A french priest is believed to have abused as many as 85 boys and faces trial in a French court next year. The church tribunal said its internal investigation found he committed “criminal acts of sexual character against minors under 16.”
Sexual Abuse
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Chicago Public Schools urged to take lesson from Catholic Church on sex abuse
The Chicago Public Schools system should take some lessons from the Catholic Church in dealing with child sexual abuse allegations, according to an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune.
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Shepherding amid scandal: Archbishops talk about healing
Two archbishops spoke of the impact of clerical sexual abuse on the people of their dioceses and said survivors are the members of their flocks most in need of care.
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The seal of confession and mandatory reporting: a survey of state laws
The Catholic Church is currently campaigning against California’s proposed changes to its mandatory child abuse reporting law.
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In response to abuse crisis, Richmond bishop issues policy on naming church buildings
The policy says the diocese’s structures and institutions are to identify themselves only with “the names of saints, the mysteries of the faith, the titles of Our Lord or of Our Lady, or the place where the ministry has been established.”
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The true test that will show if the bishops have learned the lessons of the sex abuse crisis
The U.S. bishops put forward their first official response to the growing chorus of justifiably angry and frustrated Catholics who want to see concrete measures and public accountability for bishops responsible for clerical abuse and its cover-up.
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Your Take: What do you think about the bishops’ new protocols for handling sex abuse?
At their annual meeting in mid-June, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly in favor of new protocols to hold themselves accountable for committing sexual abuse themselves and for mishandling accusations of abuse against others. The new protocols encourage lay involvement at every stage of an investigation but stopped short of requiring it. In […]
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Australian bishops begin ‘ad limina’ visit with Pope Francis
The president of the Australian bishops’ conference told his fellow bishops that it is “a time of humiliation” for Catholic Church leaders, but he is convinced that God is still at work.
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U.K. church officials ‘deliberately misled’ U.S. archdiocese into housing abusive priest
An English church official “deliberately misled” a U.S. archdiocese into harboring a pedophile priest and helping him to escape justice for a quarter of a century, said a report from a child abuse inquiry.
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Our Take/Your Take: Responding to the Summer of Sex Abuse Scandals
Join us for an intergenerational discussion on how to Catholics are responding to the sexual abuse crisis.