Pope condemns 'hypocrisy' of countries calling for peace while funding war
- Feb 23, 2020
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Survivor advocacy group accuses pope of cherry-picking abuse reforms
- Feb 18, 2020
As the one-year mark of Pope Francis’s landmark summit on child protection approaches, survivors of clerical abuse are arguing that Pope Francis, while taking positive steps, is inconsistent in his response to the problem, addressing only some issues while dropping the ball on others.
Judge: Ex-bishop must testify about sex abuse in diocese
- Feb 11, 2020
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a former Roman Catholic bishop must answer questions about the history of child sexual abuse in the Rochester diocese, despite protests from his lawyers that the cleric’s Alzheimer’s makes him unable to testify.
New database of abusive clergy will ‘put pressure’ on bishops to improve transparency
- Jan 30, 2020
A new database lists nearly 6,000 names of priests accused of abuse.
Former cardinal moves from Kansas friary to new location
- Jan 11, 2020
Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal who was laicized by the Vatican in 2019 after numerous claims of abuse by him were substantiated, moved Jan. 3 from the Capuchin Franciscan friary in Kansas where he had been living since late 2018.
Hundreds of accused clergy left off Church’s sex abuse lists
- Dec 28, 2019
Victims’ advocates had long criticized the Roman Catholic Church for not making public the names of credibly accused priests. Now, despite the dioceses’ release of nearly 5,300 names, most in the last two years, critics say the lists are far from complete.
Church must deal with ‘fear factor’ keeping bad bishops in power
- Dec 27, 2019
“Fear” is a word you see a lot in the 60-page report on Bishop Michael Bransfield, which was published on Monday by the Washington Post.
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