Following a Vatican-mandated investigation that found no evidence of sexual misconduct, Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix is returning to his position as Quebec’s archbishop and primate of Canada.
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Beloved priest Abbé Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault.
A foundation says a legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment.”
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After 35 years, a final settlement reached in the Mount Cashel Orphanage sex abuse cases
A court-empowered third-party insolvency monitor has ordered the Archdiocese of St. John’s to pay over 104 million Canadian dollars (about $76 million) to 292 survivors of Mount Cashel who were victimized behind its walls.
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Knights of Columbus will cover up mosaics by ex-Jesuit and alleged abuser Marko Rupnik
The Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic charitable organization, says it will cover up its mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women.
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Mosaics by alleged abuser and ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik will stay on the Lourdes shrine—for now
Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said in a statement that ex-jesuit artist accused of abuse, Marko Rupnik’s, artwork will continue be displayed in Lourdes as to not “tear the church apart”.
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Pope Francis’ top abuse advisor asks Vatican to stop using disgraced former Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s art
Cardinal Seàn O’Malley, head of the pope’s abuse commission, has written a letter to the Roman Curia urging them to stop using the artwork of the disgraced former Jesuit priest and alleged abuser Marko Rupnik.
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Review: Theology and sexual trauma
In ‘Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing From Sexual Trauma,’ Julia Feder is not only concerned with rejecting dangerous theological projects that have misled (and mistreated) survivors; she is also keen to plumb the depths of the Christian tradition more positively, for resources that offer meaning, courage and hope.
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Another 400,000 people left Germany’s Catholic Church last year, but the pace slowed from 2022
Due to various factors including scandal and a mandatory church tax, more than 400,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in the last year. However, departures have gone down since 2022.
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Deceased Spanish Jesuit accused of abusing ‘hundreds’ of Indigenous girls
Spanish Jesuit Luis María Roma, who died in 2019, was recently discovered to have abused hundreds of Indigenous girls while serving as a missionary in rural Bolivia, and to have documented his acts in a diary.
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USCCB meeting recap: anti-poverty campaign and Eucharistic Revival plans
U.S. bishops met for a plenary assembly to discuss various topics including mental health, poverty and youth ministry, as well as hearing proposals from the National Review Board on how to combat sex abuse in the church.