The battle on the tiny tropical U.S. territory pits the Neocatechumenal Way lay group against critics on a majority Catholic island that was colonized by Spanish missionaries in the 17th century.
Sexual Abuse
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Victim advocate: The abuse scandal has broken the heart of the Catholic Church in Australia.
“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”
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Papal sex abuse commission seeks new ways to hear from survivors
Among the main concerns addressed by the commission was outreach out to victims, an issue first raised by Collins shortly after she resigned from her position.
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Cardinal O’Malley: Evangelization will have ‘no effect’ if the church doesn’t protect children
“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Criticisms of the Vatican’s sexual abuse commission need to be taken seriously, not written off as clichés
That the lone survivor of abuse active on the papal commission has resigned is tragic.
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How the church is combatting sexual abuse: an interview with Jesuit Hans Zollner
Father Zollner, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks about the resignation of Marie Collins and efforts to prevent abuse worldwide.
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Marie Collins challenges top Vatican cardinal and sexual abuse commission
Collins expressed shock that Mueller considered the tribunal a mere proposal. She questioned if the Vatican already had adequate means to judge negligent bishops.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Priests should not review abuse claims, says former commission chair
Ms. Collins’ complaints “mirror” concerns she and other members of the National Review Board raised in the early years of the abuse scandal. “The whole thing spoke to me of ‘nothing’s changed.’”
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Reform plan announced in Pennsylvania church sexual abuse case
A year ago, Pennsylvania’s attorney general issued a scathing grand jury report that detailed abuse by more than 50 priests and other clergy against hundreds of children going back decades.
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Alleged Vatican resistance to child protection a ‘cliche,’ Cardinal says
“I think this cliche must be put to an end: the idea that the pope, who wants the reform, is on one side and, on the other, a group of resisters who want to block it.”