In the middle of the sex abuse crisis, what can we expect from the synod on youth?
Sexual Abuse
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How Bakhita House in London is helping women exploited by human trafficking
Little did Rose realize that her dream of soon completing university studies and finding the love of her life on her 21st birthday would turn into an indescribable abyss.
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Vatican official praises Catholic media for coverage of sex abuse crisis
The official told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press “share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it.”
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Don’t abolish the priesthood. Redeem it.
We shouldn’t get rid of the priesthood. We should reconnect it to the holiness of God.
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Georgetown panel discusses sexual abuse crisis and political division
Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life panel discussed the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis. It was, moderator John Carr observed, the seventh time the initiative had focused exclusively on it.
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California dioceses: Tell lawmakers to reject confession bill
S.B. 360 — which passed in the California Senate May 23 in a 30-2 vote — would force priests to disclose information about child sexual abuse that they learn when they are hearing another priest’s confession or when hearing the confession of a co-worker.
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Southern Baptist Convention wrestling with its own sex abuse crisis
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination took new steps to expel member churches that cover up or mishandle sexual abuse allegations.
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Catholic bishops finally tackle the sex abuse cover-up. Now comes the hard part.
David Gibson: This week’s reform package was easy compared with what comes next.
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U.S. bishops adopt new protocols for holding themselves accountable for sex abuse
While the new protocols are designed to include laypeople at every stage of an investigation, lay reform groups and victim advocates say they are unsatisfied, as the new rules stop just short of requiring such involvement.
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Retired Wyoming bishop to face Vatican trial on allegations of sex abuse
Retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne will face a Vatican trial for allegations that he sexually abused several minors years ago.