Archbishop Charles Scicluna Archives

Malta archdiocese condemns charismatic group accused of abuse

Jan 8, 2021

After a 5-month investigation into the Maltese Community of Jesus the Savior, the archdiocese has issued a decree forbidding participation in the group after finding what it described as abusive tendencies causing harm to members.

By Elise Ann Allen

Latin Americans press fight against clerical sexual abuse

Aug 3, 2020

Some 2,000 people joined a video conference on preventing sexual abuse in the Church in Latin America organized by the Center for Child Protection of Mexico’s Catholic University (CEPROME) and the Vatican Safeguarding Taskforce.

By Inés San Martín

Survivors’ group in Chile condemns abuse ‘secretism’ of Catholic Church

Jul 31, 2020

A little over two years after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a controversial Chilean bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by his mentor, a local network of clerical abuse survivors are alleging that neither civil nor Church authorities are making allegations public.

By Inés San Martín

Maltese lay movement ‘shocked’ by archdiocese’s snub

Jul 16, 2020

One of the leaders of a controversial lay movement in Malta has said the group was shocked to find out second-hand that the archdiocese had told priests to steer clear of the group, insisting that they have never been contacted about potential problems.

By Elise Ann Allen

Malta archdiocese distances itself from controversial lay movement

Jul 14, 2020

The Archdiocese of Malta has disassociated itself from the Community of Jesus the Savior, which has been accused of espousing cult-like practices, and priests are forbidden to hold any association with it.

By Elise Ann Allen

Laudato Si’ gets more attention in Church than child protection, expert says

Jul 1, 2020

A leading expert in the field of child protection has said that the Catholic Church still has a long way to go in terms of acknowledgment and awareness of the issue, noting that the pope’s environmental encyclical Laudato Si in many areas of the world is more visible than safeguarding efforts.

By Elise Ann Allen

Citing coronavirus, Mexican bishops announce delay in Vatican sex abuse probe

Mar 6, 2020

ROME – Claiming that it’s due to the outbreak in Italy of coronavirus, the Mexican bishops’ conference announced Friday that a planned visit by two top papal aides to address a local clerical sexual abuse crisis has been “postponed.” According to the statement released Friday afternoon, the mission of Maltese

By Inés San Martín

Top Vatican anti-abuse officials to visit Mexico later this month

Mar 3, 2020

ROME – Pope Francis is sending two top aides to Mexico to help the local bishops address the clerical abuse crisis in Mexico. The pontiff tapped Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Spaniard Father Jordi Bertomeu, the same duo he had sent to Chile in 2018 in the aftermath of the

By Inés San Martín