The Vatican said Monday it has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, months after a new Netflix documentary purported to shed new light on the case.
Sexual Abuse
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Despite failings, Pope Benedict fought sex abuse more than any pope before him
Though he is criticized for the sexual abuse crisis in the church during his papacy, Benedict XVI did more than anyone before him to turn the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse.
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Podcast: What religious orders can learn from the Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik’s abuse case
“It is really important for [religious orders] to set the story straight immediately and to reveal all the known facts in a case.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholics need a restorative justice approach to the church’s sexual abuse crisis
Nation-states have modeled a holistic approach that involves all who were affected by injustice and may contribute to a solution. The church can do the same as a response to the clerical sex abuse crisis.
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Vatican investigator says abuse allegations against Jesuit Marko Rupnik are true
Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik were true and that they had “seen their lives ruined by the evil suffered and by the complicit silence” of the church.
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Jesuits ask victims to come forward in abuse case of Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik
The Jesuits asked for new evidence against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik, and offered a timeline about his case in an effort to tamp down the scandal.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Who is allowed to write about pedophilia?
“Downstate,” Bruce Norris’s new off-Broadway play about a group home for pedophile, raises the question: Who gets to write about pedophilia? And what are they allowed to say?
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Podcast: What we know (so far) about the abuse case of Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell give an update on the new facts that have emerged in the case of the Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik.
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Case of Jesuit artist highlights Vatican secrecy and leniency for abuse of women
The case of prominent Jesuit artist Marco Rupnik has exposed two main weaknesses in the Holy See’s abuse policies: sexual and spiritual misconduct against adult women is rarely if ever punished, and secrecy still reigns supreme.
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Jesuits reveal artist had been excommunicated for absolving woman for engaging in sexual activity with him
The Jesuit superior general admitted that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him.