The Catholic bishops of Australia are refuting claims that they are not doing enough to combat sexual abuse within the church.
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Pope prays for Poles who asked him to intervene in abuse cases
Polish Catholics have appealed to Pope Francis for help in “rebuilding” the Polish church amid the continuing controversy over that country’s episcopate mishandling of the sex abuse crisis.
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U.S. Catholic bishops: clergy sex abuse claims tripled in 2019
There has been a huge overall surge in allegations over the past three years as dioceses faced unprecedented pressure to address the decades-old problem of clergy sex abuse.
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Abuse allegations against late Springfield, Mass., bishop found credible
Bishop Weldon, a native of the Archdiocese of New York, was installed as the fourth bishop of the Springfield Diocese March 28, 1950, and served until his retirement in the fall of 1977.
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Ignatius Press to publish cardinal’s prison journal, help with legal costs
A jury in Australia had found Cardinal Pell guilty in December 2018 on five counts of abuse and the Victoria Court of Appeal upheld that verdict in a 2-1 decision.
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Lockdown has increased risk of grooming, abuse of minors, says expert
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a member of the Pontifical Commision for the Protection of Minors, has said that vulnerable minors must be protected against online predators during the pandemic.
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Review: The continued fight to eradicate clergy sex abuse
Nualy Kenny’s new book on clergy sex abuse reminds us there are solutions to this deep crisis that need to be implemented with urgency.
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Tanzanian Catholic diocese works to protect girls from abuse
The Mara region of Tanzania, of which Musoma is the capital, has some of that country’s highest rates of child marriage and female genital mutilation, even though both are technically illegal in Tanzania.
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Catholic psychologist calls domestic violence ‘pandemic within a pandemic’
A Catholic psychologist has called the increasing rates of domestic violence during the pandemic a “pandemic within a pandemic.”
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African church leaders work to curb domestic abuse during lockdown
Church leaders in Africa are urging more attention be paid to the problem of spousal abuse during the pandemic.