A front-page article published July 16 detailed the alleged abuse of two seminarians in the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, by then-Bishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
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Australia bishop appeals conviction for protecting pedophile
The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse said Wednesday that he would appeal the verdict and resist public pressure to resign as archbishop of an Australian city.
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Australian bishop sentenced to one year’s detention for cover-up
The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse was sentenced to 12 months in detention by an Australian court Tuesday.
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Vatican City still has no policy to fight clergy sex abuse
Seven years after the Vatican ordered all bishops conferences around the world to develop written guidelines to prevent abuse, tend to victims, punish offenders and keep pedophiles out of the priesthood, the headquarters of the Catholic Church has no such policy.
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Pope Francis accepts two more bishops’ resignations in Chile
Pope Francis named two apostolic administrators to govern the now “vacant” dioceses.
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Vatican diplomat sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography crimes
It is the first time that a Vatican official has been condemned for such a crime.
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Archbishop Coleridge: The church is now facing its own #MeToo moment
“There’s something going on in the culture. And one of the elements of that cultural shift is that people are prepared to speak up in a way that they would never have done before.”
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Court halts release of report on Pennsylvania priest abuse
The report is expected to reveal details of widespread abuse and efforts to conceal and protect abusive priests.
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Increase in abuse claims likely after Cardinal McCarrick case brought to light
An increase in calls to dioceses to report claims of clergy sexual abuse has happened before, and is likely to happen again in the wake of the credible claim lodged against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, according to the head of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection.
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Cardinal McCarrick suspended from public ministry after abuse allegation
The retired archbishop of Washington said he will no longer exercise any public ministry “in obedience” to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager almost 50 years ago has been found credible.