A Vatican priest working in the Holy See’s embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. officials flagged possible violations of child pornography laws.
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Marist Brothers: School director admits to abusing student
Brother Angel Duples, the general director of an elite school founded by the Marist Brothers in Argentina, has admitted he sexually abused a student 38 years ago.
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Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock the island of Guam
The complaints detail alleged attacks from 1955 through 1994 and claim some religious leaders knew of the exploitation and ignored it.
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Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sexual abuse charges
Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday.
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Sex abuse victims seek help to track ex-priest’s whereabouts
Two men who are among dozens to accuse Paul Shanley of sexual abuse appeared at a news conference to warn the public about Shanley’s release from prison.
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Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school
At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Cardinal Pell returns to Australia to face sexual assault charges
Pell is free ahead of his court hearing, during which he can formally apply for bail. When police announced the charges last month, Pell vowed to fight the allegations, saying: “The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.”
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Cardinal Pell professes innocence on sex abuse charges
Cardinal Pell will return to Australia to appear in court at a hearing scheduled for July 6.
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Australian police charge Cardinal Pell with sex offenses
Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser and Australia’s most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal.
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Bishops ‘can never say we are sorry enough’ for tragedy of abuse, Archbishop Gregory says
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory made the comments in the homily at an evening Mass said to commemorate a “Day of Prayer and Penance” for victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.