At least 1,000 children identified in the investigation were raped in Catholic places of worship, in schools, and in diocesan owned vehicles.
Sexual Abuse
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How do we celebrate the Assumption of Mary in this summer of sex abuse scandals?
Pity and punish the powerful but take no delight in their fall.
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Pennsylvania report documents over 1,000 victims of priest abuse
The state’s attorney general said that his office’s two-year investigation identified 301 priests who abused children and more than 1,000 victims.
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Abuse in Ireland: Pressure mounts for pope to address scandal
Beginning in the mid-1990s, the church in Ireland was rocked by a series of very public revelations about sexual abuse and, particularly, about how the abuse and allegations of it were mishandled by senior church leaders.
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New reports of sexual abuse rock Benedictine abbey schools in England
The new report finds evidence of appalling sexual and physical mistreatment of students as young as 7, as well as a culture of secrecy, at two abbey schools.
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Bishop discusses renewed efforts on addressing abuse claims, transparency
“This transparency and objectivity I promise you will include a thorough review of our safe environment policies and procedures by an outside investigator,” Bishop Conley said.
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Details of second letter priest sent to Cardinal O’Malley describing McCarrick abuse
He had written a letter about his concerns more than a decade before, in 2000, and it didn’t seem to go anywhere, but his new motivation came about when he saw Cardinal McCarrick and “wanted this stuff to stop with the seminarians,” he said in the interview.
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Damning report on sex abuse in Pennsylvania dioceses may soon be released
Some details about what’s in the report have been made public, including that it will identify more than 300 “predator priests.”
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Cardinal O’Malley calls for investigation; asks Boston seminary rector to take leave
Cardinal O’Malley said he also has appointed a group “to oversee an inquiry into the allegations made this week, the culture of the seminary regarding the personal standards expected and required of candidates for the priesthood, and any seminary issues of sexual harassment or other forms of intimidation or discrimination.”
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Canon lawyers explain how Vatican abuse trials function
The “regular canonical trial” for an accused bishop, experts say, usually would be conducted by the apostolic tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.