administrative leave due to alleged sexual misconduct with a minor a decade ago.
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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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Survivor advocates call for universal ‘zero tolerance’ of clerical abuse